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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and The University of Kansas Cancer Center Announce
MarketWatch - 3 Hours ago
/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and The University of Kansas Cancer Center have announced a partnership to translate discoveries by LLS-funded researchers into Phase I
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and The University of Kansas Cancer Center Announce Street Insider
Selective Killing of Leukemia and Lymphoma Cells Ectopically Expressing hCGb by Oncology
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine - For Boys?
CBS News - 20 Hours ago
Drugmaker has asked federal regulators to approve use in males for its vaccine against the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical and other sexually transmitted cancers. The application was submitted
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Growing Shortage of Gastroenterologists to Affect Screening Capacity for #2 Cancer
Houston Chronicle - 4 Hours ago
'GI Gap' To Worsen as the U.S. Population Ages; Projected Demand for Gastroenterologists is Growing at Nearly Double the Rate of Supply Olympus Seeks Legislative Solution and Increased Awareness to Proactively
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Onyx licenses potential cancer, autoimmune drugs
CNBC - 3 Hours ago
EMERYVILLE, Calif. - Biotechnology company Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. said late Tuesday it licensed compounds with the potential to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases for $25 million from Singapore-based
Onyx acquires cancer therapy license Hays Pharma
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Patrick Swayze speaks about cancer battle
Sydney Morning Herald - 3 Hours ago
Patrick Swayze says his year-long battle with pancreatic cancer put him 'through hell' while he pushed ahead on his new TV series. 'I've never been one to run from a challenge,' Swayze told Barbara Walters
Patrick Swayze - Cancer Sufferer Swayze May Only Live Two Years Contactmusic
Patrick Swayze's cancer revelations Stv.tv
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Swayze: Cancer put me through hell
Oxford Mail - 5 Hours ago
Patrick Swayze said his year-long battle with pancreatic cancer put him 'through hell' while he pushed ahead on his new cable TV series. 'I've never been one to run from a challenge,' Swayze told ABC
Swayze faces cancer (and a new TV series) bravely Star News Online
Cancer-stricken Swayze going through hell Times of Oman
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Persistent Systems Named National Cancer Institute caBIG Support Service Provider
MarketWatch - 5 Hours ago
Persistent Supports the NCI to Foster Collaboration Among Cancer Researchers SAN JOSE, CA, Jan 07, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Persistent Systems, one of the leading providers of Outsourced Product
Persistent Systems: Persistent Systems Named National Cancer Institute caBIG Support Market Wire
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Forma Emerges With Well-Formed Cancer-Drug Strategy, Biogen Idec Preps for Parkinsons
Xconomy - 27 Minutes ago
Roundup, Life Sciences, startups Rebecca Zacks 1/6/09 Weâ??ve got some M&A activity, some board-room drama, and some cool new companies and drug-development strategiesâ??the yearâ??s off to an interesting
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Medicare May Cover PET Scans for Cancer Diagnosis
MedPage Today - 46 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to expand coverage to include positron emission tomography (PET) as initial diagnostic testing for Medicare patients suspected
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Inherited Factors Play an Important Role in Breast Cancer Progression According
GenomicsProteomics.com - 4 Hours ago
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Vitamins, cancer and confusion
UPI - 5 Hours ago
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- New studies suggesting vitamin supplements do not prevent cancer, rejecting earlier studies saying they did, confuse patients, the author of a U.S. study says. 'A lot of
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'Relocation' plan of metastatic cancer cells uncovered by Stanford researchers
Innovations Report - 6 Hours ago
Tripping nimbly from one abode to another, these migrating cancer cells often prove far more deadly than the original tumor. Although little has been known about how these rogue cells choose where to
Scientists uncover how metastatic cancer cells plan their relocation FreshNews.in
Scientists uncover how metastatic cancer cells plan their 'relocation' NetIndia123.com
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Obesity linked to ovarian cancer
Revolution Health - 6 Hours ago
MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Obese postmenopausal women who have never used hormone replacement therapy may face an increased risk of ovarian cancer, compared to normal-weight women, a new study
Obesity raises risk of ovarian cancer Globe and Mail
Study links obesity to increased risk of ovarian cancer China Economic Net
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Jan. 7, 2009--ASTRO Changes Name and Logo
Enterprise Imaging Management - 6 Hours ago
New research in mice and five independent collections of human breast tumors has enabled National Cancer Institute (NCI) scientists to confirm that genes for factors contributing to susceptibility for
ASTRO Changes Name To American Society For Radiation Oncology Medical News Today
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Great-grandfather cancer patient dies after 'wandering out of hospital ward unchallenged'
Mail Online UK - 7 Hours ago
A cancer-stricken great-grandfather died after he wandered out of a hospital ward unnoticed. William Brown, 77, who had been confused and disorientated because of medication he was taking for ear cancer,
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Does Herpes Cause a Form of Sen. Edward Kennedy's Brain Cancer?
Scientific American - 8 Hours ago
More and more in recent years, cancer biologists are pointing their fingers at viruses. Human papillomavirus, they found, causes cervical cancer; hepatitis B induces liver cancer; and Epstein-Barr virus
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Grant for cancer study
The Scotsman - 8 Hours ago
Two professors at the Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Robert Millar and Richard Anderson, have been given the cash from the MRC Experimental Medicine fund. They will use the money to undertake studies
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Foundation laid for Darwin's oncology unit
ABC Online - 9 Hours ago
The Northern Territory Opposition says Darwin's new $19 million oncology unit could go to waste unless the Government starts hiring staff for the centre now. The unit at the Royal Darwin Hospital should
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Swayze: 'I May Not Beat Cancer'
Ananova - 9 Hours ago
Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze has described his fight against cancer as 'hell'. The 56-year-old said he believes he may only have two years to live as he battles pancreatic cancer. Despite gruelling
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Stanford Researchers Discover 'Relocation' Plan of Metastatic Cancer Cells
TMC Net - 12 Hours ago
(Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Stanford Researchers announced that they have uncovered the relocation process of metastatic cancer cells. In a release, the group noted: 'Metastasis is not a passive process,'
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Genmab's head & neck cancer drug zalutumumab fails to meet endpoint in phase 3 study
PharmaBiz - 12 Hours ago
Genmab A/S announced that the interim survival analysis of the phase-III pivotal study investigating zalutumumab (HuMax-EGFr) in refractory head and neck cancer patients did not fulfil a criterion for
Head and neck cancer support Lancashire Evening Post
BRIEF-Genmab says head and neck cancer trial to continue Sharewatch
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The Special Case Of Cancer
Health Affairs - 13 Hours ago
Cancer is the number-two killer of Americans, with roughly 560,000 projected to die this year from this family of diseases. But millions more are now living for many years with cancer, thanks to advances
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Discovery offers hope for celiac sufferers
National Post - 13 Hours ago
A researcher at the University of Alberta has found a cost-effective way to produce antibodies against gluten, potentially opening up a whole new world for people with celiac disease. Celiacs cannot tolerate
UC Davis discovery offers hope for treating kidney cancer Therapeutics Daily
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First Lung Lesion And First Lymph Node Metastasis Treated With AngioDynamics' IRE
Medical Design Online - 13 Hours ago
AngioDynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGO) announced the use of its Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) technology on a lymph node metastasis and the first lung lesion case, at The Alfred in Melbourne, Australia.
SPECT/CT can distinguish lymph nodes in thyroid cancer patients HealthImaging
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Surprising find could lead to better manufacturing options for cancer-fighting antibodies
Media Newswire - 15 Hours ago
(Media-Newswire.com) - MIT engineers have found that antibodies do not need a particular sugar attachment long believed to be essential to their function, a discovery that could make producing therapeutic
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