<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Cancer News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=69&amp;catid=262</link><description>News Feed for - Cancer</description><item><title>Circulating tumor cells linked to increased risk for VTE</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96608707&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:24:00</pubDate><description>Br J Cancer 2009; 101: 1813Ã¢â?¬â??1816 MedWire News: Patients with metastatic breast cancer and circulating tumor cells (CTCs) should be closely monitored because they have an increased risk for venous </description><source>MedWire News</source></item><item><title>Advanced Colorectal Cancer: Addition Of Cetuximab To Chemotherapy Increases Tumour </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96611169&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:56:00</pubDate><description>Advanced Colorectal : Addition Of Cetuximab To Chemotherapy Increases Tumour Shrinkage Leading To More Curative Surgery reports that adding cetuximab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy can shrink tumours and </description><source>MediLexicon</source></item><item><title>Investor Update: Discovery by Australian researchers leads to test for aggressive </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96610820&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:53:00</pubDate><description>A discovery by Australian researchers is being hailed as the firstÂ major breakthrough in some aggressive types of cancers in 30 years. The prestigious international journal, Nature Biotechology, has </description><source>Australian Government</source></item><item><title>Health Reform Financing Ideas Watered Down, Questions Remain On Premiums, Taxes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96472338&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:40:00</pubDate><description>Main Category: Also Included In: / General Practice Article Date: 26 Nov 2009 reports that while the Senate health bill 'includes nearly every big idea that health economists and medical researchers have </description><source>MediLexicon</source></item><item><title>Survivors sharpen debate on mammograms</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96209549&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:18:00</pubDate><description>Charlotte nurse Susan Gawlik was 35 when she got her first mammogram two months ago. It was supposed to provide a baseline for future scans. Instead, it detected cancer. Today, as Gawlik recovers from </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Implantable Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96490282&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T01:13:00</pubDate><description>WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A cancer vaccine delivered in a fingernail-size implant eliminated melanoma tumors in mice, a new study reports. The method uses polymer disks, 8.5 millimeters in </description><source>NewsChannel 5</source></item><item><title>More new cancer screening guidelines for women</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96578575&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:52:00</pubDate><description>Just days after a government task force changed what we'd always been told about mammograms, there's new advice on pap smears. OB-GYNs say most women can wait longer for their first one, and don't need </description><source>KOBTV New Mexico's NBC News</source></item><item><title>Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96586772&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T22:54:00</pubDate><description>Featured In: Disease Research The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, </description><source>Bioscience Technology Online</source></item><item><title>Skin implant to fight cancer developed</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96499147&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T08:38:00</pubDate><description>An implant which inserts a cancer vaccine into the skin to destroy tumours without harming any other parts of the body has been developed by scientists. Published: 8:00AM GMT 26 Nov 2009 The tiny disk </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>ER phosphorylation tied to improved tamoxifen response</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96517851&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:11:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In premenopausal women with ER-positive breast cancer, high expression of serine-118-phosphorylated alpha estrogen receptors (ER-alpha-S118-P) is associated with an improved </description><source>Reuters Health</source></item><item><title>Roche seeks broader EU breast cancer label for drug</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96443006&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:09:00</pubDate><description>* EU approval sought for broader Avastin breast cancer use * Application based on study on benefits with chemotherapy ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmakerRoche Holding has filed for European approval to </description><source>Reuters Health</source></item><item><title>Phosphorylated estrogen receptor-Î± expression predicts tamoxifen response</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96504125&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T20:16:00</pubDate><description>High expression of a phosphorylated form of estrogen receptor-Î± is associated with improved recurrence-free survival among tamoxifen-treated, premenopausal women with breast cancer, research shows.</description><source>MedWire News</source></item><item><title>Novartis Shells Out $210M for Two of Incyteâ??s Hematology-Oncology Candidates</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96451026&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T23:08:00</pubDate><description>Novartisis paying Incyte Pharmaceuticals $150 million up front and an additional $60 million immediate milestone payment as part of an exclusive licensing deal for two of the latterâ??s clinical-stage </description><source>Genetic Engineering News</source></item><item><title>Human cytomegalovirus UL76 induces chromosome aberrations.</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96562790&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T13:49:00</pubDate><description>Diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by hyperglycemia caused by a lack of insulin, insulin resistance, or both. There is increasing evidence that insulin also plays a role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) </description><source>Bioscience Technology Online</source></item><item><title>Subdividing NSCLC: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Lung Cancer Therapy</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96585951&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T19:08:00</pubDate><description>University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Shirish M. Gadgeel, MD Division of Hematology/Oncology Division of Internal Medicine Karmanos Cancer Institute Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan Sanja </description><source>Cancernetwork.com</source></item><item><title>Research shows how anti-cancer drug works</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96462680&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T19:26:00</pubDate><description>Researchers at Illinois' Northwestern University said they discovered how the drug tetrathiomolybdate, which is used to fight some metastatic cancers, works. Northwestern said in a release Thursday while </description><source>UPI</source></item><item><title>Clavis seals $380M deal for pancreatic cancer drug</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96583511&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T17:19:00</pubDate><description>vis Pharma ASA has signed a deal with Clovis Oncology, Inc for the further development and commercialisation of thedrug candidate, CP-4126, currently in Phase II development in pancreatic cancer. CP-4126 </description><source>Science Business</source></item><item><title>Hepatitis B vaccinations among Koreans: Results from 2005 Korea National Cancer </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96578603&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:20:00</pubDate><description>BACKGROUND: Reprogramming adult human somatic cells to create human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cell colonies involves a dramatic morphological and organizational transition. These colonies are morphologically </description><source>Bioscience Technology Online</source></item><item><title>Physical activity may reduce prostate cancer incidence</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96576576&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:03:00</pubDate><description>Br J Cancer 2009; 101: 1932Ã¢â?¬â??1938 MedWire News: Men who engage in more than 30 minutes of walking or cycling per day during their adult lives may have a reduced risk for developing prostate cancer, </description><source>MedWire News</source></item><item><title>Survival Benefit of Non-curative Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Patients with Synchronous </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96573876&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:39:00</pubDate><description>Biological or potency assays are frequently analyzed with the help of the parallel-line or parallel-logistic (4 or 5 parameter fit) methods. These methods have major advantages over traditional single-point </description><source>Bioscience Technology Online</source></item><item><title>World authority on cancer causes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96571446&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:22:00</pubDate><description>DONALD GRAHAM MacPHEE SCIENTIST 9-4-1942 - 16-9-2009 DONALD MacPhee, a world authority on the radiation and chemical causes of cancer, has died in the Austin Hospital after a battle with cancer. He was </description><source>The Age</source></item><item><title>US women 'to ignore breast advice'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96359536&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:33:00</pubDate><description>THREE-quarters of US women disagree with a high-level panel's recommendations to raise the age of breast cancer screening and even more plan to ignore the guidelines, a poll showed. Of 1,136 women aged </description><source>The Northern Star</source></item><item><title>Coral Springs mom wants Disney World escape for daughter with bone disease</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96547149&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:26:00</pubDate><description>Two years ago, Alyssa Farrington was having a pool party with her three children for Labor Day weekend when her daughter Jalaya started complaining about a headache that wouldn't go away. The next day, </description><source>Miami Herald</source></item><item><title>When Melanoma Calls</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96546700&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:44:00</pubDate><description>Overnight it appeared as a small, pink, circular area on my left forearm. Within a year it became a melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer. At first I thought my arm was irritated and wasn't </description><source>Advance for Nurses</source></item><item><title>Fentanyl buccal soluble film (FBSF) for breakthrough pain in patients with cancer: </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96546039&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=262</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:34:00</pubDate><description>Bioscience Technology Online Mouseover Tabs Menu- (c) Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use* Visit Dynamic Drive at http:www.dynamicdrive.com/ </description><source>Bioscience Technology Online</source></item></channel></rss>