Oncology

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• Commentary on the breast cancer controversy

  
  Pharma Strategy Blog — Authority: 470
  After the recent furore over the breast cancer guidelines, Ive been ignoring the hype and hysteria in the news and quietly waiting for some thoughtful commentary from some breast cancer experts I respect. This morning I got my wish with an email alert from the New England Journal of Medicine. In it, two well ...
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• Crosstalk Between Critical Cell-Signaling Pathways Holds Clues To Tumor Invasion And Metastasis

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  Two signaling pathways essential to normal human development - the Wnt/Wingless (Wnt) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathways - interact in ways that can promote tumor cell invasion and metastasis, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the Nov. 25 issue of ...
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• Ipsen Initiates An Advanced Endometrial Cancer Program With BN83495, Its First-in-Class Steroid Sulfatase Inhibitor First Patient Dosed In Phase II

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  Ipsen (Paris:IPN) announced the initiation of an international, multi-center, controlled, randomized Phase II clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BN83495, its investigational first-in-class steroid sulfatase (STS) inhibitor, in advanced endometrial cancer. BN83495 is currently being studied in ...
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• Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 164
  (Harvard University) A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals. The new approach, pioneered by bioengineers [...]
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• News brief: Estrogen receptor-alpha, breast cancer patients and tamoxifen response

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 164
  (Journal of the National Cancer Institute) Researchers have found evidence of a statistically significant survival benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen among patients whose estrogen-receptor-positive tumors had high levels of phosphorylation of [...]
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• Vanderbilt scientists report first effective medical therapy for rare stomach disorder

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 164
  (Vanderbilt University Medical Center) A drug used to treat colorectal cancer also can reverse a rare stomach disorder and should be considered first-line therapy for the disease, researchers at Vanderbilt [...]
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• News brief: Long-term testicular cancer survivors at high risk for neurological side effects

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 164
  (Journal of the National Cancer Institute) Long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy had more severe side effects, including neurological side effects and Raynaud-like phenomena, than [...]
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• Crosstalk between critical cell-signaling pathways holds clues to tumor invasion and metastasis

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 164
  (University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Two signaling pathways essential to normal human development the Wnt/Wingless and epidermal growth factor receptor pathways interact in ways that [...]
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• Hitting the blind side

  
  Pharma Strategy Blog — Authority: 470
  This week Ive been reading a fascinating book about Michael Ohers journey to the NFL. The title? The Blind Side. And then I had a thought. Thats exactly what the cancer cell aims to protect its blind side from assault. New developments in cancer (and peobably other therapy) treatments will come when scientists ...
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• Scientists Reveal Protector Gene Behind 50-fold Increase In Number Of Bowel Tumours

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that deleting a single gene can increase the average number of tumours in the bowel by 50-fold, according to research published in PNAS * today. The scientists at the University of Dundee removed a gene called GSTP** from mice already genetically predisposed to the ...
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• Will Vaccines Change The Face Of Cancer Treatment?

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  The H1N1 vaccine has spurred media interest in vaccines, as well as predictions of vaccines for a host of new diseases. According to Kalorama Information, certain cancers may be added to the list of diseases for which vaccinations will be employed. But this is not a new development.
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• Ironwood Pharma Eyes $172.5M IPO, Biogen CEO Pay Under Fire, & More Boston Life Sciences News

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 703
  Life Sciences , deals , Multiple Sclerosis Ryan McBride wrote: Xconomy’s life sciences coverage this past week featured a mix of exclusive feature stories—such as Luke’s analysis of the PML side effect from Biogen Idec’s natalizumab (Tysabri)—and breaking news stories like Ironwood ...
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• CoActiv Debuts Advanced Affordable EXAM-RIS® Family at RSNA 2009

  
  Your Story — Authority: 570
  RIDGEFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CoActiv, the enterprise image and data management specialist, breaks the RIS price/performance barrier at RSNA 2009 with its introduction of th
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• When Bad News Surprises Us

  
  Better Health — Authority: 576
  It’s that part of the job that I’ve never gotten used to.  I hope I never do. I saw a man recently with an unexpected finding on his exam – a “lesion” that should not have been there.  I was seeing him for his diabetes and blood pressure, and was doing my “ritual” physical exam, when the “lesion” ...
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• Cavalli, Textbook of Medical Oncology: Textbook of Medical Oncology, Fourth Edition by Franco Cavalli

  
  Free Your Mind All Free Download — Authority: 164
  Textbook of Medical Oncology | Franco Cavalli | Publisher: Informa Healthcare; 4 edition (August 27, 2009)| ISBN: 0415477484 | 462 pages | PDF | The fourth edition of Textbook of Medical Oncology acts as an essential resource for all working with the field of oncology, as it: * discusses the effective care of the ...
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• Insomnia Is Common, Likely Under-Diagnosed Among People With Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  Researchers have found that 43 percent of patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer in a clinical trial met the clinical criteria for insomnia syndrome and an additional 37 percent had insomnia symptoms, suggesting that the majority of patients (80 percent) suffer from sleep difficulties. This rate is approximately ...
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• Cancer.Net Provides Resources From Cancer Doctors On Coping With Cancer During The Holidays And Beyond

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  The holiday season is a time of celebration and togetherness with family and friends, but for people with cancer, it can be a difficult time of year. A cancer diagnosis can mean fear and anxiety for patients, and their family and friends, who may worry about the effects of treatment and prognosis for survival.
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• Cancer Research Could Improve Survival Rates

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  Scientists have begun a three-year study to analyse why cancer patients become resistant to treatments designed to fight the disease. A research team from Kingston University has been awarded £99,000 to investigate why some tumours are sensitive and respond to treatments and why other tumours do not.
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• SciClone Announces Enrollment Completion In Phase 2 Oral Mucositis Trial Of SCV-07

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) announced that patient enrollment is complete ahead of schedule for its phase 2 trial of SCV-07 -- a small molecule synthetic peptide with immunomodulating properties -- for the treatment of severe oral mucositis (OM) in patients with head and neck cancer.
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• Advanced Pediatric Neurosurgery Program Focuses On Childrens Brain Tumors, Other Nervous System Disorders

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  Responding to a growing need in central and northeast Pennsylvania for highly specialized care of pediatric brain tumors and other central nervous system disorders, Geisingers Janet Weis Childrens Hospital has launched a state-of-the-art and comprehensive pediatric neurosurgery program. The multidisciplinary program ...
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