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• Debate continues over asbestos, other contaminants at Massachusetts park

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 125
  In the city of Billerica, Massachusetts, concerns have been raised over the course of the last several months about the safety of Iron Horse Park. Members of the Board of Health believe that pentachlorophenol, a chemical used to treat utility poles being stored at Iron Horse Park, is causing a strange odor. Nearby ...
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• New Treatment Option Emerging For Some With Early Stage Lung Cancer

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Patients with early stage, non-small cell lung cancer who are not able to undergo surgery, now have a highly effective treatment option.No related posts. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Data On Laryngeal Cancer Described By Researchers At University OfPatras

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  According to recent research published in the journal Oncology Reports, "Laryngeal carcinoma is a malignancy of the respiratory tract with a significantly higher male to female ratio, suggesting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• New Prostate Cancer Study Results Reported From University Of Texas

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  According to a study from the United States, Previously, we reported that caveolin-1 (cav-1) is overexpressed in metastatic prostate cancer and that virulent prostate cancer cells secrete... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Dr. Gupta discusses lung cancer

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 142
  Dr. Anu Gupta is interviewed by NewsChannel 8 regarding risks for lung cancer.
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• High-dose Mixed Proton and Photon Radiotherapy May ImproveTreatment of Prostate Cancer

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Researchers affiliated with the Proton Radiation Oncology Group (PROG)/American College of Radiology (ACR) 95-09 study have reported that mixed proton and photon radiotherapy improves outcomes of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Early Morning Colonoscopies Detect More Polyps

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Researchers affiliated with the Veterans Administration of greater Los Angeles have reported that a greater number of polyps was detected among patients seen early in the morning than among patients... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Primary Care Physicians May Be Ordering More Pap Smears ThanNecessary

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have reported that primary care physicians overuse Pap smear testing and are not following current recommendations. The details of this study... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Despite complaints, preparations for burial of asbestos debris continues in Iowa

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 125
  In Bondurant, Iowa, thousands of tons of construction debris are being disposed of by burial, a move that is not being supported by officials from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The burial procedure has raised some controversy. Polk County District Judge Joel Novak ordered the burial as part of a settlement ...
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• Excess Body Weight Linked with More Than 100,000 New CancerDiagnoses Each Year in U.S.

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  According to estimates from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), excess body weight may be responsible for more than 100,000 new cancer diagnoses each year in the United States. No... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Israeli Jewish Holocaust Survivors May Have Increased Risk ofCancer

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Researchers from Israel have reported that the incidence of all cancers, and especially breast and colorectal cancers, is higher among Israeli Jews who were potentially exposed to the Holocaust... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Adjuvant Radiotherapy Improves Local Control in High-risk MelanomaPatients

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Researchers affiliated with the Intergroup Randomized Trial (TROG 01.01/ANZMTG 01.02) have reported that adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) improves regional control for patients with high-risk melanoma... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Mesothelioma-causing asbestos debris piling up along Florida parkway

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 125
  In Sebring, Florida, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection has identified 12 sites along the Sebring Parkway where concrete debris has tested positive for asbestos . The samples, collected over the past two months, are not the only asbestos danger in the area: large piles of pipes made from ...
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• Carbogen and Nicotinamide Improves Survival of Patients withAdvanced Bladder Cancer Receiving…

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Researchers from the UK have reported that patients with locally advanced bladder cancer treated with concomitant carbogen, nicotinamide, and radical accelerated radiotherapy have a 13% improved... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• H-R3 (Nimotuzumab) Enhances Radiation and Chemotherapy Responses inAdvanced Head and Neck Cancer

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Researchers from India have reported that the addition of nimotuzumab to radiation therapy or radiation therapy plus chemotherapy increases long-term loco-regional control and survival in patients... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Adjuvant Erbitux® May Improve Survival of High-risk Resected Headand Neck Cancer

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Researchers affiliated with RTOG 0234 have reported that the addition of ErbituxNo related posts. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• A Better Lung Cancer Treatment

  
  The Assertive Cancer Patient — Authority: 132
  Lung cancer is difficult to treat, and almost impossible to cure, and most people with this disease dont survive very long. Thats the brutal truth, and treatments havent gotten much better over the past few years. However, a new treatment, using stereotactic radiation to treat early-stage, inoperable lung cancer, ...
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• XBox 360 Get Up Tour Comes to Los Angeles

  
  Bike World News — Authority: 141
  During the final week of its 10-week circuit the Xbox 360® Get Up Tour (Tour) will stop in Los Angeles, CA, visiting Reseda High School on Monday, November 16, North Hollywood Senior High School on... For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.com
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• Radiotherapy and Hormonal Therapy Effective for Men with ProstateCancer Failing Surgery

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Researchers from the Mayo Clinic have reported that relapse-free survival was over 90% in patients treated with salvage radiotherapy (RT) plus two years of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Autologous Stem Cell Transplant with Lentiviral (HIV) VectorSuccessful in Two Patients with…

  
  OncoBlog — Authority: 148
  Researchers from France have reported the successful gene transfer, using a lentiviral vector, in two patients with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The details of this study appeared in the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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