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Focus On The Genetics Of Brain Tumor Formation Identifies Potential New Neuronal Tumor Suppressor
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyIn a G&D paper published online ahead of its April 1 print publication date, Dr. William Kaelin (Dana Farber Cancer Institute) and colleagues identify a potential new neuronal tumor suppressor."It has been suspected for decades that the short arm of chromosome 1 harbored one or more tumor suppressor ...
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Tue Mar 2008
AACR Funds Minority And Underrepresented Scientists
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyMinorities in Cancer Research (MICR), a 3,000-member group within the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), has selected the winners of two scholar awards for scientists working in underrepresented areas of the cancer research community. ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Harald Zur Hausen Receives American Association For Cancer Research Lifetime Achievement Award
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyHarald zur Hausen, D.Sc., M.D, internationally recognized for his research demonstrating the role of human papillomavirus as the etiological agent of cervical cancer, will receive the American Association of Cancer Research Award for Lifetime Achievement in honor of his life's work devoted to the st ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Research Publication On Immune Response To REOLYSIN During A Phase I Clinical Trial
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyDr. Kevin Harrington and team at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, U.K. published the results of their work characterizing immune system responses to administration of intravenous REOLYSIN® in a Phase I clinical trial. The paper, entitled "Characterization of the Adaptive and Innate Im ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Oral Cancer - PDA Stresses The Importance Of Early Detection
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyApproximately 35,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral cancer each year and nearly 8,000 people died of these cancers in 2007 alone. Early detection is an integral part in battling the disease and can even help identify precancerous cells before they become cancerous. The Pennsylvania Dental Ass ...
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Tue Mar 2008
New Localized Cancer Treatment For Advanced Retinoblastoma Saves Children From Having Eyes Removed, Restores Vision In Some Cases
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyA new interventional radiology treatment successfully treats advanced retinoblastoma -- a deadly, inherited cancer of one or both eyes in children -- and often spares them from having their eyes surgically removed (enucleated), according to the results of a study released today at the Society of I ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Interventional Cryoablation Stops Cancer Cold Curative Option For Patients With Small Localized Kidney Tumors
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyTwo papers presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting show that cryoablation -- the minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment to freeze primary kidney tumors without surgery -- is 95 percent effective when the tumors are four centimeters or smal ...
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Tue Mar 2008
Tumor Markers Can Show Presence Or Absence Of Testicular Cancer, But Are Not Used In A Majority Of Patients
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyA standard part of testicular cancer care isn't used in more than half of all patients who have the condition, researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found.Serum-based tumor markers, which are one indicator of the presence of cancer cells, are helpful in several a ...
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Tue Mar 2008
MU Laser Lab Will Enable Researchers To Change The Face Of Medicine
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyMany people equate lasers with a sci-fi battle in a galaxy far, far away or, closer to home, with grocery store scanners and compact disc players. However, an ultra-fast, ultra-intense laser, or UUL, with laser pulse durations of one quadrillionth of a second, otherwise known as one femtosecond, cou ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Parkinson's Disease Drug Might Work In Cancer Patients
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyA study published in the March 13 online issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation shows that dopamine, a drug currently used to treat Parkinson's disease and other illnesses, also might work in cancer patients. The study, which was done in mouse and laboratory models, shows that dopamine could ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Preventing Spread Of Ovarian Cancer
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyA drug that blocks production of an enzyme that enables ovarian cancer to gain a foothold in a new site can slow the spread of the disease and prolong survival in mice, according to a study by researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center, but only if the drug is given early in the disea ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Celsion Commences Global Phase III Study For Primary Liver Cancer
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyCelsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLN) announced that two clinical sites are currently screening patients after receiving IRB approval for the Phase III study titled "A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Dummy-Controlled Study of the Efficacy and Safety of ThermoDox® (Thermally Sensitive Liposomal D ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Misonix CEO Announces HIFU Strategy Targeting Cancer Therapy
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyMisonix, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSON), a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology for the treatment of cancer and other chronic health conditions, issued today the first formal statement from its Chief Executive Officer Michael A. McManus, Jr. regarding the Company's High Intensit ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Allovectin-7(R) May Offer Patients A New Option For Advanced Melanoma
Categorie : Cancer / OncologySkin cancer specialists at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah are recruiting patients into a large Phase 3 study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Allovectin-7®, an investigational product for advanced melanoma. If Allovectin-7® is found to be safe and effective in cli ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Arrowhead Subsidiary, Calando Pharmaceuticals, Submits IND For Clinical Trial With Targeted, Nano-Delivered RNAi Therapeutic For Cancer
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyArrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR) announced that its majority owned subsidiary, Calando Pharmaceuticals, a leading siRNA therapeutics company, submitted an investigational new drug application (IND) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to initiate a Phase I clinical trial using their ...
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Mon Mar 2008
New Study Shows Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Increasing Among U.S. Adults
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyThe percentage of U.S. adults aged 50 years and older getting screened for colorectal cancer is increasing according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The study uses state-level Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Sur ...
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Mon Mar 2008
A Tumor Of The Pancreas Mimicked By Colonic Duplication?
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyA case of cystic colonic duplication in an adult mimicked a tumor of the pancreas and the diagnosis was established by histopathological examination of the resected specimen after distal pancreatectomy.This report performed by a team led by Dra. Fabiana P Carneiro, is described in a case report to b ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Possible Long-Term Survival Offered By Resection Of Solid-Pseudopapillary Tumor Of The Pancreas
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyThe article published in volume 14 issue 6 of World Journal of Gastroenterology reports on one patient who presented to Dr Cosimo Sperti of University of Padua, Padova, Italy, in 2001 after an exploratory laparotomy performed in another hospital for an unresectable pancreatic cystic mass that had in ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Routinely Used Diagnostic Approaches: Only Limited Diagnostic Sensitivity For Bile Duct Cancer?
Categorie : Cancer / OncologySurgery is the only curative treatment in patients with bile duct cancer. To develop a therapeutic concept a reliable diagnostic procedure is of great importance in these patients. Due to longitudinal tumor growth along the bile duct, imaging techniques including ultrasound, computed tomography, an ...
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Mon Mar 2008
Are The Progression To Esophageal Cancer And Increased Slug Expression Linked?
Categorie : Cancer / OncologyReal-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), semi-quantitative immunohistochemistry and tissue array reveal that the progression to adenocarcinoma is associated with increased Slug expression and this may represent a mechanism of E-cadherin silencing.This study, performed by ...
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Mon Mar 2008