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• Letter raises big questions about state health plan priorities

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:16pm EDT

  SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Barbara Wagner has one wish - for more time. "I'm not ready, I'm not ready to die," the Springfield woman said.

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Bids for ImClone

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 12:02pm EDT

  Bristol-Myers Squibb has offered approximately $4.5 billion to buy ImClone, its development partner in cancer treatment Erbitux.

• Could Metals Help Treat Cancer?

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 7:00am EDT

  These molecules are very powerful inhibitors of a specific protein kinase, CK2, an enzyme that is overactive in a number of cancers.

• FDA Orders Safety-Related Change for Anemia Drug

  Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:16am EDT

  The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered changes in the prescribing information for two widely used anemia drugs, saying the risks of the medications outweigh the benefits for certain cancer ...

• Therapeutic vaccines said to hold big promise

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 9:46pm EDT

  By Ransdell Pierson

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The new chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Wednesday therapeutic vaccines used to treat cancer and other diseases could become a major product line for the world's second-largest drugmaker.

  Andrew Witty said therapeutic vaccines, which prod the immune system to attack specific proteins linked to diseases, are one of the company's most promising areas of research.

  "If it fulfills its promise, it will probably be a whole new business," Witty said, referring to such vaccines as "hybrids" between drugs and vaccines. Vaccines traditionally have been used to prevent illness rather than fight it.

• Three cancer specialists to quit in Newfoundland

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:24pm EDT

  More than 1,000 women in Newfoundland and Labrador face the prospect this fall of seeking cancer treatment elsewhere in Canada after three cancer specialists announced their resignations.

• Minorities less likely to know about breast cancer treatment options

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 1:02pm EDT

  Nearly half of women treated for breast cancer did not know that their odds of being alive after five years are roughly the same whether they undergo mastectomy or breast conserving surgery.

• Science Highlights of the 50th AAPM Meeting in Houston, July 27 to July 31

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 8:35am EDT

  Whether X-rays for CT scans, sound waves for ultrasound, magnetic fields for MRI, or antimatter for PET scans, the "stuff" of physics has revolutionized the practice of medicine.

• Twenty percent of British adult survivors of childhood cancer smoke despite hazards

  Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:05am EDT

  Twenty percent of British adult survivors of childhood cancers are current smokers, and nearly a third have been regular smokers at some point in their lives, according to a study in the July 29 online issue of ...

• North Shore Radiation Therapy is First to Treat Breast Cancer on Long ...

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:41pm EDT

  The Contura Brachytherapy procedure is a partial-breast radiation treatment that allows breast cancer patients requiring radiation therapy after a lumpectomy to be treated in five days, rather than six to seven ...

• Prostate Cancer Treatment Could Impair Men's Thinking

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 7:09pm EDT

  Men undergoing hormone deprivation therapy to keep prostate cancer at bay may experience memory loss and have trouble concentrating, a new study finds.

• Advantages Of Surgical Oncology

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 2:23pm EDT

  A surgical oncologist is a surgeon who specializes in treating cancer . This specialist physician must first train in general surgery and then complete an additional two-to-four year fellowship in surgical ...

• Electronic Brachytherapy Accurately Delivers Non-Radioactive Therapy...

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 6:13am EDT

  According to Xoft, Inc., developer of the Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System, positive clinical results from initial breast cancer treatment experience has generated significant momentum for adoption of ...

• GTx study continues after safety review

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 10:05pm EDT

  Biopharmaceutical company GTx Inc. said Monday it is continuing a late-stage study of its experimental prostate cancer drug after completing a planned safety review.

• Study provides clues to preventing and treating cancer spread

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 5:26pm EDT

  Isn't it odd that cancer cells from one organ, such as the skin, can travel and take root in a totally different organ, like the lung? What's more, why is it that certain cancers prefer to spread, or ...

• Varian Medical Systems Appoints Andrew Whitman to Head New Government ...

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:59pm EDT

  Whitman, 39, who previously was vice president of and headed the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance , a division of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association , is joining Varian to develop and ...

• Rectal Cancer Patients Benefit From Minimally Invasive Surgery

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 8:43am EDT

  A group of Houston colorectal surgeons have conducted one of the largest studies to date of the patient benefits of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer, leaving behind no markers for ...

• New Drug Could Prevent Common Skin Cancer

  Posted: July 28th, 2008, 4:08am EDT

  According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States.

• New Cellular Pathway Linked To Cancer Identified

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 8:05pm EDT

  In a new study, published in the July 25th issue of Cell, scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have identified a way that cells respond to DNA damage through a process that targets proteins for disposal.

• Walking towards cancer cure

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 11:48am EDT

  These woman are only a few of the 1,400 people who took park in the 60-km, two-day Weekend to End Breast Cancer walk in Calgary, yesterday.

• Cancer Treatment Application Of The Aethlon Hemopurifier Published In ...

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 7:31am EDT

  Aethlon Medical, Inc. disclosed today that a peer reviewed scientific paper coauthored by Aethlon researchers has been published in the Journal of Translational Medicine.

• Fight cancer by having regular checkups

  Posted: July 27th, 2008, 3:05am EDT

  This past June, having lost yet another relative and family friend since childhood to cancer, I appreciated Dr.

• New IU cancer center aims to put patients at ease

  Posted: July 26th, 2008, 10:51pm EDT

  Indiana University's new $150 million cancer center has traded cramped waiting rooms for spacious bamboo-lined areas intended to give patients a sense of tranquility.

• New IU cancer center aims to put patients at ease

  Posted: July 26th, 2008, 1:53pm EDT

  Indiana University's new $150 million cancer center has traded cramped waiting rooms for spacious bamboo-lined areas intended to give patients a sense of tranquility.

• Plants can be factories making vaccine to treat cancer

  Posted: July 26th, 2008, 9:37am EDT

  Ronald Levy has a vaccination strategy of injecting many copies of a cancer-specific antibody into a lymphoma patient, pushing the immune system to kill malignant cells.

• Jennerex Publishes Clinical Trial Data With Lead Product JX-594...

  Posted: July 26th, 2008, 2:04am EDT

  Serum tumor markers, which correlate with tumor burden over time in patients, decreased by up to 95 percent after treatment.

• Breast cancer treatment dilemma

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 9:33pm EDT

  Women newly diagnosed with breast cancer could be faced with the extra dilemma of having to decide whether to be tested for dangerous gene mutations, as evidence emerges that those with high-risk changes to the ...

• Cephalon sues Barr Pharmaceuticals

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:57pm EDT

  Cephalon Inc. said Thursday night it filed a patent infringement lawsuit earlier this week against Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.

• Cancer survivors share blessings, swap fish tales

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:37pm EDT

  The fly-fishing and breastcancer-survivor sisterhood of Bella Vista met for a mini reunion last month at Carol McKibben's home.

• Event rallies support for cancer fight

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 8:16am EDT

  Relay for Life aims to raise $160,000 By Cherie Tham For the Marshfield News-Herald W ith 47 teams already and 529 participants, the American Cancer Society Marshfield Area Relay for Life is gearing up.

• When To Start Cancer Treatment?

  Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:02am EDT

  Has Cancer spread? Research identifies best way to find answers so the treatment can begin.

• ANALYSIS: Bespoke therapy raises cost question

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:44pm EDT

  The great aim of modern cancer treatment is not necessarily to cure patients of their tumours but to allow people to die with their cancers and not because of them.

• Kettering Woman Opts for New Breast Cancer Treatment

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 7:26pm EDT

  The shattering moment came in mid May of this year. Amid the stress of moving into a new home, Myrna Nelson learned that she had breast cancer.

• Progen Terminates PATHWAY Trial & Confirms Focus on Potential High Value Molecules and M&A

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 3:11pm EDT

  BRISBANE, Australia, July 22 Progen-Pharma-PATHWAY BRISBANE, Australia , /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following a thorough review that concluded late yesterday, the Board of Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited today ...

• NDP push N.S. gov't to start funding cancer treatment drug Avastin

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 10:54am EDT

  More than two months after a budget promise to fund the cancer drug Avastin, about 100 people in Nova Scotia are still waiting to find out whether they qualify for assistance under a yet to be announced ...

• Steve Jobs had another surgery to fix cancer-treatment complications [Great Moments In Pr]

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 6:32am EDT

  Buried in a report from the New York Times on Apple CEO Steve Jobs's health scare is this revelation: People who are close to Mr.

• Sorafenib extends life of advanced liver cancer patients

  Posted: July 24th, 2008, 2:20am EDT

  Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have found that sorafenib helps patients with advanced liver cancer live about 44 percent longer compared with patients who did not receive the ...

• Not all women complete radiation for breast cancer

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 10:06pm EDT

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study shows that some women with breast cancer fail to complete their radiation therapy, pointing to a need to help more women to see their treatment through to the end.

  Researchers found that of 24,500 U.S. women diagnosed with breast cancer between 1992 and 2002, after surgery, radiation therapy was completed by 87 percent.

  While that figure is "reassuring," the researchers report in the journal Cancer, the 13 percent of patients who did not complete therapy still represents a fairly large number of women.

• New drug shrinks prostate tumors

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 5:19pm EDT

  An experimental cancer drug shrank prostate tumors dramatically and more than doubled survival in 70 percent to 80 percent of patients with aggressive cancers, British researchers reported Tuesday.

• MIMA Cancer Center Becomes First in World to Treat Soft Tissue...

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 12:32pm EDT

  They are also the first in the world to use this technology to deliver stereotactic body radiotherapy in the treatment of soft tissue carcinoma.

• Teamwork cuts out unnecessary biopsies, researchers find

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 8:10am EDT

  Unnecessary biopsies could be a thing of the past for patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer.

• What's Worse, The Threat Of Melanoma Or Staying Out Of The Sun?

  Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 3:33am EDT

  Submitted by News Account on 22 July 2008 - 4:15am. Public Health We are continuously bombarded with messages about the dangers of too much sun and the increased risk of melanoma , but are these dangers real, ...

• Court: disability laws protect those unable to have sex

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 10:53pm EDT

  A South Carolina breast-cancer survivor has beaten the State Department and convinced judges in Washington that the inability to have sex is a disability protected under federal anti-discrimination laws.

• How Weight Loss Helped Detect Cancer

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 6:26pm EDT

  Jeff Bucher of Fond du Lac, Wis., believes a new awareness of his body saved his life.

• Pioneering drug offers hope to prostate cancer sufferers - " but not for three years

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 1:38pm EDT

  THOUSANDS of men with prostate cancer could be helped by an "exciting" new drug which potentially represents the biggest step forward in treating the disease for 60 years, researchers revealed yesterday.

• Study says tobacco could help treat cancer

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 9:19am EDT

  London, July 22: Tobacco plant -- a potent carcinogenic agent -- may actually offer the means to treat a certain form of cancer.

• First human tests of an injectable vaccine grown in genetically engineered plants

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 5:03am EDT

  Plants could act as safe, speedy factories for growing antibodies for personalized treatments against a common form of cancer, according to new findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine .

• Prostate cancer drug 'breakthrough'

  Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 12:31am EDT

  Men who expect to die from prostate cancer have been offered new hope by a drug which could represent the biggest step forward in treating the disease in 60 years.

• Technology uses tobacco plants to fight cancer

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 8:04pm EDT

  CHICAGO - A personalized vaccine made using tobacco plants -- normally associated with causing cancer rather than helping cure it -- could aid people with lymphoma in fighting the disease, ...

• Nanotechnology-based breast cancer treatment launched in India

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 3:42pm EDT

  July 21, 2008 -- Biotechnology companies , Biocon Limited and Abraxis BioScience, Inc.

• Roche offers $43.7B for rest of Genentech

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 10:47am EDT

  Swiss pharmaceutical maker Roche on Monday offered $43.7 billion for the remaining shares of its U.S. biotech partner Genentech Inc., seizing the opportunity offered by the weak U.S. dollar to grab a bigger ...

• Cutting-edge Cancer Treatment Improving Lives

  Posted: July 21st, 2008, 3:37am EDT

  Paul shaw is a 71-year-old retiree living in Huntsville. Two years ago, he was diagnosed with liver cancer.

• Watch out for phrases like "skin cancers disappear" or "shrinks malignant tumors"

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 7:21pm EDT

  The US Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on companies selling bogus cancer treatments on the internet.

• Digital mammograms focus of grants from breast cancer group

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 11:05am EDT

  The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation helped support the shift to digital mammography with grants awarded this week.

• Funds in place for cancer centre

  Posted: July 20th, 2008, 2:53am EDT

  The province has formally approved funding for the Northern Cancer Control Strategy, which includes the construction of a new 4,200-square-metre cancer centre in Prince George.

• A search for the best prostate cancer treatment

  Posted: July 19th, 2008, 6:48pm EDT

  A new Cancer Research UK clinical trial has been launched to investigate the best treatment options for men who have had surgery for early stage prostate cancer .

• One-Day Breast Cancer Treatment Saves Lives in Less Time

  Posted: July 19th, 2008, 10:27am EDT

  For many patients, a cancer diagnosis is no longer a fatal one. However, the comfort that a patient's condition is treatable is often accompanied by dread of the grueling treatment that will be needed to save ...

• Prostate Cancer Treatment and its Effects on Sexual Performance

  Posted: July 19th, 2008, 6:11am EDT

  Prostate cancer is common and affects a huge percentage of men around the world.

• Trent student gets $27,500 for breast cancer research

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 9:56pm EDT

  Allison Boyd, a 24-year-old Trent University graduate student, is embarking on a leading-edge breast cancer risk study, emboldened by a $27,500 Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation fellowship.

• Racial disparity seen in prostate cancer treatment

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 5:39pm EDT

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black men with early prostate cancer may be less likely to receive aggressive treatment than their white counterparts, a small study has found.

  The reason, researchers say, seems to be that doctors are somewhat less likely to offer extensive surgery or radiation treatment to black patients -- and not that black patients more often refuse more-aggressive treatment.

  The study found that of 79 African-American men with earlier-stage prostate cancer, 71 percent received what is considered to be more-aggressive treatment -- surgical removal of the prostate gland or radiation therapy.

• BioCon Limited and Abraxis BioScience, Inc. Launch ABRAXANE in India for Treatment of Breast Cancer

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 1:13pm EDT

  BioCon Limited and Abraxis BioScience, Inc. Launch ABRAXANE in India for Treatment of Breast Cancer 7/18/2008 BANGALORE, India, & LOS ANGELES-- --Biocon Limited, India's pioneering biotechnology company, and ...

• Oncology Wellness Institute takes - mind-body-spirit' approach

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 8:22am EDT

  Meadville Medical Center's Oncology Wellness Institute takes a 'mind-body-spirit' approach to cancer treatment, offering opportunities for creative expression and finding ways to include a patient's loved ones.

• Making a healthy shift

  Posted: July 18th, 2008, 3:45am EDT

  Too often, Americans' focus on cancer is more about breakthrough research and finding a cure than early detection and access to treatment.

• Breast Self-Exam Controversy: Despite What You've Heard, It's Still a Good Idea

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 11:29pm EDT

  If you think that breast self-exams are a waste of time, I'm not surprised. A recent study created a deluge of publicity after it found that women taught to do breast self-exams didn't cut their chances of ...

• Apoptosis Mystery - Why Does It Sometimes Cause An Immune System Response?

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 3:14pm EDT

  Submitted by News Account on 17 July 2008 - 12:00am. Developmental Every moment we live, cells in our bodies are dying.

• Studies discredit self breast exams 7/16/08

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 8:04am EDT

  Studies now show that breast self-exams do not reduce breast cancer deaths. In light of the findings, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation is changing its educational policies.

• Cancer Survival Depends on Where You Live

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 3:46am EDT

  Your odds of surviving cancer depend on which country you live in. And, in the United States, it also depends on whether you're black or white, a new study finds.

• Wyeth - Prempro / Premarin: settlement

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 11:08pm EDT

  Back stories here. Wyeth has agreed to settle a Nevada case in which two women claimed that its hormone-replacement drugs Prempro and Premarin caused their breast cancer.

• BioAlliance Pharma Suspends Phase II/III Trial of Doxorubicin Transdrug(R) in Primary Liver Cancer

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 4:50pm EDT

  BioAlliance Pharma SA , the specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of opportunistic infections in cancer and HIV, announced today the suspension of its Phase II trial of doxorubicin Transdrug ...

• Details of cancer care shift 'are inadequate'

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 12:11pm EDT

  HEALTH campaigners are preparing for round two of their fight to save specialist cancer services in Cornwall after county councillors demanded full consultation on centralisation plans.

• A raisin in the sun: Gardeners risking skin cancer

  Posted: July 16th, 2008, 3:47am EDT

  Perhaps it's fitting that a food product - the seedless grape - was the image picked for a major anti-sunning campaign.

• Breast Cancer HER2 Test For Herceptin Candidates Approved By FDA

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 9:52pm EDT

  The US Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that it had approved a new test that measures the strength of HER2 gene amplification in breast cancer patients so that decisions can be made about ...

• Claims of - hidden' cancer cases

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 1:41pm EDT

  THE number of Welsh people living with cancer could be as high as 100,000 - nearly double the official estimates - according to a new survey published today.

• Amgen's Denosumab Positive In Bone Loss Treatment of Prostate Cancer Men

  Posted: July 15th, 2008, 5:25am EDT

  This morning Amgen announced findings from a three-year pivotal Phase 3 placebo-controlled trial evaluating denosumab in the treatment of bone loss in men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy for ...

• Free Skin Cancer Screening Tour Traveling

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 9:06pm EDT

  The tour kicks off in New York City on May 2nd and will run through the fall. WHEN: Friday, July 25th in Monroeville 10AM - Noon Sunday, July 27th in Mars 2PM - 4PM A local dermatologist available for ...

• Wyeth: N.J. Judge Dismisses Two Hormone Therapy Lawsuits

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 4:27pm EDT

  Wyeth said Monday a New Jersey Superior Court judge dismissed two lawsuits that alleged the drugmaker did not provide adequate warnings that their hormone therapy products could carry a risk of developing ...

• Holidaymakers urged to be safe in the sun

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 12:12pm EDT

  The European Union's health and consumer chiefs urged holidaymakers on Monday to take extra measures to protect themselves from the sun this summer in a bid to curb rising levels of skin cancer, notably among ...

• Cancer Drug Avastin's Quality, Price Questioned

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 7:29am EDT

  Cancer drug Avastin is found to cost more than it should, taking into consideration the fact that it doesn't significantly improve quality of life or prolong.

• DNA computers to fight diseases

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 12:35am EDT

  Israeli scientists have developed tiny devices able to detect signs of cancer, and release drugs to treat the disease.

• Sun protection's alphabet soup

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 7:54pm EDT

  This photo provided by Martha Stewart shows Dean Fosdick wearing sun protective clothing as he works in his garden in New Market, Va., July 2, 2008.

• Coping with 'Chemo Brain'

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 3:38pm EDT

  Loss of concentration and difficulty remembering are signs of a phenomenon cancer patients call "chemo brain." Now researchers are looking at the cognitive changes that occur in the brain during chemotherapy to ...

• Raisin in the sun

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 10:47am EDT

  Perhaps it's fitting that a food product -- the seedless grape -- was the image picked for a major anti-sunning campaign.

• Most sunscreens not effective as claimed

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 5:38am EDT

  Most sunscreens do not offer blanket protection from the sun as they claim and some may contain harmful chemicals, according to the Environmental Working Group , a Washington-based research group, on Tuesday.

• Oncologists will take home higher earnings next year

  Posted: July 13th, 2008, 1:25am EDT

  Health care ST. JOHN'S NADYA BELL The Telegram Medical oncologists could bring home more than $600,000 next year, under the terms of the provincial government's May pay increase.

• Christmas in July: Cancer support group launches fundraiser

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 8:49pm EDT

  Some of the people sitting around the table making Christmas ornaments on the first day of July looked very, very tired.

• UVB Rays More Likely To Cause Skin Cancer

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 4:06pm EDT

  Whether your skin turns red after a day in the sun or not, both kinds of ultraviolet light are causing skin damage.

• Health chief resigns in protest

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 11:39am EDT

  The chairman of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals' NHS Trust has resigned in protest at plans to move some cancer services to Devon.

• Deadly skin cancer on rise among young women

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 6:58am EDT

  Increasing numbers of younger women continue to be diagnosed with the most dangerous form of skin cancer even as the rate of new cases has leveled off in younger men, federal health officials reported Thursday.

• Warning of anemia in kidney cancer drug interaction

  Posted: July 12th, 2008, 2:35am EDT

  Health Canada is warning doctors and cancer patients about the use of Avastin in combination with another drug, Sutent , to treat kidney cancer.

• Recycling to Treat Cancer

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 9:53pm EDT

  Recycling protects the planet, but now researchers say recycling on a cellular level might also protect you from cancer.

• Doctors support NHS patients on paying for drugs

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 5:26pm EDT

  Doctors made a landmark decision yesterday to support patients' rights to receive NHS care while paying for private treatment.

• CAncer Drug Promising Against Graft-vs.-Host Disease

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT

  A study in mice suggests the drug SAHA, a new anti-tumor drug, is also able to reduce the effects of graft-versus-host disease, a serious complication of bone marrow transplants.

• 4 out of 5 sunscreens are inadequate, study finds

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 8:38am EDT

  Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 17:02. When temperatures soar past the century mark around in California and other coastal areas, people head for the beach with all of the usual gear in tow.

• Ted Kennedy Returns To Senate For First Time Since Brain Tumor

  Posted: July 11th, 2008, 4:09am EDT

  The liberal lion, Sen. Ted Kennedy , returned to the Senate Wednesday to break a stalemate on critical stalled Medicare legislation, making his first appearance on the Hill since he was diagnosed with brain ...

• Melanoma Rates Soar Among Younger Women

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 11:11pm EDT

  Cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, are increasing sharply among younger women in the United States, but not among younger men, a new study says.

• Continue reading "Federal judge tosses out $27 million in damages against Wyeth and Upjohn"

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 6:31pm EDT

  A federal judge has thrown out a jury award of more than $27 million for an Arkansas woman who developed breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy.

• Institute Professor Wins Prestigious Science Award, UK

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 1:59pm EDT

  The Institute of Cancer Research's Professor Christopher Marshall FRS has been awarded the Royal Society's prestigious 2008 Buchanan Medal.

• Breast Asymmetry Affects Quality of Life

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 9:05am EDT

  A new study shows that women who get breast conserving surgery, or lumpectomy, to treat breast cancer are more likely to have depression symptoms and worse quality of life if there is pronounced breast ...

• Health: Breast Cancer Treatments

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 4:35am EDT

  Breast cancer is rare but especially aggressive in women under the age of 40.Treatments are can be very toxic, but a groundbreaking discovery could be changing that.

• Ailing Edward Kennedy returns to the Senate for vote

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 11:53pm EDT

  WASHINGTON - The Lion of the Senate roared "Aye!" Wednesday as Edward Kennedy cast his first vote since being diagnosed with brain cancer in May.

• Some concerned sun lovers are opting for natural sunscreens

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 7:34pm EDT

  When Nashville, Tenn., mom Heather Jenkins went shopping for sunscreen to protect her young son's skin last summer, she found herself searching for terms such as 'natural' and 'organic' on the bottles and tubes ...

• Judge Tosses $27M Award in Hormone Drug Suit

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 3:16pm EDT

  A federal judge has thrown out a jury award of more than $27 million for a Little Rock woman who developed breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy.

• ValiRx Plc Acquires Global Rights to Novel Compound Targeted at Prostate Cancer

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 10:50am EDT

  Under the terms of the License Agreement with CRT, ValiRx has a period of twelve months in which to complete the pre-clinical regulatory development of VAL201 including toxicology, prior to exercising its ...

• Breast Asymmetry After Cancer Treatment Affects Quality of Life

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 6:36am EDT

  Most women with breast cancer assume that surgery to preserve their breast will be less disfiguring than a mastectomy that removes the entire breast.

• Question of how often women 80+ should get mammograms fuels fight in medical community.

  Posted: July 9th, 2008, 2:00am EDT

  RONI CARYN RABIN As with most cancers, the risk of breast cancer increases with age.

• Cancer death rate drop tied to education levels

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 9:34pm EDT

  Declines in death rates from the four leading types of cancer in the United States since the early 1990s have been driven largely by progress among college-educated men and women, researchers said on Tuesday.

• Writer Dean Fosdick wears sun-protective clothing as he works in his garden in New Market, Va.

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 5:06pm EDT

  Perhaps it's fitting that a food product -- the seedless grape -- was the image picked for a major anti-sunning campaign.

• Raising Awareness Of Cancer Among Black And Minority Ethnic Communities

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 12:24pm EDT

  Sir Trevor Macdonald is calling on Britain's cancer community to help raise levels of awareness about the disease that cuts a swathe through the country's Black and Minority Ethnic communities as much as it ...

• Essay: My breast cancer treatment choices

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 7:54am EDT

  "You know what? I think you're going to be one of those women who just sails through this!" So says my oncologist -- my God, I have an oncologist -- with a practised, satisfied tone.

• New Group To Fight For Cancer Patients

  Posted: July 8th, 2008, 3:28am EDT

  A new cancer patient advocacy group that held its founding conference in St. Petersburg last month has launched a campaign against the restricted access to effective and innovative cancer treatment available in ...

• Antisoma PLC Early Findings Show Promise as AS1411 AML Study Proceeds to Higher-Dose Stage

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 11:03pm EDT

  Antisoma PLC Early Findings Show Promise as AS1411 AML Study Proceeds to Higher-Dose Stage 7/7/2008 London, UK: 07 July 2008 - Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc today announces initial findings from its phase ...

• New fertility technique targets women with cancer

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 6:29pm EDT

  A new technique may help newly diagnosed cancer patients preserve their eggs, and perhaps their fertility, before chemotherapy, German researchers said on Monday.

• Senator's wife gives upbeat update

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 2:04pm EDT

  Ted Kennedy's wife says his cancer treatment has added a new word to her husband's vocabulary: "fatigue." She says that's the only side effect he's been experiencing during treatment for brain cancer.

• Ask A Doctor: Progress being made in breast cancer treatment

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 9:44am EDT

  Question: Have we made any progress over the years in breast cancer treatment? Answer: Absolutely, and we continue to search for better treatments to eradicate this terrible disease.

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  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 5:28am EDT

  Sir Trevor McDonald is launching a campaign to raise awareness of cancer among black and minority ethnic communities in Britain.

• Introgen stock rises as company seeks FDA approval of cancer drug

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 1:08am EDT

  Shares of Introgen Therapeutics Inc. rose more than 11 percent in early trading Monday on news that the company has applied with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its newest cancer drug.

• Breast cancer treatment breakthrough

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 8:38pm EDT

  The BC Cancer Agency is reporting a breakthrough that may lead to better treatment for breast cancer patients.

• Breast cancer walkathon

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 4:03pm EDT

  Members of the Action for Breast Cancer Foundation with several other supporters during a walkathon in Sliema.

• Can greed prevent progress? Batavians weigh in on Fourth

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 11:40am EDT

  About a dozen Batavians gave up the opportunity to sleep in on Friday, opting instead to participate in their city's annual Fourth of July American Dialogue, hosted by Roger Breisch.

• Alberta Vaccine Program Protect Girls From Cancer

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 7:21am EDT

  The Alberta government will be taking action to prevent the majority of cervical cancers .

• How much is time worth? In one cancer drug, a medical dilemma

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 2:53am EDT

  Published Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 10:40 p.m. Last updated Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 10:40 p.m. It took only an instant for 58-year-old Gailanne Reeh to go from the picture of health to death's door.

• Principal Financial Group takes some of the bite from cancer treatments

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 10:20pm EDT

  According to the National Cancer Institute, chemotherapy and head/neck radiation therapy put individuals at risk for oral problems like mouth sores, infections and tooth decay.

• Cutting out cancer

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

  Three months ago, Alice Morgan noticed a tiny spot just beneath her right eye. She didn't think much of it at the time, but four days later there was a little bleeding, so she decided to have it examined.

• Turning Off Half of All Cancers

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 1:35pm EDT

  Turning Off Half of All Cancers EukekAlert! reports on a mechanism that may reverse half of all cancers - assuming that the cancer cells don't promptly evolve their way around it, that is.

• Breast cancer: How tumor cells break free and form metastases

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 9:00am EDT

  When tumor cells acquire the capacity to move around and invade other tissues, there is a risk of metastases and cancer treatment becomes more difficult.

• New Depression Treatment For Cancer Patients Shows Promise

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 4:37am EDT

  Editor's Choice Main Category: Depression Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 05 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT An article published in The Lancet finds that cancer patients ...

• Sexual dysfunction in women with gynaecological cancer

  Posted: July 5th, 2008, 12:16am EDT

  At least half of the women who are treated for gynaecological cancer often experience significant sexual difficulties.

• Young Cancer Patients Get New Bikes And An Evening Of Fun

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 7:58pm EDT

  The Kids Cancer Foundation of South Florida and ImClone Systems Inc., a national oncology pharmaceutical company, held a Family Fun Event on Friday, June 27 at Okeeheelee Park for local kids with cancer.

• Soon, a non-invasive tool to monitor lung cancer treatment progress

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 3:28pm EDT

  London, July 4 : Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Centre in Boston are developing a blood test that would help in monitoring lung cancer progression by detecting tumour cells circulating ...

• Medicare Adds Third Recognized Source To Help Determine Coverage For Anti-Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 10:57am EDT

  Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 04 Jul 2008 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced additional updates to the information it uses in ...

• Lack of cancer test costs Ontario millions

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 6:36am EDT

  Some Canadian patients are needlessly being sent to the United States to receive one of the world's most costly cancer drugs, largely because a test that can reveal whether the medicine would be futile is ...

• Breast Cancer Cases Rising, Mortality Rate Decreasing

  Posted: July 4th, 2008, 1:56am EDT

  As the population of the United States has gotten older, and more women are aware of breast cancer, the number of cases discovered is increasing.

• Aacr Ceo Receives Second Honorary Doctorate

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 9:30pm EDT

  American Association for Cancer Research Chief Executive Officer Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. will receive a degree Honoris Causa in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Catania in Sicily on Friday, July ...

• Targeted Therapies To Lead New Wave Of Breast Cancer Treatments

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 4:59pm EDT

  Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 03 Jul 2008 - 4:00 PDT Rising public awareness about breast cancer and the treatments available has greatly improved revenues in ...

• Many Sunscreens Ineffective, Group Says

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 12:32pm EDT

  July 1, 2008 -- An environmental research and advocacy group claims that four out of five brand-name sunscreens either provide inadequate sun protection or contain chemicals that may be unsafe, but industry ...

• Doctor Knowledge of Cancer Treatment Options, Costs Key to Advising on Proper Medical Care

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 8:04am EDT

  The growing number of cancer treatment options and their widely varying costs suggest an increased need for oncologists to understand economic issues in cancer care and be able to discuss these issue with their ...

• Study Provides Clues to Preventing and Treating Cancer Spread

  Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 3:49am EDT

  Isn't it odd that cancer cells from one organ, such as the skin, can travel and take root in a totally different organ, like the lung? What's more, why is it that certain cancers prefer to spread, or ...

• New test could track tumors in 'real time'

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 11:10pm EDT

  Doctors have developed a new test to measure cancer cells that break off from lung tumors and travel through the blood.

• Breast cancer drug boost for high-risk women

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 6:53pm EDT

  SCIENTISTS claim to have conclusive proof that the drug tamoxifen can prevent breast cancer in healthy, high-risk women .

• Free beauty techniques offered at FRMC July 24

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 2:33pm EDT

  The American Cancer Society's "Look Good....Feel Better" program, hosted by Firelands Regional Medical Center, is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24 in Firelands Professional Center I in the Firelands ...

• Which sunscreens are safest?

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 9:56am EDT

  The sunscreen screening site, put together by the Environmental Working Group , gives detailed information about all the products and groups them by the types of harmful rays they're meant to protect against.

• Sunburn alert: UVB does more damage to DNA than UVA

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 5:30am EDT

  As bombs burst in air this July 4, chances are that sunburn will be the red glare that most folks see - and feel.

• Longaberger Horizon of Hope to Raise Money for American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Initiatives

  Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 12:50am EDT

  The Longaberger Company is kicking off its 2008 Horizon of Hope campaign with a special offer that will enable customers to buy Horizon of Hope products at a 20 percent discount while also supporting American ...

• Promising Cancer Drug Target In Prostate Tumors Identified By Researchers

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 8:25pm EDT

  Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 29 Jun 2008 Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have blocked the development of prostate tumors in ...

• Lab could add jobs, millions to state

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 3:44pm EDT

  Michigan could get a $1-billion bump to its economy over the next 10 years if a new U.S. Department of Energy lab is located at Michigan State University, according to an analysis to be released today.

• Supercomputer aids Canada cancer research

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 11:14am EDT

  Canada's fastest research supercomputer is helping search for more effective cancer treatments at the Ontario Cancer Institute.

• TUSTIN--- Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Doses First Patient in Phase II...

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 6:47am EDT

  Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that patient screening and dosing has begun in a Phase II trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of bavituximab in combination with chemotherapy in ...

• Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug

  Posted: July 1st, 2008, 2:32am EDT

  A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

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