Monday, July 7, 2008

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** BREAST CANCER News **

Treatment Delays Result In Poor Outcomes For Men With Breast Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114081.php
Men who develop breast cancer are often not treated until the disease has spread to the point that treatment becomes difficult, new results show.Although most breast cancer patients are women, men make up roughly 1% of cases, Dr.

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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **

Report Says Clinicians Should Consider Economic Impact Of New Interventions
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114123.php
Cancer clinicians should understand and consider the economic impact of new interventions, which often have substantial costs, according to a report appearing in the July/August issue of <i>CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians,</i> a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

Risk Factors For Deadly Form Of Lymphoma
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114116.php
A new study indicates that the incidence of mantle cell lymphoma, an aggressive type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is on the rise, most frequently striking men, Caucasians and older individuals.

Curt Meyer Memorial Prize For Dr. Stephan Mathas And Dr. Martin Janz -Camouflage Mechanism Of Cancer Cells In Hodgkin's Lymphoma Decoded
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114095.php
Cancer researchers Dr. Martin Janz and Dr. Stephan Mathas of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany, have been honored with the Curt Meyer Memorial Prize for their research on Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Risk Of Persistent Local Disease In Bladder Cancer Patients Found To Be Pathologic Stage T0 At Radical Cystectomy
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114085.php
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Pathologic stage T0 (pT0) rates following radical cystectomy (RC) alone range from 10-15%. The pT0 rate increases in patients that have received neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy.

APP Pharmaceuticals Receives Final Approvals For Additional Dosages Of Granisetron Hydrochloride Injection, USP
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114074.php
APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:APPX), a leading manufacturer of multi-source and branded injectable pharmaceutical products, today announced that it has received final approvals from the U.

British Journalist Takes First Prize In Prestigious Cancer Journalism Award
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114065.php
Simon Crompton, who writes for British newspaper <i>The Times</i>, has been awarded the European School of Oncology's <b>Best Cancer Reporter Award</b> (BCRA) for 2008. The Award was established by the European School of Oncology (ESO) in 2006 to encourage better quality media coverage of cancer and to recognise the many examples of outstanding cancer journalism.

Researchers Identify Cancer Preventive Properties In Common Vitamin Supplement
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113544.php

Early laboratory research has shown that resveratrol, a common dietary supplement, suppresses the abnormal cell formation that leads to most types of breast cancer, suggesting a potential role for the agent in breast cancer prevention.

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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **

Sex During Adolescence Doesn't Predict Future HPV Infection
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114112.php
Predicting a child's future is a near impossible task - today's straight-A student may not become tomorrow's doctor, and the school-yard bully may actually grow up to become a member of the Peace Corps.

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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **

No news for this category today.

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** LUNG CANCER News **

Complete Study Results Comparing CTI's OPAXIO(TM) With Gemcitabine Or Vinorelbine In Performance Status (PS 2) NSCLC Patients
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114104.php
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) announced the publication of results from its randomized phase III trial comparing OPAXIO(TM) (paclitaxel poliglumex, CT-2103) with gemcitabine or vinorelbine for the treatment of PS 2 (performance status 2) patients with previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (Volume 3, Number 7, July 2008).

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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA News **

Risk Factors For Deadly Form Of Lymphoma
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114116.php
A new study indicates that the incidence of mantle cell lymphoma, an aggressive type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is on the rise, most frequently striking men, Caucasians and older individuals.

New Treatment Approach Promising For Lymphoma Patients In The Developing World
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114082.php
Preliminary results suggest that patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the developing world might benefit from a modified chemotherapy regimen, researchers say.At the ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU) organized by the European Society for Medical Oncology, a group headed by Prof.

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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **

Treatment Benefit In Prostate Cancer Predicted By Counting Tumor Cells In Blood
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114080.php
Counting the number of tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer can accurately predict how well they are responding to treatment, new results show.

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