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** BREAST CANCER News **
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Melanoma On The Rise Among Young Women In The US
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114770.php
A review of 30 years of surveillance and epidemiological records shows that incidence of melonoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, is increasing among young Caucasian women but not among young men in the US.
Journal Of Clinical Investigation Online Early Table Of Contents: July 10, 2008
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114745.php
<b>Prostate cancer cells cause disease in bones with the help of FGF9</b>Although prostate cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in the US, it is not the tumor in the prostate that usually causes death.
Sex, Death And Rock & Roll - Teen Movie Makers Help Create Cutting Edge Anti-smoking Films
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114731.php
Three hard hitting films - designed by teenagers for teenagers - were launched after a national competition helped uncover the next generation of British film makers. Cancer Research UK and Channel 4's 4Talent launched a joint initiative - funded by the Department of Health - called BREATHE to produce a selection of short online films to encourage young smokers to quit and deter others from starting.
Study Finds That Significant Proportion Of Men Told Wife's Cancer Was Incurable Late Or Not At All
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114698.php
A study conducted in Sweden found that more than 40 percent of widowers in that country whose wives died from cancer four or five years earlier reported they were either never told that their spouse's cancer was incurable, or they heard this information during the last week of her life.
Radiation Oncology Associates Of NY First In New York To Offer Patients A New, Faster Radiotherapy For Treating Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114643.php
Two prostate cancer patients became the first people in New York to receive a faster, more comfortable form of highly accurate radiotherapy in pioneering treatments at Radiation Oncology Associates of New York (a Division of Integrated Medical Professionals, PLLC).
Control Switches Found For Immune Cells That Fight Cancer, Viral Infection
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114622.php
Medical science may be a significant step closer to climbing into the driver's seat of an important class of immune cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report in <I>Nature Immunology</I>.
Cancer Drug Promising Against Graft-vs.-Host Disease
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114617.php
A new University of Michigan study in mice suggests that a drug recently approved to fight cancer tumors is also able to reduce the effects of graft-versus-host disease, a common and sometimes fatal complication for people who have had bone marrow transplants.
Proteolix Initiates Phase 1b Clinical Trial Of Carfilzomib In A Combination Regimen For Patients With Relapsed Multiple Myeloma
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114611.php
Proteolix, Inc. announced that patient dosing has commenced in a Phase 1b clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Proteolix's lead anti-cancer agent, carfilzomib (PR-171), in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma.
Skin Mole Analysis Using The Internet - A New Service By Opticom Data Research
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114591.php
Opticom Data Research performs skin mole analysis on mole images that are submitted through its Web site. The company uses its MoleSense software to analyze these moles and then an automated process compares the analysis results to 100s of skin cancer images available on the Internet.
Developing A Short And Sweet Diagnosis For Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114580.php
In order to provide the most effective treatments for cancer patients, it is essential to develop methods of sensitive and specific early detection of the disease. A team of scientists from the NIBRT Dublin-Oxford Glycobiology Laboratory at UCD has developed a system which aims to pinpoint potential "biomarkers" of early forms of the disease.
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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **
GlaxoSmithKline Responds To FDA On Cervarix® And Plans To Submit Final Study Data For Approval
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114628.php
GlaxoSmithKline provided the following update regarding its application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of Cervarix®, its vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.GSK has submitted its response to questions raised by the FDA in their Complete Response Letter, received in December, 2007.
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
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** LUNG CANCER News **
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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA News **
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Study Indicates Certain Men Benefit From Salvage Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114621.php
In the June 18, 2008 edition of JAMA, Dr. Bruce Trock and associates reported on prostate cancer (CaP) specific survival following salvage radiotherapy (XRT) vs. observation in men with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP).
UCLA Cancer Researchers Locate And Image Prostate Cancer As It Spreads To The Lymph Nodes
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114542.php
Using an engineered common cold virus, UCLA researchers delivered a genetic payload to prostate cancer cells that allowed them, using Positron Emission Tomography (PET), to locate the diseased cells as they spread to the lymph nodes, the first place prostate cancer goes before invading other organs.
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