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** BREAST CANCER News **
Susan G. Komen For The Cure(R) Employs Convio Software-As-A-Service In The Fight Against Breast Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115267.php
Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the global leader in the breast cancer movement, and Convio, a leading provider of on-demand constituent relationship management software and services to nonprofit organizations, announced today that Komen for the Cure is deploying Convio's integrated suite of on-demand software and services in order to more effectively communicate with and empower constituents, raise funds, influence public policy and support its mission.
Comment From Breakthrough Breast Cancer On Cochrane Review Of Breast Self Examination
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115221.php
Dr Sarah Cant, Policy Manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer says: "Breast self examination is widely practiced in the USA and is a strict and complicated routine that women are taught in order to check their breasts.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Getting To The Root Of Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115369.php
In two complementary studies, Weizmann Institute scientists have developed a new method for reconstructing a cell's 'family tree,' and have applied this technique to trace the history of the development of cancer.
First Worldwide Analysis Of Cancer Survival Finds Wide Variation Between Countries
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115312.php
Black men and women have substantially lower survival than white men and women in the United States, but US has the highest survival for prostate cancer of all 31 countries includedCancer survival varies widely between countries according to a worldwide study published online today in Lancet Oncology.
MDCT Using Virtual Gastroscopy And Multiplanar Reformation Images Differentiates Between Malignant And Benign Gastric Ulcers
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115306.php
Multidetector CT using virtual gastroscopy and post contrast enhanced multiplanar reformation images can be useful in differentiating between malignant and benign gastric ulcers, according to a recent study conducted by researchers from Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Using Magnetic Nanoparticles To Combat Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115305.php
Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body.
IRX Therapeutics To Present Phase 2 Results At 7th International Conference On Head And Neck Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115261.php
IRX Therapeutics, a privately-held company dedicated to the discovery and development of proprietary therapies for the treatment of cancer and viral diseases, today announced that a symposium on findings from its Phase 2 clinical trial of IRX-2 will be held on July 22, 2008 at 6:30 am (PDT) during the 7th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer at the San Francisco Marriot Hotel.
TG2 Identified As Potential Therapeutic Target In Chemo-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115244.php
<b>M. D. Anderson team silences protein with siRNA, implicates TG2 in fourth cancer</b>Scientists from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found overexpression of tissue type transglutaminase (TG2) in ovarian cancer is associated with increased tumor cell growth and adhesion, resistance to chemotherapy and lower overall survival rates.
Rates Of Oesophageal Cancer In UK Among The Worst In Europe,
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115222.php
Call for national research study to investigate the causes of oesophageal cancerThe Barrett's Oesophagus Foundation would like to support the Chief Medical Officer's recommendation for a large scale national research study to investigate the risk factors associated with the rising rate of cancer of the oesophagus.
Comment From Breakthrough Breast Cancer On Cochrane Review Of Breast Self Examination
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115221.php
Dr Sarah Cant, Policy Manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer says: "Breast self examination is widely practiced in the USA and is a strict and complicated routine that women are taught in order to check their breasts.
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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **
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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 **
Dendreon Initiates Phase 2 Trial Of PROVENGE In Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer Prior To Surgery
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115293.php
Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN) announced that the Company has initiated a Phase 2 trial of PROVENGE(R) (sipuleucel-T), Dendreon's investigational active cellular immunotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, in men with localized prostate cancer who are scheduled to undergo a radical prostatectomy.
Possible Link Found Between X-rays And Prostate Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115249.php
Researchers at The University of Nottingham have shown an association between certain past diagnostic radiation procedures and an increased risk of young-onset prostate cancer - a rare form of prostate cancer which affects about 10 per cent of all men diagnosed with the disease.
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