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** BREAST CANCER News **
New Central Resource For Breast Healthcare Teams Now Available
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115796.php
The American Society of Breast Disease announces the opening of a career center to link breast healthcare professionals across all specialties with employers and educational opportunities. The new feature at the Society's web site at <a href="http://www.
Reduced Dose Anthracycline Pre Breast Cancer Surgery Has No Effect On Outcome
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115712.php
Canadian researchers have discovered that there is a low risk of adverse effect from reducing pre-op chemo by up to 25%, according to findings published in the online journal ecancermedicalscience.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Imaging System Offers Glimpse Of Rare Mutant Cells, May Help Understand Origins Of Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115762.php
MIT biological engineers have developed a new imaging system that allows them to see cells that have undergone a specific mutation.The work, which could help scientists understand how precancerous mutations arise, marks the first time researchers have been able to pinpoint the number and location of mutant cells - cells with a particular mutation - in intact tissue.
New Cancer Therapies And Pond Scum
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115722.php
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy are collaborating with the Ohio State University and two other organizations to discover new cancer therapies derived from natural sources such as pond scum and plants from tropical rainforests.
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Receives U.S. Patent For New Cancer Compounds
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115714.php
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX:RNN), a, leader in innovative therapeutics for life-threatening and life-debilitating diseases, today announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has issued to the Company U.
Researchers Study Causes Of Malignancy
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115702.php
The South is known for many things hot, steamy summers, iced tea laced with sugar and friendly people with a tendency to welcome strangers. But beneath the veneer of Southern hospitality and gracious living lurks a silent killer cancer.
Once Suspect Protein Found To Promote DNA Repair, Prevent Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115698.php
An abundant chromosomal protein that binds to damaged DNA prevents cancer development by enhancing DNA repair, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report online this week in the <I>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</I>.
Precancerous Esophagus Disease Eliminated In 98.4% Of Patients Treated With HALO Ablation System
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115697.php
BARRX Medical, Inc. announced that 98.4 percent of patients having a precancerous condition of their esophagus called Barrett's esophagus were free of the disease 2.5 years after non-surgical, endoscopic treatment with the HALO ablation system.
NT Radiation Oncology Moves One Step Closer, Australia
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115657.php
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments have reached another key milestone in the development of the Radiation Oncology Unit (ROU) with the announcement of Royal Adelaide Hospital as the preferred provider.
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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **
No news for this category today.
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
GeneNews Launches World's First Blood Test For Colorectal Cancer Screening
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115696.php
GeneNews Limited (TSX: GEN), a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, announced the launch of ColonSentry(TM), the world's first blood-based molecular test for colorectal cancer screening.
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** LUNG CANCER News **
Gene Panel Predicts Lung Cancer Survival
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115701.php
Researchers from four leading cancer centers have confirmed that an analysis involving a panel of genes can be used to predict which lung cancer patients will have the worst survival. The finding could one day lead to a test that would help determine who needs more aggressive treatment.
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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA News **
Tobacco Used To Make Cancer Vaccine
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115826.php
In an ironic twist to the relationship between tobacco and human health, it would seem that the future of the plant may lie in growing vaccines against cancer. Researchers in the US took antibodies from patients with a type of lymphoma, grew them in tobacco plants, extracted them, and reinjected the individualized vaccines back into the patients, where in most cases it produced an immune response that helped to fight the cancer.
Tobacco Plant Used To Make Vaccine For Treating Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115761.php
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.
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Prostate Cancer Drug Breakthrough For Aggressive Form Of Disease
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115721.php
A new trial drug called abiraterone has shown a high success rate at treating men with an aggressive, drug resistant, and often fatal form of prostate cancer. 70 to 80 per cent of the men on the trial experienced dramatic reductions in PSA (a protein marker for prostate cancer) and tumour shrinkage, even in tumours that had spread to bone and other tissue.
New Gene Combination May Cause Deadly Prostate Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115678.php
Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research have found that the partnering of two genes could be responsible for up to 600 British men developing a drug resistant and potentially deadly form of prostate cancer each year.
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