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** BREAST CANCER News **
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Cancer Waiting Times Statistics - 2008/09 Quarter 1, UK
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119733.php
The key points from the latest release are: Performance on the five standards has remained around their highest recorded levels, during the period April to June 2008, namely: - 99.9% of patients were seen within 2 weeks from urgent GP referral to outpatient appointment.
Solution To World's Worst Mass Poisoning Case
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119730.php
A solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast.Currently over 70 million people in Eastern India and Bangladesh, experience involuntary arsenic exposure from consuming water and rice; the main staple food in the region.
Elekta Receives CE Mark Clearance For 'Everyday Radiation Therapy' Accelerator, Elekta Compact
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119724.php
Elekta recently announced that it has received CE Mark clearance to distribute Elekta Compact(TM), the latest addition to its line of treatment systems, offering clinicians an easy to implement, more affordable solution for radiation therapy.
Curis Announces Nature Publication Elucidating A Paracrine Mechanism Of Action In Hedgehog-Expressing Tumors
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119710.php
Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS), a drug development company focused on developing next generation proprietary targeted medicines for cancer treatment, announced the publication of preclinical data in<i> Nature</i> that support the premise that Hedgehog proteins play an important role in supporting tumor growth in Hedgehog-expressing solid tumors through a paracrine mechanism of action.
Research Ethics Committees Identify And Correct Problems In Applications To Do Cancer Trials, UK
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119704.php
Researchers running cancer trials are often critical of the Research Ethics Committee (REC) process they have to go through to get their trials approved, complaining that it's too complex, burdensome and sometimes unreasonable.
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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **
Cervical Cancer Control In Developing World Feasible For First Time
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119741.php
<b>Vaccine monograph unveiled</b><ul><li> A series of papers presenting the best global thinking on cervical cancer prevention with vaccination and screening, as well as fresh regional and national research and insights to guide governments and donors in building plans, was unveiled Thursday at the World Cancer Congress of the International Union Against Cancer in Geneva.
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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 **
Cell Genesys Halts VITAL-2 GVAX Trial In Advanced Prostate Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119718.php
Cell Genesys, Inc. (Nasdaq:CEGE) announced that it has terminated VITAL-2, the second of two Phase 3 clinical trials of GVAX immunotherapy for prostate cancer, which compares GVAX immunotherapy in combination with Taxotere® (docetaxel) to Taxotere plus prednisone in patients with advanced-stage prostate cancer.
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