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** BREAST CANCER News **
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Erbitux Offers 'cure' Potential To 3 Out Of 4 Advanced Colon Cancer Patients - But Conditions Apply
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122267.php
Researchers have narrowed down the conditions in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) where treatment with the targeted biologic therapy Erbitux (cetuximab) is most likely to succeed. Results from two studies presented this month at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress in Stockholm, Sweden, showed that patients with a specific but common genetic make-up in their tumours, and whose cancer-spread was confined to the liver, have a greater than 75 per cent chance of going on to potentially curative surgery.
Multi Pronged Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Regimen To Be Studied In Melanoma Patients
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122262.php
Sanofi pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group, announced that it is sponsoring a Phase II clinical study exploring a multi-pronged treatment approach to high risk and advanced-stage melanoma -- an often fatal form of cancer for which there are limited treatment options.
Symposium Highlights Yale Study Indicating Role Of AHCC(R) For Immune System Enhancement And As A Promising Cancer Preventative
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122229.php
The 16th International AHCC(R) (Active Hexose Correlated Compound) Symposium was held in Sapporo, Japan on July 26th and 27th. The Symposium hosted by the AHCC Research Association was attended by over 300 medical doctors and researchers from around the world that presented and discussed research studies completed with AHCC.
Skin Cancer Prevention Information, Screenings Will Be Offered At Navistar Classic
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122215.php
Free skin cancer screenings and health education will be offered to both professional golfers and to the public attending the 2008 Navistar LPGA Golf Classic at Capitol Hill in Prattville Sept.
Why Chemo Works For Some People And Not Others - MIT Cell Findings Could Predict Individuals' Responses
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/121944.php
MIT researchers have shown that cells from different people don't all react the same way when exposed to the same DNA-damaging agent - a finding that could help clinicians predict how patients will respond to chemotherapy.
Discovery Of P53 Tumour Suppressor Gene Earns Sir David Lane 'Royal Gold Medal' By Royal Society Of Edinburgh
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/121783.php
Sir David Lane, chairman of Singapore A*STAR's Biomedical Research Council, has received the Royal Gold Medal for his outstanding contribution to cancer research through his discovery of p53 tumour suppressor gene.
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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
Erbitux Offers 'cure' Potential To 3 Out Of 4 Advanced Colon Cancer Patients - But Conditions Apply
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122267.php
Researchers have narrowed down the conditions in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) where treatment with the targeted biologic therapy Erbitux (cetuximab) is most likely to succeed. Results from two studies presented this month at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress in Stockholm, Sweden, showed that patients with a specific but common genetic make-up in their tumours, and whose cancer-spread was confined to the liver, have a greater than 75 per cent chance of going on to potentially curative surgery.
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** LUNG CANCER News **
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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA News **
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Elevations Of Serum Calcium Within The Normal Range Are Associated With An Increased Risk Of Fatal, But Not Incident Prostate Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122246.php
In our recent report, we show that men in the upper tertile of the normal distribution of serum calcium have an approximately 3-fold increased risk of fatal prostate cancer later in life. Readers intrigued by these findings may have several questions:<b>Why would we conduct such an analysis in the first place?</b>The stimulus for this research came from our recent work on the pathophysiology of metastatic prostate cancer (Schwartz GG.
Hormone Ablation Therapy (Including Intermittent) In Patients With Prostate Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122127.php
BERLIN, GERMANY (UroToday.com) - Dr. Kurt Miller, Professor of Urology at Univsitätsmedizin, Berlin, discussed the use of androgen deprivation therapy in patients with prostate cancer. He presented the results of a randomized prospective trial, (AU0 AP 17/95), comparing intermittent and continuous androgen suppression in advanced prostate cancer.
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