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** BREAST CANCER News **
Breast Cancer Treatment Offers Better Outcome To Women With Implants
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131320.php
Women with early-stage breast cancer who have undergone breast augmentation may be treated successfully with a partial-breast radiation treatment called brachytherapy, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Breast-Lesion Biopsies May Be Reduced By New Statistical Model
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131248.php
A new method of characterizing breast lesions found during an MRI exam could result in fewer biopsies of benign tumors with the benefits of reduced pain and expense for patients and providers, according to a paper that was presented Nov.
European Ancestry Increases Breast Cancer Risk Among Latinas
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131209.php
Latina women have a lower risk of breast cancer than European or African-American women generally, but those with higher European ancestry could be at increased risk, according to data published in the December 1 issue of <a href="http://cancerres.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Marshall Edwards, Inc. Files IND Application For Triphendiol - Locally Advanced Or Metastatic Pancreatic And Bile Duct Cancers
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131351.php
Marshall Edwards, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSHL) today announced that it has filed an application with the United States Food and Drug Administration for an Investigative New Drug (IND) approval to undertake clinical studies with triphendiol as a chemosensitizing agent in combination with gemcitabine.
Earlier Detection Of Cancer And Better Treatment For Survivors, UK
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131345.php
Work is well underway to catch more cancer cases earlier and improve the longer term treatment for cancer survivors, National Cancer Director Professor Mike Richards said today. The first annual report setting out the Government's progress against the Cancer Reform Strategy, "Maintaining Momentum, Building for the Future", highlights the achievements made in the first year and identifies priorities for the year ahead.
Prostate Cancer Promotes The Growth Of New Nerves And The Branching Axons That Carry Their Messages
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131307.php
Prostate cancer - and perhaps other cancers - promotes the growth of new nerves and the branching axons that carry their messages, a finding associated with more aggressive tumors, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in the first report of the phenomenon that appears today in the journal <i>Clinical Cancer Research</i>.
Combining Targeted Therapy Drugs May Treat Previously Resistant Tumors
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131302.php
A team of cancer researchers from several Boston academic medical centers has discovered a potential treatment for a group of tumors that have resisted previous targeted therapy approaches. In their Nature Medicine report, which is receiving early online release, investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Cancer Center report that combining two different kinase inhibitors - drugs that interfere with specific cell-growth pathways - led to significant tumor shrinkage in mice with lung cancer driven by mutations in the K-Ras gene.
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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Prostate Cancer Promotes The Growth Of New Nerves And The Branching Axons That Carry Their Messages
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131307.php
Prostate cancer - and perhaps other cancers - promotes the growth of new nerves and the branching axons that carry their messages, a finding associated with more aggressive tumors, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in the first report of the phenomenon that appears today in the journal <i>Clinical Cancer Research</i>.
Plumbagin, A Medicinal Plant-Derived Naphthoquinone, Is A Novel Inhibitor Of The Growth And Invasion Of Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131255.php
UroToday.com - Dr. Moammir Aziz and colleagues from the University of Wisconsin reported in the November 1, 2008 issue of <i>Cancer Research</i> that plumbagin, a medicinal plant derived naphthoquinone, inhibits castration-resistant prostate cancer (CaP) growth and invasion.
Dynamic Change In Phosphorylated PDGFR In Peripheral Blood Leukocytes After Docetaxel Therapy Predicts Overall Survival In Prostate Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131254.php
UroToday.com - Accurate molecular markers for targeted therapy that correlate with traditional clinical outcomes are not common. An online article from a distinguished group of researchers demonstrates how useful this approach may be.
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