Medical News on Cancer
Outcomes Of Robotic Surgery: Data Presented At Head And Neck Cancer Annual Meeting
Jul 30, 2012
Predictors of disease severity in human papillomavirus-derived head and neck cancer, tobacco use, and the dramatic benefits of robotic surgery in people with head and neck cancer are among landmark research presented by Mount Sinai School of Medicine at the Eighth International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer. The meeting took place from July 21-25, 2012 in Toronto... Read More
For Metastatic Melanoma, Should High-Dose Interleukin-2 Continue To Be The Treatment Of Choice?
Jul 29, 2012
Administering high-doses of interleukin-2 (IL-2) has been the preferred treatment for patients with stage IV metastatic melanoma. An article published in the current issue of Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., explores whether or not this regimen is still the most effective... Read More
Malignant Melanoma Drug Trabedersen Receives Orphan Designation From FDA
Jul 27, 2012
TGF-β2 inhibitor has gained market exclusivity in the USA for a third aggressive cancer indication The biopharmaceutical company Antisense Pharma GmbH announces that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation for its investigational oncology antisense compound trabedersen to treat malignant melanoma... Read More
Risk For Basal Cell Carcinoma Can Be Chronic
Jul 27, 2012
In the powerful sunlight of July, newly published results from a large study of people at high risk for basal cell carcinoma support the emerging view of the nation's most common cancer as a chronic ailment that often repeatedly afflicts older people but for which the seeds may be planted in youth. The research also found a new association with eczema... Read More
Center Researchers Shed Light On New Multiple Myeloma Therapy
Jul 27, 2012
Researchers from John Theurer Cancer Center at HackensackUMC, one of the nation's 50 best hospitals for cancer, played leading roles in three separate multi-center studies with the new proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib published in Blood, a major peer-reviewed scientific journal... Read More
Leukaemia Patients Will Benefit From Discovery Of Key Function Of Protein For Obtaining Blood Stem Cells As Source For Transplants
Jul 27, 2012
Researchers from IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) have deciphered the function executed by a protein called β-catenin in generating blood tissue stem cells. These cells, also called haematopoietic, are used as a source for transplants that form part of the therapies to fight different types of leukaemia... Read More
Potential To Improve Human Cancer Studies Using Novel Pig Model
Jul 26, 2012
A naturally occurring line of immunodeficient pigs can support the growth of human tumors injected under their skin, offering a promising new large animal model for studying human cancers and testing new drugs and treatment strategies... Read More
Following Large-scale HPV Vaccination, Human Papillomavirus Types Do Not Replace Others
Jul 26, 2012
Vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) are now recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for both teenage boys and girls. The vaccine protects against the two most common types of the virus that cause cervical cancer: HPV 16 and 18... Read More
Colon Cancer Alliance And American College Of Radiology Urge Congress To Pass CT Colonography Screening For Colorectal Cancer Act
Jul 26, 2012
A recent study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology has reconfirmed that virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography) is an effective screening tool for colorectal cancer in seniors age 65 and older... Read More
PREPOPIK™ For Colonoscopy Preparation Receives FDA Approval
Jul 26, 2012
New Low-Volume Regimen With 10 Ounces of Prep Solution The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. approval to market PREPOPIK (sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, and anhydrous citric acid) for oral solution indicated for cleansing of the colon as a preparation for colonoscopy in adults... Read More
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