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1 hr ago | Newswise

New Markers of Prognosis for Cancer Therapies Highlighted

Recent advances in cancer therapeutics have led to the discovery of biomarkers that can predict patient response to certain drugs.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Boston, MA Metro, Breast Cancer

9 hrs ago | The Edmond Sun, Edmond, OK

Integris Cancer Institute celebrates grand opening

Integrated, comprehensive and advanced cancer treatment became available in central Oklahoma with the recent opening of the Integris Cancer Institute of Oklahoma on a campus shared with the ProCure Proton Therapy Center.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Government, Edmond, OK, Brad Henry, US Governors

Sat Nov 21, 2009

MediLexicon

ASCO Releases Updated Treatment Guidelines For Patients With Stage 4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

New recommendations on the use of chemotherapy to treat patients with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer were issued today by the American Society of Clinical Oncology .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Oncology, Platinol, Cisplatin (generic), Medication, Paraplatin, Carboplatin (generic), Taxotere, Docetaxel (generic)

The Tennessean

CDC survey warns us to step up fight for health

Anti-smoking advocates may have had good reason to celebrate in recent years. A string of victories - cigarette tax increases, laws banning indoor smoking and the government decision to have the Food and Drug Administration regulate tobacco - seemed to be persuading smokers to quit for good.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration

Guardian Unlimited

Goldminers sue for lung disease payout

Eighteen former workers who suffer from silicosis or silico-tuberculosis are bringing a test case against the mining giant Anglo American South Africa , a subsidiary of the UK-based Anglo American Corporation.

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Related Topix: Travel, South Africa Travel, Anglo American, Mining, Health

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Science Blog

Researchers identify role of gene in tumor development, growth and progression

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine researchers have identified a gene that may play a pivotal role in two processes that are essential for tumor development, growth and progression to metastasis.

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Related Topix: Virginia Commonwealth University, Genetics, Biology, Science, Health

MediLexicon

Erbitux Recognized By ASCO As A 2009 Major Cancer Advance As First...

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Ear, Nose and Throat Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 The American Society of Clinical Oncology has once again recognized Erbitux as one of the major clinical cancer advances of 2009.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Oncology, World News, Germany

CBC News

Morphine May Help Tumors Spread in Cancer Patients

Two new studies add to growing evidence that morphine and other opiate-based painkillers may promote the growth and spread of cancer cells.

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Related Topix: Health, University of Chicago, Science / Technology

Ballycastle Today

Dying man in plea for the return of village gates

THE elderly owner of Richhill Castle who is dying of lung cancer has issued a final appeal to the Government to return his gates from the Queen's residence before his life ends.

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Related Topix: Health

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Bioscience Technology

Lung cancer experts hold roundtable on new staging guide

What: The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer will hold an expert roundtable and Web cast announcing the recent publication and impact of the IASLC's Staging Manual in Thoracic Oncology containing the recently released 7th Edition of TNM in Lung and Pleural Tumours.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Oncology

The CW Washington, WDCW-TV

Smoking, Anesthesia & Surgery

Why you need to stop smoking now, especially if you're going under soon. Content courtesy of the American Society of Anesthesiologists November 19, 2009 If you smoke, anesthesiologists recommend that you stop smoking before surgery and stay off cigarettes until at least one week after surgery.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Anesthesiology

WYTV Youngstown

Put Down That Cigarette

The American Cancer Society marks the 34th Great American Smokeout today, November 19, by encouraging smokers to make a plan to quit.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Charitable Organizations

EMaxHealth

Folic Acid Supplementation May Increase Cancer Risk

In a study published in the November 18th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, heart patients in Norway had a 21% increased risk of cancer when they took large doses of folic acid and vitamin B12 over patients who did not supplement the vitamins.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Folvite, Folic Acid (generic), Medication, Health

Science Daily

Common pain relief medication may encourage cancer growth

Two new studies advance that argument and demonstrate how shielding lung cancer cells from opiates reduces cell proliferation, invasion and migration in both cell-culture and mouse models.

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Related Topix: Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medication, Health, Pain, University of Chicago

China Daily

Pain drug morphine may accelerate cancer growth

Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its side effects could also keep tumors from spreading, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain, Biotech, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Constipation

Wed Nov 18, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Healthbeat - Lung Cancer Surgery

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality,with more than 160,000 deaths each year.

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Related Topix: Health, Video

Medical News

Data on Synta Pharmaceuticals' STA-9090 synthetic inhibitor of Hsp90 presented

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing small molecule drugs to treat severe medical conditions, today announced that preclinical data presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics shows that STA-9090, a novel, synthetic inhibitor of ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Synta Pharmaceuticals, Cancer, Health, Prostate Cancer, Colorectal Health, Colon Cancer

WLS-TV Chicago

Cancer study seeks smokers, ex-smokers

Chicago researchers are seeking current and former smokers for a study on early detection of lung cancer.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Chicago Metro, Rush University

Physics Blog

Cancer patients and doctors report drug side effects differently

In clinical trials for cancer, it is standard for clinicians rather than patients to report adverse symptom side effects from treatments, such as nausea and fatigue.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Charitable Organizations, Oncology

The Seattle Times

Poniard rebounds on picoplatin colon cancer data

A day after Poniard Pharmaceuticals Inc. said its drug candidate picoplatin failed to improve survival for patients with lung cancer, the company reported positive data on the drug as a treatment for colorectal cancer.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Colon Cancer, Health, NeoRx, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

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