Pancreatic Cancer News

Abraxis BioScience, Inc. , a fully integrated biotechnology company, announced that the Office of Orphan Products Development of the Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation to the chemotherapy agent ABRAXANE for Injectable Suspension for the treatment of pancreatic cancer as well as stage IIB-IV melanoma.

To increase awareness of pancreatic cancer in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Pancreatic Cancer Support Groups will sponsor the Fifth Annual Garden Walk for Pancreatic Cancer Hope and Awareness on Saturday Nov.

According to new research from the American Institute for Cancer Research, several types of cancer are linked to obesity.

Tuesday, Margaret Miner spends several hours at the Providence Regional Cancer Partnership.

Amid the debate regarding health care, I'd like to point out that November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

A bowel cancer screening programme, due to begin in December, has been delayed, because money to pay for it has gone towards paying for swine flu instead.

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and many of you reading this have known someone who has had pancreatic cancer, and some of you have lost loved ones and friends to this disease.

GenVec, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation to TNFerade for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Lung cancer is the largest single cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Smoking is still the single leading risk for lung cancer.

Study results: MIT cancer biologists have identified a subpopulation of cells that can give rise to pancreatic cancer.

Tiny particles that can carry drugs and target cancer cells may offer treatment hope for those suffering with pancreatic cancer.

A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer a ' and that only age is a contributing factor.

A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer - and that only age is a contributing factor.

When times became tough for one local resident, angels stepped forward. In May, Oakwood-Windsor Elementary School kindergarten teacher Brenda Willis Bodie went to the doctor for severe stomach pains.

Celldex Therapeutics reports promising Phase I study data for antibody-based cancer vaccine candidate CDX-1307 Published in M2Europharma on Thursday, 29 October 2009 at 16:13 GMT 29 October 2009 - US-based biopharmaceutical company Celldex Therapeutics Inc reported today encouraging results from Phase I studies of its antibody-based cancer vaccine ...

SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc. will cut 17 percent of its U.S. employees to save money.

Oct 22, 2009 - Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a clinical stage pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology and central nervous system therapeutics, today announced the results of an animal study that further demonstrates the company's Phase II oncology drug, Archexin, as having the potential to target and treat multiple ...

With the recent passing of prominent American figures, such as actor Patrick Swayze and NCAA President Myles Brand, pancreatic cancer has been in the national spotlight, yet many people don't realize the severity of the disease and the urgent need for early detection methods and effective treatment options.

With the recent passing of prominent American figures such as actor Patrick Swayze and NCAA President Myles Brand, pancreatic cancer has been in the national spotlight, yet many people don't realize the severity of the disease and the urgent need for early detection methods and effective treatment options.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: IT / Internet / E-mail ; Pancreatic Cancer ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 23 Oct 2009 - 5:00 PDT It is very difficult to predict whether a cancer drug will help an individual patient: only around one third of drugs will work directly in a given patient.