Sarcoma News

In a discovery that rebuffs conventional scientific thinking, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered a novel way to block the activity of the fusion protein responsible for Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer found in children and young adults.

I have watched the journey from afar and I have endured the journey up close. It's the cancer journey, when suddenly, randomly, the pronouncement is made about an awful disease and a circle of lives is changed.

A DYING teenager from Oxford who has been battling terminal cancer for the past six years has been honoured for his courage, bravery and charity work.

The city chamber-sponsored Robert Urich Memorial 5-Mile Run/5K Walk is set to begin at 8 a.m. for runners and 8:15 a.m. for walkers on July 4 at the city high school.

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Scientists know that some cancers are triggered by viruses, which take over cellular systems and cause uncontrolled cell growth.

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A 15-YEAR-old Plymouth schoolgirl with an extremely rare and aggressive soft tissue cancer has told of her fight to overcome the disease.

Jon Boggs awoke at 3 o'clock one morning a few months ago with an idea. 'I told my wife about it, and she told me to go back to sleep,' Boggs said.

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The Medical Minute: Multidisciplinary cancer care Tuesday, June 23, 2009 By Edward J. Fox, M.D. A diagnosis of cancer can be a frightening time for anyone, but today, the cancer patient need not go it alone.

Scientists have documented that the rare bone and soft tissue cancer Ewing's sarcoma disproportionately strikes white people.

When Dave Chamberlain read about a wish from a seriously ill teenage girl in New York, he wanted to do more than toss a few dollars into a donation jar.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 23 Jun 2009 PharmaMar SA announces the initiation of Phase I clinical trials with PM1183, a new antitumor compound developed by PharmaMar's internal research program.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Genetics ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 23 Jun 2009 - 1:00 PDT Epeius Biotechnologies stuns the medical and scientific communities with a dramatic demonstration of single-agent efficacy with its lead product, Rexin-G, for metastatic cancer.

Ewing sarcoma disproportionately affects Caucasians, but outcomes are not affected by race, according to a study published online June 22 in Cancer .

Whites in the US are nine times more likely than blacks to get Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer of the bone and soft tissue, US researchers said on Monday.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Bones / Orthopaedics Article Date: 21 Jun 2009 The Bone Cancer Research Trust is calling for new treatments for bone cancers affecting children and young people.

The survival rate of young people with a rare form of bone cancer has not improved in 20 years, say experts.

Thirty-eight-year-old Kristi Reynolds is a cancer survivor of the rarest type. Reynolds, who recently attended the Relay for Life cancer survivor dinner at the Faith United Methodist Church, said she developed cancer at the age of 27.