Oncology News

AstraZeneca announced that three of its cancer compounds - moxetumomab pasudotox, olaparib and selumetinib - will be moving forward to Phase III clinical development.

The costly form of radiation therapy that has become the norm for prostate cancer in the United States may be no better than the older, cheaper variety -- at least for some men, a new study suggests.

Ignyta, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Actagene Oncology, Inc., effective May 20, 2013.

Bendigo Health has been named as one of this year's Dry July beneficiaries, with money to go towards a revamp of its oncology unit.

Genome sequencing of head and neck cancers may quickly-and soon-spur new therapies.

Two-year-old Heaven Mesa of Victorville, was all smiles as Walter's Children's Charity Classic founders, Steve and Cathy Kienle, presented Loma Linda University Children's Hospital with a check for $172,500 on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

It happened seven years ago, but Mary Hemrajani still tears up when she recounts her breast cancer ordeal.

Middle-aged men who stayed fit were less likely to die from three common cancers after being diagnosed than those who were out of shape, research found.

Charity Long said she underwent a double mastectomy in December 2009 months after she detected a lump on her right breast.

Journal of clinical oncology , Vol. 29, No. 3. , pp. 257-263, doi:10.1200/jco.2010.28.7078 Regular sunscreen use prevents cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma long term, but the effect on melanoma is highly controversial.

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Imaging scans following treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma do little to help detect a relapse, a Mayo Clinic study has found.

A phase II study of neoadjuvant EndoTAG-1 - a composition of the cytostatic drug paclitaxel combined with neutral and positive lipids - has met its primary efficacy endpoint in patients with HER2-negative high-risk breast cancer.

Dr. Awtry of Beth Israel Deaconess & Lawrence General Hospital to Speak on Aging Women's Health and Cancer in North Andover May 20th On Monday, May 20 th at 7:30pm Dr.

A PERTH mother, who was diagnosed with cancer just after she lost her husband to the disease, has made a desperate plea to the Government to subsidise a $50,000 drug which will help to save her life.

Kelly Vanek, a runner, cyclist and triathlete, was listening to sports talk radio in the car when the conversation shifted to Angelina Jolie .

At 31, Matilda Tristram was looking forward to having her first baby. Then she discovered she had cancer.

Hawthorn Oncology Center has been acquired by Saint Anne's Hospital Regional Cancer Center, the hospital announced Friday, combining more than 100 staff members to service patients in Dartmouth and Fall River.

Seventy two hours after Elissa Bantug's mastectomy, she felt broken. She was only 25 years old, but she had lost both breasts and her strawberry blonde hair to cancer.

New approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether it's to treat cancer or to prevent it.