Archive for the ‘Cancer / Oncology’ Category
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
A new study indicates that educational literature can influence young women's use of indoor tanning, not by raising their fear of skin cancer but by changing their attitudes about indoor tanning and promoting healthier alternatives for changing appearance. The study is published in the December 1, 2008 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Melanoma patients infused with a special type of tumor-fighting T cell are more likely to survive without relapse, suggests a new study by researchers in France. Their report was published online on October 20 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Canada continues to export asbestos to developing countries, despite limiting its use in Canada, write Dr. Amir Attaran, David Boyd and Dr. Matthew Stanbrook http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg871.pdf on behalf of the CMAJ editorial team.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Researchers have discovered a mechanism for the rapid growth seen in infantile hemangioma, the most common childhood tumor. The tumors, which are made up of proliferating blood vessels, affect up to 10 percent of children of European descent, with girls more frequently afflicted than boys.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance, responding to reports that many Americans are forgoing basic medical care in the economic downturn, today called for renewed vigilance in the fight against chronic disease and support for care management "While some forms of belt-tightening make sense in tough ec
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Ann Keen, MP and Professor Mike Richards CBE will be at the forefront of the debate around the provision of teenage cancer services this weekend when they join 400 teenage cancer patients at Teenage Cancer Trust's conference: "Find Your Sense of Tumour".
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
The Cure Our Children Foundation, a nonprofit charitable foundation dedicated to children, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Orphan Drug Designation of the foundation's unique drug product for children with Ewing's Sarcoma cancer.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Researchers have identified a gene critical for the development of the lymphatic system in a discovery that will have implications for treatment of cancer and lymphatic disorders and other diseases.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
The American Association for Cancer Research, in partnership with the Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation, is accepting applications for grants supporting innovation in cancer prevention research and international collaboration. The deadline for applications is November 20, 2008. The grant terms will begin on July 1, 2009.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: PVCT) has begun recruitment for its Phase 2 clinical trial of the Company's lead oncology agent PV-10 at a fourth major center, now covering Adelaide, Australia in addition to Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, as well as M.D. Anderson in Houston, Texas, USA.
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