3 Big Breakthroughs In The Fight Against Breast Cancer
Forty thousand women still die from the disease every year, but new research shows that hope may be on the horizon. By Rebecca Webber Over the past 25 years, science has made great strides in breast...
View ArticleBreast cancer cases rise; deaths drop
Awareness around breast cancer screening and prevention is ubiquitous with October. Between pink pumpkins, pink NFL jerseys and even the Times-Union’s annual pink paper, it’s clear breast cancer is on...
View ArticleMolecularMatch Announces Innovative Solution to Connect Cancer Patients with...
Dr. James Welsh develops MolecularMatch software to connect cancer patients with treatments best for their molecular make-up. Learn more at www.molecularmatch.com Facebook Twitter Pinterest × Dr. James...
View ArticlePhase 2 Objective Response Rates and Survival Data for Opdivo (nivolumab) in...
(Source: ONO Pharmaceutical Co Ltd) October 31, 2014 Phase 2 Objective Response Rates and Survival Data for Opdivo (nivolumab) in Heavily Pre-treated Advanced Squamous Cell Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer...
View Article>FDA Approves Breakthrough in Pediatric Brain Cancer - First in 30 Years
Noah’s Light Foundation received notification that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center approval to proceed with a new pediatric cancer...
View ArticleU.S. FDA Approves Once-Daily XIGDUO™ XR Tablets for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved once-daily XIGDUO™ XR (dapagliflozin and metformin hydrochloride...
View Article>Experimental Breast Cancer Drug Holds Promise in Combination Therapy for...
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital researchers have identified a promising new triple-drug combination therapy that exploits DNA repair problem in Ewing sarcoma tumors; clinical trials expected to...
View ArticleTexas doctors remove basketball-sized tumor from 7-year-old’s pelvis
Published October 22, 2014FoxNews.com Facebook0 Twitter0 livefyre Email Print Taylor Honea, 7, of Waco, Texas, underwent marathon surgery to remove a basketball-sized tumor from her pelvic area....
View ArticleExperimental breast cancer drug holds promise in combination therapy for...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ewing sarcoma tumors disappeared and did not return in more than 70 percent of mice treated with combination therapy that included drugs from a...
View ArticleClinical Trial: Radiation Therapy After Robotic Cancer Surgery (Henry Ford...
(Source: Henry Ford Health System) Clinical Trial: Radiation Therapy After Robotic Cancer Surgery Oct. 27, 2014 DETROIT - Henry Ford Hospital - in collaboration with the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research...
View ArticleIn year two, MD Anderson Moon Shots Program begins to spin off innovation...
(Source: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) New surgical approach, first-of-a-kind clinical trials, family outreach program debut MD Anderson News Release 10/30/14 Improved surgical...
View ArticlePredicting the top medical innovations for 2015
October 31, 2014 -- Updated 1753 GMT (0153 HKT) The speed of science is often excruciatingly slow. But over the last decade we've made significant strides in medical research, disease treatment and the...
View ArticleSix-year-old cancer patient gets wish with fish
In Apryl Padilla’s bedroom, dozens of Hello Kitty plush dolls take up the length of one wall, all the way from floor to ceiling. That’s one doll for each visit Apryl, 6, has made to the hospital. Apryl...
View ArticleTheralase Presents Latest Research on Destruction of Cancer and Bacteria at...
Toronto, Ontario / ACCESSWIRE / October 16, 2014 / Theralase Technologies Inc. ("Theralase(R)") (TSXV: TLT) (TLTFF: OTC Link(R)) announced today that it has presented its latest research on the success...
View Article24 Oct 2014 Local people are encouraged to be alert to the signs and symptoms...
(Source: South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council) 24 Oct Local people are encouraged to be alert to the signs and symptoms of bladder and kidney cancers Press release Local people are being...
View ArticleFDA approves Keytruda for skin cancer patients with inoperable melanoma
IRENE MAHERTampa Bay Times Sunday, October 26, 2014 8:18pm It's 10:30 on Wednesday morning and Carl Paulk is waiting patiently in a large lounge chair in the Clinical Research Unit at H. Lee Moffitt...
View ArticleBetter chemotherapy through targeted delivery (MIT - Massachusetts Institute...
(Source: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Every year, about 100,000 Americans are diagnosed with brain tumors that have spread from elsewhere in the body. These tumors, known as metastases,...
View ArticleCampaign urges: Be alert to the symptoms of bladder and kidney cancers...
(Source: Leicestershire County Council) Chief Executive's 21 October 2014 Leicestershire County Council's Public Health Team is supporting the Be Clear on Cancer 'Blood in Pee' campaign. Launching...
View ArticleHeat Biologics, Inc. Commences Patient Dosing of Phase 2 Clinical Study of...
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heat Biologics, Inc. (Nasdaq:HTBX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of cancer immunotherapies, announced today that...
View ArticleImprimis Pharmaceuticals Enters into License Agreement for Patented Urology...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Imprimis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMMY) today announced that it has entered into a license agreement, under which Imprimis acquired the US rights to...
View ArticleRoche, Merck extend immunotherapy fight to breast cancer
LONDON (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche and U.S. group Merck & Co are to present data on their rival immunotherapy drugs in breast cancer in December, extending the novel approach to fighting...
View ArticleNew molecular imaging technology could improve bladder-cancer detection,...
(Source: Stanford School of Medicine) Urologist Joseph Liao and his colleagues have developed an imaging method that they believe will improve the detection of bladder cancer. Norbert von der Groeben...
View ArticleRemoval of healthy breast doesn’t improve odds against cancer, study says
MIAMI — Many women who undergo contralateral prophylactic mastectomy to remove a healthy breast along with a diseased breast do not need to, but might do so for peace of mind. When Sandra Perez, a...
View ArticleStudy: Breast cancer patients don’t have higher survival rates for bilateral...
When Sandra Perez, a Pembroke Pines mother of two, was diagnosed with cancer in her left breast, she was adamant about following the least invasive form of treatment. “I told the doctor, ‘I don’t care...
View ArticleBlood tests, for both diagnosis and treatment, in the works for breast cancer
BALTIMORE • After breast cancer tumors are removed, many women undergo chemotherapy to eradicate any remaining cancer cells and reduce the risk that the disease will recur. The drugs can make them...
View ArticleQuality of biopsy directly linked to survival in patients with bladder cancer...
(Source: UCLA Health System) Quality of biopsy directly linked to survival in patients with bladder cancer Date: 10/28/2014 Contact: Kim Irwin UCLA researchers have shown for the first time that the...
View ArticleBladder Cancer Drug Shortages and Price Gouging: The New Reality
(I have taken some artistic license to protect patient identity) The Presentation Tom quit smoking as his second marriage started....
View ArticleBladder Cancer Drug Shortages and Price Gauging: The New Reality
(I have taken some artistic license to protect patient identity) The Presentation Tom quit smoking as his second marriage started....
View ArticleUPDATE 1-NewLink in $1 bln deal with Roche to develop cancer drug
(Adds detail; updates shares) n">Oct 20 (Reuters) - NewLink Genetics Corp said it entered into an agreement with Roche Holding AG to develop NewLink's cancer immunotherapy, making the Ebola vaccine...
View Article>Kidney Cancer Association Works Globally to Eradicate Disease
$5 million dollars invested by KCA in kidney cancer research. Los Angeles, Calif. (PRWEB) October 23, 2014 “We’re pleased to have invested more than $5 million dollars in research-related activities...
View ArticleClovis Oncology Announces First Patient Enrolled in Lucitanib Phase 2 Study...
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clovis Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLVS) announced today that its global Phase 2 study of lucitanib in patients with FGFR1-amplified squamous non-small cell lung cancer...
View ArticleHenry Ford Joins National Robotic Cancer Surgery Clinical Trial (Henry Ford...
(Source: Henry Ford Health System) Henry Ford Joins National Robotic Cancer Surgery Clinical Trial Oct. 27, 2014 DETROIT - Henry Ford Hospital has joined a national clinical trial to study the...
View ArticleIMMUNOMEDICS PROVIDES UPDATE ON PHASE 2 STUDY OF ISACTUZUMAB GOVITECAN IN...
(Source: Immunomedics Inc) Microsoft Word - IMMUNOMEDICS PROVIDES UPDATE ON PHASE 2 STUDY OF IMMU-132 IN SOLID CANCERS IMMUNOMEDICS,® INC. 300 The American Road, Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950 ¤ (973)...
View ArticleHeat Biologics Takes a New Approach to Immunotherapy
WHITEFISH, MT / ACCESSWIRE / November 3, 2014 / Immunotherapy leverages the body's own immune system to fight off diseases ranging from allergies to cancer. For example, Dendreon Corporation's (DNDN)...
View ArticleBladder Cancer - Pipeline Review, H2 2014
LONDON, Nov. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Bladder Cancer - Pipeline Review, H2 2014 Summary Global Markets Direct's, 'Bladder Cancer - Pipeline Review, H2 2014', provides an overview of the Bladder Cancer's...
View ArticleCancer drugs trial for when standard treatment is not viable shows...
A cancer clinic set up by a leading drug developer whose wife was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer is recruiting up to 5,000 patients with all forms of cancer for a new trial which is showing...
View ArticleNovocure™ Enrolls First Patient in a Pilot Study of Tumor Treating Fields...
ST. HELIER, Jersey, Oct. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Novocure announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in the INNOVATE study, an open-label pilot clinical study of TTFields together with...
View ArticleGenetically modified cells learn to fight mesothelioma
It’s been called the “fifth pillar” of cancer treatment: genetically reengineering the human immune system to recognize cancers and fight them. The treatment has shown recent promise in fighting blood...
View ArticleFDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Merrimack Pharmaceuticals' MM-141 for...
(Source: Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MACK) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
View ArticleImmunotherapy Brings New Hope to Cancer Fight
Immunotherapy Brings New Hope to Cancer Fight WebMD Health News By Sonya Collins Reviewed by Michael W. Smith, MD More from WebMD Single Blood Test Could Speed Cancer DiagnosisDiabetes Drug Makes...
View ArticleMerrimack Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Study of...
(Source: Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc) UCSF Investigator-Sponsored Trial Uses Novel Technique for Administration of Highly Concentrated Formulation of MM-398 Into Brain Tumors CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov....
View Article10 Ideas That Are About To Change Medicine Forever
Phalinn Ooi/flickr The future of medicine has arrived. No, we're not talking about robot surgeons, implantable memory-augmentation devices, or doctors wearing Google Glass. The game-changing...
View Article>10 Ideas That Are About To Revolutionize Medicine
The future of medicine has arrived. No, we're not talking about robot surgeons, implantable memory-augmentation devices, or doctors wearing Google Glass. The game-changing innovations on this list are...
View ArticleDrug may prevent development of invasive bladder cancer, researchers say...
(Source: Stanford School of Medicine) Philip Beachy and his colleagues found in a study of mice that a drug that suppresses the immune system may prevent invasive bladder cancer. Steve Fisch A drug...
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