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Send new message to groupFrom: E.Nigma - 05 Mar, 06:42
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- This Week's NCI Cancer Bulletin: http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/NCI_Cancer_Bulletin_030408 Featured Article ALTTO Trial Seeks to Define Best Therapy for HER2 Breast Cancer Cancer Research Highlights Cancer Risk Persists After Ending Hormone Therapy Hormone Therapy Interferes with Breast Cancer Detection Study...
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From: J - 04 Mar, 12:07
http://discoverysedge.mayo.edu/measles/ Summary Mayo Clinic's Molecular Medicine Program recently launched the first gene therapy clinical trial in which the entire preclinical cycle concept, discovery of agent, vector manufacture, toxicology and efficacy studies, and new drug application—was conducted on Mayo's campus. The project engineered a measles...
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From: JD - 04 Mar, 10:04
Hi everyone. I had stereotactic radiation therapy to treat a benign glioma seven years ago. I know that's a very aggressive treatment for something that is (thankfully) not full-blown cancer, but the surgeon I saw (very well published from a major university hospital in LA) recommended against surgery because of where it is in the temporal lobe. He felt...
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From: J - 03 Mar, 10:49
From a support forum I am not advocating any of the suggestions. Just sharing what others may be trying. J ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Ovarex clinical trial stopping Date: 01/03/2008 Today I received a call from the clinical trial nurse at my oncologist office. She called to...
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From: J - 03 Mar, 10:41
Jan 24 2008 by Audrey Barton, The Journal NORTH-EAST campaigners have won their three-year battle to get a life-prolonging lung cancer drug funded on the NHS. Alimta, which is the only treatment for asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma, will be given to NHS patients with advanced stages of the disease who cannot have surgery. The National Institute...
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From: J - 03 Mar, 10:40
Tarceva is a "targeted" therapy, in that it halts the growth of certain cancers by zeroing in on a signaling molecule critical to the survival of those cancer cells. The drug is effective in about 10-15% of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. The drug works specifically in patients whose cancers contain mutations in a gene that encodes the epidermal...
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From: J - 03 Mar, 07:49
No Additional Benefit Found for Personalized Intervention to Promote Regular Mammography Screening Two different interventions did not significantly increase regular mammography screening in a large randomized study. Behavioral interventions, such as personalized mailings, have been reported to increase one-time cancer screening. However, few studies...
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From: J - 03 Mar, 07:44
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570776 Interleukin-8 Offers New Therapeutic Target in Ovarian Cancer February 27, 2008 — Interleukin (IL)-8 offers a potential therapeutic target in ovarian cancer, and might also have potential in other cancers, say researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. They have already developed...
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From: J - 03 Mar, 07:22
< http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/Cancer_link_between_humans_dogs/articleshow/2831778.cms > Cancer link between humans, dogs 3 Mar 2008, 0001 hrs IST,PTI NEW YORK: They are our best friends. But, if a study is to be believed, humans and dogs share more than just friendship and companionship — they also share the same genetic basis for certain...
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From: J - 03 Mar, 07:18
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/98708.php Need For New Standards In Radiation Therapy Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News Article Date: 27 Feb 2008 - 2:00 PST Modern radiation techniques result in substantial variation between the prescribed dose and the actual dose of radiation delivered to the tumor, according to a study published online February...
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From: J - 02 Mar, 10:20
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/drug/1998/00000016/00000004/00207259 Phase II trial of 9-aminocamptothecin (NSC 603071) administered as a 120-hour continuous infusion weekly for three weeks in metastatic colorectal carcinoma Authors: Pazdur R.1; Medgyesy D.C.1; Winn R.J.1; Dakhil S.R.2; Moore Jr. D.F.2; Scalzo A.3; Hoff P.M.1; Arbuck S.G.4;...
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From: L.BaBaLa - 01 Mar, 09:58
Flu shots recommended for all U.S. kids 6-18 months old A panel of U.S. federal vaccine advisers recommended Wednesday that all children aged from six months up to 18 In U.S. should be immunized every year against influenza. The panel agreed that new recommendations should go into effect as soon as possible, but no later than the 2009-2010 flu season. ...
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From: virus - 01 Mar, 09:35
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