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Archive for August 29th, 2011


Slinky Sue launches fitness club

… of honour will be Alex Strong, who suffers from a rare form of childhood leukaemia, and the event will raise funds for PACT (Parents Association of Children with …

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Breakthrough research isolates human blood stem cell in its purest form

… Dick, who pioneered the field of cancer stem cells with previous discoveries in human leukemia and colon cancer, also developed a way to replicate the entire human leukemia disease …

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Talon Therapeutics Receives Special Protocol Assessment Agreement from the Food and Drug Administrat

… Administration for Its Phase 3 Confirmatory Study of Marqibo(R) in Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaTalon Therapeutics Receives Special Protocol Assessment Agreement from the Food and Drug Administration for Its …

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Daughter’s cancer diagnosis spurs Santa Rosa man to help other patients

… Suzanne, experienced the same emotions when their daughter, Kyra, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She was not yet 2 at the time. “It comes completely out of the …

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Hyper-CVAD and Ponatinib in Ph-Positive and/or BCR-ABL Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Condition :   Leukemia Interventions :   Drug: Cyclophosphamide;   Drug: Mesna;   Drug: Doxorubicin;   Drug: Vincristine;   Drug: Dexamethasone;   Drug: Ponatinib;   Drug: G-CSF (Filgrastim);   Drug: Rituximab;   Drug: Methotrexate;   Drug: Cytarabine;   Drug: Solu-medrol ( Methyl Prednisolone);   Drug: Citrovorum (Leucovorin);   Drug: Prednisone;   Drug: Pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) Sponsors :   M.D. Anderson Cancer Center;   Ariad Pharmaceuticals Not yet recruiting – verified August 2011

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Web-based Education on Oral Cancer for Primary Care Physicians in Ohio

Condition :   Oral Cancer Intervention :   Other: Web-based Educational Intervention Sponsors :   Creighton University;   National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Enrolling by invitation – verified August 2011

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A Two-Part Study of Sativex® Oromucosal Spray for Relieving Uncontrolled Persistent Pain in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Conditions :   Pain;   Advanced Cancer Interventions :   Drug: Sativex®;   Drug: Placebo (product code GA0034) Sponsors :   GW Pharmaceuticals Ltd.;   Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. Not yet recruiting – verified August 2011

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CRRS-4 Pivotal Somo•v™ ABUS ROC Reader Observer Study

Condition :   Breast Cancer Intervention :   Device: Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) Sponsor :   U-Systems, Inc. Enrolling by invitation – verified August 2011

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Study of Molecular Pathways in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Correlation of Molecular Data With Clinical Behavior of the MTC in Individuals Patients

Conditions :   Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma;   Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 Intervention :   Sponsor :   National Cancer Institute (NCI) Recruiting – verified May 2011

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