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Archive for December 12th, 2011


2011 Mystery Art Show for Cancer Treatment hosted by Quidley & Company, Nantucket

Quidley & Company Fine Art galleries hosts this special fund raising event during Nantucket’s Christmas Stroll. 72 Artists created original 8 x 10″ works of art to be sold at $125 each. 100% of the proceeds go to the Marla Ceely Lamb Fund, a Cancer Patient Transportation Fund for Nantucket, helps to defray the costs of transportation and lodging for patients who must travel off-island for the treatment of cancer. Sponsored by Cape Cod 5 Bank.

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Encouraging results from new cancer treatment

A clinical trial of a drug treating advanced stages of breast and ovarian cancers is showing promising results. The drug targets cancer cells without the effects of chemotherapy. CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports.

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Immune system in leukemia patients repaired following chemotherapy

A new treatment using leukemia patients’ own infection-fighting cells appears to protect them from infections and cancer recurrence following treatment with fludarabine-based chemotherapy, according to new research.

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Novel way to improve outcomes from umbilical cord blood transplants

A new method to boost the number of immune cells in umbilical cord blood prior to cord blood transplants for cancer patients appears to lead to a quicker rebuilding of a new immune system in the patient’s body than with a conventional cord blood transplant procedure, according to new research.

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Breast cancer survivors struggle with cognitive problems several years after treatment

A new analysis has found that breast cancer survivors may experience problems with certain mental abilities several years after treatment, regardless of whether they were treated with chemotherapy plus radiation or radiation only.

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Call to cut cancer bill with home treatment to stop ‘bankrupting’ healthcare systems

He also called on the public to take more responsibility for their health and questioned whether terminal patients should be given drugs to extend their life.

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Memory issues after cancer may not be due to chemo

Women treated for breast cancer with radiation with or without chemotherapy had more thinking and memory problems a few years after their treatment ended than women who’d never had cancer, in a new study.

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Cancer care hub at port health centre

Initially, the vital care will be in place as part of a 12-month trial period for the services, which is expected to be available at the town’s new A 12m health centre nearing completion on Dock Street.

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Breaking Oncogene’s Hold On Cancer Cell Provides New Treatment Direction

Just as people’s bodies and minds can become addicted to substances such as drugs, caffeine, alcohol, their cancers can become addicted to certain genes that insure their continued growth and dominance. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School have developed ways to exploit the addictions of cancers to kill them without harming normal tissues…

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New Target Found For Aggressive Myc-Driven Cancers

Researchers have found a way to kill human cells hijacked by a genetic accelerator that puts cancer cells into overdrive: the Myc oncogene. The discovery reveals new drug targets for Myc-driven cancers, which tend to be particularly aggressive. The results were published online December 8 in Science…

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