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Archive for February, 2012


Veliparib in Treating Patients With Persistent or Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer

Conditions :   brca1 Mutation Carrier;   brca2 Mutation Carrier;   Fallopian Tube Cancer;   Ovarian Cancer;   Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer Interventions :   Drug: veliparib;   Genetic: DNA analysis;   Genetic: polymorphism analysis;   Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Sponsors :   Gynecologic Oncology Group;   National Cancer Institute (NCI) Not yet recruiting – verified February 2012

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Nutrition and Physical Exercise Study

Conditions :   Gastrointestinal Cancer;   Lung Cancer Intervention :   Behavioral: Nutrition & physical exercise Sponsor :   Peter E. Ballmer Not yet recruiting – verified February 2012

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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Prostate Cancer the Prostate

Condition :   Prostatic Neoplasm Intervention :   Radiation: radiation therapy Sponsor :   Sharp Memorial Hospital Recruiting – verified February 2012

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A Study Looking at Novel Scheduling of Cabazitaxel for Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Condition :   Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Interventions :   Drug: Cabazitaxel;   Drug: weekly cabazitaxel Sponsors :   Jeffrey Yachnin M.D., PhD.;   Sanofi-Aventis Not yet recruiting – verified February 2012

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Sodium Fluoride PET/CT for the Evaluation of Skeletal Cancer

Condition :   Bone Cancer Interventions :   Radiation: fluorine F 18 sodium fluoride;   Procedure: positron emission tomography/computed tomography Sponsor :   Stanford University Not yet recruiting – verified February 2012

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Notre-Dame students raise $25,000 for cancer foundation

College Notre-Dame students raised about $25,000 for the Northern Cancer Foundation Feb.

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Centre opens for cancer patients

The 11-bed ward cost A 2.9m and is expected to become the principal cancer treatment centre in East Anglia for people aged 14 to 24.

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South Brunswick Mother Finds Hope in Fight With Breast Cancer

When faced with a devastating diagnosis like breast cancer, people may understandably find a cascade of different emotions crashing top of them.

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Scientists Find Molecular Path Of Protein Associated With Hard-To-Treat Cancers

A protein abundantly found in treatment-resistant cancers holds an important tumor-suppressor out of the cell nucleus, where it would normally detect DNA damage and force defective cells to kill themselves, a team of scientists reports in the current Cancer Cell…

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Nearly 1.3 Million Deaths Predicted From Cancer In The EU In 2012

New figures published today (Wednesday) estimate that there will be nearly 1.3 million deaths from cancer in 2012 in the European Union (EU) – 717,398 men and 565,703 women. Although the actual numbers have increased, the rate (age-standardised per 100,000 population) of people who die from the disease continues to decline…

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