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Archive for July 2nd, 2012


Bruce Cooper – Prostate Cancer Patient

Watch a video for Bruce Cooper, a prostate cancer patient. Bruce talks about his diagnosis and finding a team to support him at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA): “At CTCA, there is just the overall sense of caring and helping. You sit in one room the entire time and they come to you, so you don’t have to go [from] place to place for your appointments…Those people on that team then meet together to map out a treatment program for you, [that's] specific for your disease.” ctca.cancercenter.com

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Safety Study of Elotuzumab in Combination With Thalidomide and Dexamethasone in Relapsed and/or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Condition :   Relapsed and/or Refractory Multiple Myeloma Interventions :   Biological: Elotuzumab;   Biological: Thalidomide;   Biological: Thalidomide;   Biological: Thalidomide;   Biological: Dexamethasone;   Biological: Dexamethasone;   Biological: Dexamethasone;   Biological: Cyclophosphamide Sponsors :   Bristol-Myers Squibb;   Bristol-Myers Squibb;   Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp. Not yet recruiting – verified June 2012

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A Study of Onartuzumab (MetMAb) in Combination With Bevacizumab Compared to Bevacizumab Alone or Onartuzumab Monotherapy in Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma

Condition :   Glioblastoma Interventions :   Drug: onartuzumab;   Drug: bevacizumab;   Drug: onartuzumab placebo;   Drug: bevacizumab placebo Sponsors :   Hoffmann-La Roche;   Hoffmann-La Roche Recruiting – verified June 2012

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A Study of LY2090314 and Chemotherapy in Participants With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Condition :   Pancreatic Cancer Interventions :   Drug: LY2090314;   Drug: FOLFOX;   Drug: Gemcitabine Sponsors :   Eli Lilly and Company;   Eli Lilly and Company;   Mayo Clinic Not yet recruiting – verified June 2012

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Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Previously Treated Stage II-III HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

Conditions :   HER2-positive Breast Cancer;   Male Breast Cancer;   Stage II Breast Cancer;   Stage IIIA Breast Cancer;   Stage IIIB Breast Cancer;   Stage IIIC Breast Cancer Interventions :   Biological: HER-2/neu peptide vaccine;   Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Sponsors :   Mayo Clinic;   Mayo Clinic;   TapImmune, Inc. Not yet recruiting – verified June 2012

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Drinking coffee may reduce risk of most common form of skin cancer

Increasing the number of cups of caffeinated coffee you drink could lower your risk of developing the most common form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, according to a new article.

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Positively Milwaukee: Lulu’s Cancer Battle

Fighting cancer with a smile on her face, this five-year-old is also helping others.

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Rehab center helps cancer patient fight back with might

Steve Teachout, 58, exercises at the The Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute on the UNC campus Monday afternoon.

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Anaheim cancer survivor named Boy of the Year

Anaheim Hills resident Chris Weller, second from left, is the Boy of the Year for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Orange County/Inland Empire Chapter.

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Study Identifies Pathway To Enhance Usefulness Of EGFR Inhibitors In Lung Cancer Treatment

Many lung cancers are driven by mutations in the epidermal growth-factor receptor , and so it makes sense that many successful modern treatments block EGFR activity.

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