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Poliovirus vaccine trial shows early promise for recurrent glioblastoma

By on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 | No Comments

An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level.

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Study Finds Broad Support For Rationing Of Some Types Of Cancer Care

By on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 | No Comments

The majority of cancer doctors, patients, and members of the general public support cutting health care costs by refusing to pay for drugs that don’t improve survival or quality of life, according to results of a new study that will be presented by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania during the annual meeting of the American Societ…

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Molecular Profiling Timely For Tailoring Cancer Therapy

By on Friday, May 17th, 2013 | No Comments

A clinical trial has shown that patients, and their physicians, are eager to jump into next-era cancer care – analysis of an individual’s tumor to find and target genetic mutations that drive the cancer. Results of the study, CUSTOM, are being presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology* years before investigators thought they would be ready…

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American Ginseng Helps With Cancer Treatment Fatigue

By on Sunday, May 12th, 2013 | No Comments

Results from a study funded in part by the National Cancer Institute and carried out by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN suggests that American ginseng can cut down on cancer-related fatigue compared to placebo.

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Gene Test Estimates 5yr Risk Of Recurrence For Breast Cancer Patients, Says Studies

By on Thursday, May 9th, 2013 | No Comments

Positive Results from Two Studies of the PAM50-Based In Vitro Diagnostic Assay will be Presented at the Annual IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced results from two studies that are featured in oral … (more)

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CT Screening Reduces Lung Cancer Deaths

By on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 | No Comments

CT (computed tomography) screening can reduce lung cancer deaths among high-risk individuals, according to results from the National Lung Cancer Study…

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Cancer treatment could target inflammation in CVD

By on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 | No Comments

“Our results should act as a stimulus for further exploration of radionuclide based interventions in atherosclerosis.

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Case Western researchers develop a novel method to disrupt a cancer growth signaling pathway

By on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 | No Comments

A common cancer pathway causing tumor growth is now being targeted by a number of new cancer drugs and shows promising results. A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (home of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center) have developed a novel method to disrupt this growth signaling pathway, with findings that suggest a new treatment for breast, colon, melanoma and other cancers. The research team has pinpointed the cancer abnormality to a mutation in a gene called PIK3CA that results in a mutant protein, which may be an early cancer switch.

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Experimental drug beneficial in NIH trial to treat a rare sarcoma

By on Friday, May 3rd, 2013 | No Comments

Patients with advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS), a rare cancer, achieved some control of their disease using an experimental anti-cancer drug called cediranib. The results from this largest clinical trial on ASPS to date were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Promising results from first U.S. clinical trial for stem cell-based treatment of ALS

By on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 | No Comments

Researchers who completed the first American clinical trial involving stem cell-based treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) were encouraged by the trial study’s results, noting that this delivery approach could be a helpful therapeutic approach for other traumatic spine-related problems.

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