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Enzon to discontinue PEG-SN38 clinical program in metastatic colorectal cancer

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that, in light of evolving standards of care for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), the Company will discontinue its PEG-SN38 (EZN-2208) clinical program in this disease, following conclusion of its Phase II study.

19 May 2011

Advantagene reaches SPA agreement with FDA for ProstAtak Phase 3 trial to prevent prostate cancer recurrence

Advantagene, Inc., a Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) for a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of ProstAtak™, its lead agent for patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer.

19 May 2011

Mitomics enters licensing agreement with QDx Pathology Services for QPredict Prostate Mitomic Test

Mitomics, world leader in the research and development of mitochondrial genome-based products, today announced it has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with QDx Pathology Services to develop, market and process the QPredict™ Prostate Mitomic Test.

19 May 2011

PolyMedix's PMX-30063 compound mitigates ulcerative mucositis in pre-clinical studies

PolyMedix, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing new therapeutic drugs to treat patients with acute infectious diseases and cardiovascular disorders, announced today that its lead defensin-mimetic antibiotic compound, PMX-30063, when administered topically as an oral rinse, has shown activity against oral mucositis in an animal study.

19 May 2011

RXi to present updated NeuVax Phase II trial data in breast cancer at ASCO 2011

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative therapies addressing major unmet medical needs using RNA-targeted and immunotherapy technologies, will be presenting data from the NeuVax Phase II adjuvant breast cancer clinical trial at the 2011 annual meeting of The American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago.

19 May 2011

Online program helps people to manage chronic pain

There is good news for the 76 million Americans who experience chronic pain including migraine, back pain, fibromyalgia and arthritis. A new study reveals that an online, self-paced chronic pain management program reduces the physical and psychological burdens of this debilitating condition.

19 May 2011

Isis receives $5M milestone payment from GSK for initiating ISIS-TTRRx Phase 1 study

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has earned a $5 million milestone payment from GlaxoSmithKline related to the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical study for ISIS-TTRRx.

19 May 2011

AstraZeneca announces encouraging results from olaparib phase II study in serous ovarian cancer

AstraZeneca announced today encouraging results from a phase II study in patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed serous ovarian cancer (SOC) who had received maintenance treatment with the investigational drug olaparib, after the completion of chemotherapy.

19 May 2011

Simple home-based colon cancer screening test can prevent many unnecessary deaths in Canada

Use of a simple, at-home screening test by Canadians can prevent many unnecessary colorectal cancer deaths, according to a special report about colorectal cancer in Canadian Cancer Statistics 2011 released today by the Canadian Cancer Society, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada.

19 May 2011

Affymetrix launches new Axiom myDesign TG Arrays for targeted genotyping market

Affymetrix, Inc. today launched new Axiom myDesign Targeted Genotyping (TG) Arrays for the targeted genotyping market, enabling researchers to study mutations in disease pathways and characterize gene-gene interactions.

19 May 2011

Free NYU Physician iPad app now available in iTunes store

NYU Langone Medical Center, one of the nation's premier academic medical centers, announced today the magazine of NYU School of Medicine, NYU Physician, is now available as a free iPad app in the iTunes App Store.

19 May 2011

New technique offers successful bone marrow, organ transplant for patients with autoimmune diseases

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have discovered a method to quickly and exponentially grow regulatory T-cells - also known as "suppressor cells." The new process enables replication of the cells by tens of millions in several weeks, a dramatic increase over previous duplication methods. Historically, regulatory T-cells have been difficult to replicate.

19 May 2011

Low calorie sweeteners offer effective solution to manage weight

The desire to eat sweet things does not need to be suppressed, just managed, according to health and nutrition experts meeting at the International Sweeteners Association's conference in Brussels today.

19 May 2011

Hospital websites use industry-provided content and overestimate claims of surgical robots

An estimated four in 10 hospital websites in the United States publicize the use of robotic surgery, with the lion's share touting its clinical superiority despite a lack of scientific evidence that robotic surgery is any better than conventional operations, a new Johns Hopkins study finds.

19 May 2011

Study: 10% of cancer patients fail to fill initial oral oncolytic prescriptions

Ten percent of cancer patients failed to fill their initial prescriptions for oral anti-cancer drugs, according to a new study published jointly today in the Journal of Oncology Practice and American Journal of Managed Care.

19 May 2011

Humanized BLT mice help prevent HIV/AIDS transmission

The more than 2.7 million new HIV infections recorded per year leave little doubt that the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to spread globally. That's why there's the need for safe, inexpensive and effective drugs to successfully block HIV transmission.

19 May 2011

On Op-Ed pages, controversies abound: Romney, Gingrich, abortion, telemedicine, cancer funding cuts

Gingrich was taking basically the same position on Medicare he took 16 years ago, when, as speaker of the House, he was the commanding general of the Republican Revolution. ... Compared to today's Republican agenda, the Revolution of '94 now appears to be a halcyon period of moderation and good sense. Then, there was a hope that government-run Medicare would "wither on the vine" when recipients were offered alternatives.

19 May 2011

Simple lymphocyte count effectively identifies prognosis of renal cell carcinoma

Each year, kidney cancer is diagnosed in nearly 60,000 people in the U.S. Many of these patients undergo surgery to remove the affected kidney, but this procedure can be risky for the elderly and those who have other health problems. Unfortunately, the prognosis of kidney cancer patients often cannot be determined until tumor samples are surgically removed and evaluated.

19 May 2011

NEW Lifestyle on-line teaching modules for medical students

Obesity is an epidemic and when paired with physical inactivity it represents the second leading cause of preventable death nationally from cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. But in medical school, there is a training gap when it comes to teaching future doctors about obesity and related health problems.

19 May 2011

Rally Foundation distributes $700,000 nationwide to support childhood cancer research

Rally Foundation, a national non-profit organization committed to research to fight childhood cancer, has announced its annual funding allocation for 2011 and has selected 15 hospitals across the country to receive more than $700,000.

19 May 2011

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Enzon to discontinue PEG-SN38 clinical program in metastatic colorectal cancer

Advantagene reaches SPA agreement with FDA for ProstAtak Phase 3 trial to prevent prostate cancer recurrence

Mitomics enters licensing agreement with QDx Pathology Services for QPredict Prostate Mitomic Test

PolyMedix's PMX-30063 compound mitigates ulcerative mucositis in pre-clinical studies

RXi to present updated NeuVax Phase II trial data in breast cancer at ASCO 2011

Online program helps people to manage chronic pain

Isis receives $5M milestone payment from GSK for initiating ISIS-TTRRx Phase 1 study

AstraZeneca announces encouraging results from olaparib phase II study in serous ovarian cancer

Simple home-based colon cancer screening test can prevent many unnecessary deaths in Canada

Affymetrix launches new Axiom myDesign TG Arrays for targeted genotyping market

Free NYU Physician iPad app now available in iTunes store

New technique offers successful bone marrow, organ transplant for patients with autoimmune diseases

Low calorie sweeteners offer effective solution to manage weight

Hospital websites use industry-provided content and overestimate claims of surgical robots

Study: 10% of cancer patients fail to fill initial oral oncolytic prescriptions

Humanized BLT mice help prevent HIV/AIDS transmission

On Op-Ed pages, controversies abound: Romney, Gingrich, abortion, telemedicine, cancer funding cuts

Simple lymphocyte count effectively identifies prognosis of renal cell carcinoma

NEW Lifestyle on-line teaching modules for medical students

Rally Foundation distributes $700,000 nationwide to support childhood cancer research

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