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Endobronchial ultrasound: More precise and less invasive than other lung cancer staging methods

A new technique being used by thoracic surgeons at Rush University Medical Center offers a more precise, less invasive and more versatile way of assessing a patient's lymph nodes and chest tumors to determine if lung cancer has spread to other parts of the body.

16 Mar 2010

Levels of perceived cancer risk can affect health and longevity

Mammograms, pap smears and early detection tests for prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and other malignancies are critical for catching cancer before it becomes deadly.

16 Mar 2010

National Breast Cancer Foundation receives over $0.5M as donation from ACE Cash Express and NetSpend

ACE Cash Express, Inc., a leading retailer of financial services, and NetSpend, a pioneer of card-based prepaid financial products to underbanked consumers, announced a donation of $502,225.67 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation in support of its mission — saving lives through early detection and providing mammograms to those in need.

16 Mar 2010

Childhood stress and trauma may accelerate cellular aging

Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse could be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research published by Elsevier in Biological Psychiatry.

16 Mar 2010

MIT biochemist joins Thomson Reuters’ annual ‘Top 12’ list

The world's "hottest" researcher is biochemist Rudolf Jaenisch from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is joined by scientists scattered from Ann Arbor to Osaka on the annual Thomson Reuters list of the world's 12 hottest researchers.

16 Mar 2010

Stage IV colorectal cancer: Therapy that improves overall survival over IFL/bevacizumab will earn 60% patient share

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that a therapy that would improve median overall survival over IFL (bolus 5-fluorouracil, generics/leucovorin, generics/irinotecan*) plus bevacizumab (Roche/Genentech/Chugai's Avastin), would earn a 60 percent patient share in stage IV colorectal cancer, according to surveyed U.S. oncologists. In Europe, such an agent would earn a 50 percent patient share, according to surveyed European oncologists.

16 Mar 2010

Link between potential hyper-activity of mTOR signalling pathway and cancer cells

The link between obesity and disease has been well documented. There's evidence now that obesity and cancer have a strong link, as they've shown in the United States at least 90,000 cancer deaths a year can be attributed to obesity. University of Alberta researcher Richard Lamb is on his way to understanding the correlation and it's a good example of how the scientific process works.

16 Mar 2010

New cerebral protection device prevents stroke during treatment to clear blocked carotid arteries

An important interventional radiology advancement-the use of a new cerebral protection device in combination with FDA-approved carotid stents in high-surgical-risk patients-provides a minimally invasive, safe and effective way to prevent stroke from occurring during treatment to clear blocked carotid arteries, according to research released at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.

16 Mar 2010

Women who undergo yearly mammography screening have lower rate of palpable tumors

New research findings published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicate that some breast cancers continue to be detected as a palpable lump rather than being found through mammographic screening.

16 Mar 2010

Critical need for second NCI: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center launches campaign

While Florida has the second highest cancer burden in the nation, the state has only one National Cancer Institute. Successfully applying for NCI designation must include a commitment for additional funding from the state. The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is launching “We Tackle Cancer” bringing attention to the critical need for a second NCI.

16 Mar 2010

Study offers new possibilities for breast and other cancer therapies

Conventional biological wisdom holds that living cells interact with their environment through an elaborate network of chemical signals. As a result many therapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases in which cell behavior goes awry focus on drugs that block or disrupt harmful chemical signals.

16 Mar 2010

Drug-eluting stents offer new hope to patients with critical limb ischemia

In the United States, more than 100,000 amputations are performed each year on individuals with critical limb ischemia, the most severe form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The number one priority in treating these patients is to re-establish blood flow to avoid limb amputation.

16 Mar 2010

CT scan of heart's epicardial fat provides better prognosis compared to standard diagnostic techniques

Imaging epicardial adipose tissue, or the layer of fat around the heart, can provide extra information compared with standard diagnostic techniques such as coronary artery calcium scoring, according to research by cardiologists at Emory University School of Medicine.

16 Mar 2010

Roche Diagnostics named sole source supplier for Premier's blood glucose monitoring devices

Roche Diagnostics announced today that it has been awarded contracts for blood glucose monitoring and clinical chemistry/immunoassay lab analyzers from Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., Inc., the group purchasing unit of Premier, Inc. Roche was also named the sole source supplier for blood glucose in Premier's exclusive ASCEND supply chain performance program.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 16 Mar 2010

Uterine fibroids: Promising new minimally invasive treatment using high-energy ultrasound waves

There's a new interventional radiology tool showing promise in the treatment of uterine fibroids: magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), a minimally invasive treatment that uses high-energy ultrasound waves to generate heat at a specific point to destroy uterine fibroid tissue and relieve symptoms.

16 Mar 2010

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group report 15.5% sequential growth in fourth quarter revenues

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, a leading pharmaceutical company specializing in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of branded generic and proprietary pharmaceuticals in China, today reported unaudited financial results for the quarter and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

16 Mar 2010

Poniard Pharmaceuticals sells over 4.2M common shares to Commerce Court Small Cap Value Fund

Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative oncology therapies, today announced the sale of 4,229,000 of its common shares to Commerce Court Small Cap Value Fund, Ltd. for gross proceeds of approximately $6.3 million, or approximately $1.49 per share, under its existing committed equity financing facility with Commerce Court.

16 Mar 2010

Metabolic drugs top the list of prescription drug expenses for elderly Medicare beneficiaries

Purchases of cholesterol and diabetes prescription drugs by elderly Medicare beneficiaries reached nearly $19 billion in 2007 - about one-fourth of the approximately $82 billion spent for medications for the elderly, according to the latest AHRQ News and Numbers.

16 Mar 2010

Houston scientists unveil new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures

The film "Avatar" isn't the only 3-D blockbuster making a splash this winter. A team of Houston scientists this week unveiled a new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures, a technological leap from the flat petri dish that could save millions of dollars in drug-testing costs. The research is reported in Nature Nanotechnology.

16 Mar 2010

UVA Health System offers Gamma Knife eXtend system to treat patients with head and neck cancer

A powerful new tool available at the University of Virginia Health System offers treatment to patients with some of the most challenging cancers of the head and neck.

16 Mar 2010

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Latest Cancer News and Research

Endobronchial ultrasound: More precise and less invasive than other lung cancer staging methods

Levels of perceived cancer risk can affect health and longevity

National Breast Cancer Foundation receives over $0.5M as donation from ACE Cash Express and NetSpend

Childhood stress and trauma may accelerate cellular aging

MIT biochemist joins Thomson Reuters’ annual ‘Top 12’ list

Stage IV colorectal cancer: Therapy that improves overall survival over IFL/bevacizumab will earn 60% patient share

Link between potential hyper-activity of mTOR signalling pathway and cancer cells

New cerebral protection device prevents stroke during treatment to clear blocked carotid arteries

Women who undergo yearly mammography screening have lower rate of palpable tumors

Critical need for second NCI: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center launches campaign

Study offers new possibilities for breast and other cancer therapies

Drug-eluting stents offer new hope to patients with critical limb ischemia

CT scan of heart's epicardial fat provides better prognosis compared to standard diagnostic techniques

Roche Diagnostics named sole source supplier for Premier's blood glucose monitoring devices

Uterine fibroids: Promising new minimally invasive treatment using high-energy ultrasound waves

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group report 15.5% sequential growth in fourth quarter revenues

Poniard Pharmaceuticals sells over 4.2M common shares to Commerce Court Small Cap Value Fund

Metabolic drugs top the list of prescription drug expenses for elderly Medicare beneficiaries

Houston scientists unveil new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures

UVA Health System offers Gamma Knife eXtend system to treat patients with head and neck cancer

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