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Addressing quality of life needs in prostate cancer: an interview with Professor Louis Denis

Modern patient-directed management is based on optimal, individual medical treatment and holistic personalised patient-centred care. This is certainly true in prostate cancer where most patients are over 60 years of age. They face a negative physical and functional impact from the diagnosis as well as from the treatment with emotional and social challenges.

4 Nov 2015

New clinical trial uses aggressive treatment method for patients with pancreas cancer

Pancreas cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers worldwide. In the United States, it accounts for only three percent of all diagnosed cancers but it causes almost seven percent of all cancer deaths. A pancreas cancer diagnosis often comes after age 50 and after the cancer has spread, making it difficult to remove surgically.

4 Nov 2015

UCLA study finds cost variation across entire care process for low-risk prostate cancer

Now, for the first time, UCLA researchers have described cost across an entire care process for low-risk prostate cancer - from the time a patient checks in for his first appointment to his post-treatment follow-up testing - using time-driven activity-based costing. And they found a wide variation in costs for the various available treatments that remained consistent over a 12-year period, indicating a better method to monitor costs could save valuable healthcare dollars, said study first author Dr. Aaron Laviana, a fifth year urology resident.

3 Nov 2015

CureVac raises €100M to enable rapid expansion of mRNA development platform, clinical-stage pipeline

CureVac, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the field of mRNA-based technology, today announces that it has raised about $110 million (€100 million) to enable accelerated expansion of its industry-leading messenger RNA (mRNA) development platform and clinical-stage pipeline.

3 Nov 2015

Around 20% of ethnic school girls not vaccinated against HPV

Around 20 per cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) because they feel they don't need to have it, according to a Cancer Research UK survey presented today at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool*.

2 Nov 2015

Researchers develop cancer-killing 'grenades’

Researchers have developed cancer drug-packed 'grenades' armed with heat sensitive triggers, allowing for treatment to be targeted directly at tumours, according to two studies due to be presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool.

31 Oct 2015

CarePoint Health – Bayonne Medical Center named ACR-designated center for lung cancer screening

CarePoint Health, a fully integrated healthcare system that provides quality, patient-focused healthcare to residents of the Hudson County region, today announced that CarePoint Health – Bayonne Medical Center has been named an American College of Radiology designated center for lung cancer screening, making it the second facility in Hudson County (after CarePoint Health – Christ Hospital) to receive this designation.

31 Oct 2015

Loughborough University's lab-in-a-briefcase may boost cancer detection rates in developing countries

Academics at Loughborough University hope to boost early detection rates of cancer in developing countries with their portable lab-in-a-briefcase that can operate even at high temperatures.

31 Oct 2015

University of Kansas professor recognized with MERIT Award

Emily Scott, professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Kansas, has been recognized with a MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences. It's a rare and important recognition -- researchers can receive them only once in a career.

30 Oct 2015

Transition Therapeutics Ireland signs agreement for investigator-led TT701 Phase 2 clinical study

Transition Therapeutics Inc. announced today that Transition Therapeutics Ireland Limited has entered into an agreement for an investigator-led clinical study of drug candidate, TT701, with Brigham and Women's Hospital.

30 Oct 2015

UNM CCC biostatisticians help scientists conduct research on cancer

In contrast to most people, Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, doesn't find statistics difficult or boring. For her, statistics is fulfilling because it's how she helps people fight cancer. "People think biostatistics is purely numbers," Lee says, "but my work helps to improve patients' care." She recalls a visit to a hospital patient as a young statistician working for a cystic fibrosis research team.

29 Oct 2015

IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) wins Prix Galien USA 2015 Award in Best Pharmaceutical Agent category

Today, IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) was awarded the prestigious Prix Galien USA 2015 Award in the category of Best Pharmaceutical Agent. The Prix Galien Award is considered to be the industry's highest accolade and recognizes the vital technical, scientific and clinical research skills necessary to develop medicines.

28 Oct 2015

Study uncovers new genetic variants linked to increased risk of testicular cancer

A new study of more than 25,000 men has uncovered four new genetic variants associated with increased risk of testicular cancer.

27 Oct 2015

Genetic discovery sheds light on how prostate cancer develops and spreads

A new and important genetic discovery, which sheds light on how prostate cancers develop and spread, has been made by an international research team led by scientists at The University of Nottingham.

27 Oct 2015

Revolutionary prostate biopsy approach more accurate at diagnosing prostate cancer

A revolutionary prostate biopsy approach uses fewer needles and is more accurate for diagnosing prostate cancer. It is done during a real time MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan that clearly shows suspicious sites. When done by an expert radiologist using a highly powerful magnet, only a minimum number of needles are used to sample suspicious abnormalities.

26 Oct 2015

Hispanic, Medicaid patients less likely to receive regional anesthesia during hip and knee replacement surgery

Patients who are black, Hispanic, on Medicaid or are uninsured may be less likely to receive regional anesthesia during hip and knee replacement surgery, possibly putting them at greater risk of serious complications, according to a study of more than 1 million orthopedic surgeries being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2015 annual meeting.

26 Oct 2015

New approaches to treating lung cancer patients in New Mexico

This year, more than 158,000 Americans are expected to die from lung cancer. That's a staggering number: it's more than all the deaths expected from breast, prostate, colon, rectum, bladder and skin cancers combined.

26 Oct 2015

PCF announces 19 new Young Investigator Awards

The Prostate Cancer Foundation announced 19 new Young Investigator (YI) Awards at the 22nd Annual Scientific Retreat in Washington, DC, held October 8-10, 2015. Awardees were selected from a pool of 107 applicants from 65 institutions in 9 countries.

22 Oct 2015

Study reveals high rates of preventable cancers in Indigenous peoples of high-income countries

Research published in The Lancet Oncology, led by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on the scale and profile of cancer in indigenous peoples of the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand has revealed high rates of often preventable cancers including lung and cervical cancer, emphasising the need for targeted prevention strategies in these populations.

16 Oct 2015

Novel ligand peptide-mimic inhibits abnormal overgrowth of blood vessels, may lead to new anti-cancer drugs

An international research team led by scientists at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center discovered and developed a novel ligand peptide-mimic that inhibits abnormal overgrowth of blood vessels in retinal diseases and tumors. The discovery could lead to new drugs that keep cancers from growing. The team published a paper in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

15 Oct 2015

Prostate Cancer News and Research

Latest Prostate Cancer News and Research

Addressing quality of life needs in prostate cancer: an interview with Professor Louis Denis

New clinical trial uses aggressive treatment method for patients with pancreas cancer

UCLA study finds cost variation across entire care process for low-risk prostate cancer

CureVac raises €100M to enable rapid expansion of mRNA development platform, clinical-stage pipeline

Around 20% of ethnic school girls not vaccinated against HPV

Researchers develop cancer-killing 'grenades’

CarePoint Health – Bayonne Medical Center named ACR-designated center for lung cancer screening

Loughborough University's lab-in-a-briefcase may boost cancer detection rates in developing countries

University of Kansas professor recognized with MERIT Award

Transition Therapeutics Ireland signs agreement for investigator-led TT701 Phase 2 clinical study

UNM CCC biostatisticians help scientists conduct research on cancer

IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) wins Prix Galien USA 2015 Award in Best Pharmaceutical Agent category

Study uncovers new genetic variants linked to increased risk of testicular cancer

Genetic discovery sheds light on how prostate cancer develops and spreads

Revolutionary prostate biopsy approach more accurate at diagnosing prostate cancer

Hispanic, Medicaid patients less likely to receive regional anesthesia during hip and knee replacement surgery

New approaches to treating lung cancer patients in New Mexico

PCF announces 19 new Young Investigator Awards

Study reveals high rates of preventable cancers in Indigenous peoples of high-income countries

Novel ligand peptide-mimic inhibits abnormal overgrowth of blood vessels, may lead to new anti-cancer drugs

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