Curis says drug fails in colon cancer study
Drug developer Curis Inc. said a potential colon cancer treatment failed to meet its goal in a midstage study. The study is being conducted by Curis’ partner Roche and that company’s Genentech unit.
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Bayer and OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Enter Strategic Alliance to Develop Anti-Cancer [...]
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Bayer and OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Enter Strategic Alliance to Develop Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Therapeutics
Lung Cancer Alliance Launches First Open Access Patient Driven Website for CT Scans and Clinical Data
Researchers optimistic in cancer fight, as disease spreads
Medical researchers are posting optimism in the long fight against cancer as advances were unveiled to combat the disease that continues to rise and remains the second biggest killer in the world.
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Lung Cancer Alliance Launches First Open Access Patient Driven Website for [...]
Obama fails to announce new approaches for tackling global HIV/AIDS crisis, says Global AIDS Alliance
Noblesville Relay for Life group meets
NOBLESVILLE — Anyone interested in learning more about American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Noblesville event can attend tonight’s kickoff meeting, organizers said.
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Obama fails to announce new approaches for tackling global HIV/AIDS crisis, says Global AIDS Alliance
In tonight’s State of the Union Address President [...]
Terramed Alliance News Pain From Breast Cancer Treatment Can Linger For Years, Study Finds
Terramed Alliance News Nearly half of all breast cancer patients experienced chronic pain two to three years after treatment and more than half felt discomfort, according to a study by Danish researchers published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New York Times reports. The study found that women younger than age [...]
Terramed Alliance News Treating Breast Cancer With Adapted Space-Industry Technology
Terramed Alliance News Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and Argonne National Laboratory are collaborating on a study to determine if an imaging technique used by NASA to inspect the space shuttle can be used to predict tissue damage often experienced by breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. The study is examining the utility of [...]
Terra med Alliance News US anger at new age rules for breast cancer tests
Terra med Alliance News Doctors and experts are in uproar over new recommendations to raise the age of breast cancer screening, warning more women will die from the disease which already claims some 40,000 lives each year.
Terra med Alliance News : Doctors and experts are in uproar over new recommendations to raise the age of [...]
Terramed Alliance News Moderate Alcohol Consumption Increases Risk of Cancer in Women
The best “treatment” for cancer is to prevent it from occurring. Research is ongoing to evaluate environmental and lifestyle factors that may be associated with an increased incidence of cancer. Identifying such risk factors may allow individuals to modify lifestyle choices in order to reduce their risk of developing cancer.
The Million Women Study in the [...]
Terramed Alliance News Safe To Treat HER2-positive Breast Cancer
Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, following primary surgery for their cancer, is Trastuzumab (Herceptin)–typically used in combination with chemotherapy. However, a new study by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center reports that it may be safe to treat these patients with both Trastuzumab and adjuvant radiation therapy.
The study will be presented at [...]
Eating Eggs When Pregnant Affects Breast Cancer In Offspring Terramed Alliance News
This finding by a team of biologists at Boston University is the first to link choline consumption during pregnancy to breast cancer. It also is the first to identify possible choline-related genetic changes that affect breast cancer survival rates.
“We’ve known for a long time that some agents taken by pregnant women, such as diethylstibesterol, have [...]
Terramed Alliance News Pregnant Women with Breast Cancer Do Not Have Worse Outcomes
Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) is defined as breast cancer that develops during or within one year after pregnancy. It is relatively rare, with approximately 10% of all breast cancer cases under age 40 occurring in pregnant women. However, some researchers have speculated that the incidence of PABC may increase as the average age at the [...]