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Novelos Therapeutics Pivotal Phase 3 Lung Cancer Trial Does Not Meet The Primary Survival Endpoint

Kinex Pharmaceuticals Initiates A Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of KX2-391 In Patients With Prostate Cancer
Kinex Pharmaceuticals opened a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of KX2-391 in patients with bone-metastatic, castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who have not had prior chemotherapy. The study will take place at the University of Chicago, the [...]

Scottish scientists identify link between deprivation and breast cancer survival

Deaths/causes Jan. 9 — Feb. 9 | RECORDS
Bates, Frederick G. Rick; 74, Newburgh, Feb. 9, septic shock, infection, probable pneumoniaBenthine, Helen Marie; 94, Evansville, Feb. 3, probable acute myocardial infarction, hypertensive cardiovascular renal diseaseBirge, James H.; 85, Patoka, Ind., Jan. 9, cardiac arrest, myocardial infarctionBlevins, Jana Sheheen; 74, Olney, Ill., Jan. 27, respiratory failure, metastatic [...]

Aspirin Cuts Cancer Deaths; Painkiller Can Boost Breast Cancer Survival Rates by 71%

Nuggets coach Karl has neck, throat cancer
DENVER (AP) – Nuggets coach George Karl has been diagnosed with neck and throat cancer but was told it is treatable. Karl, a survivor of prostate cancer, said Tuesday that treatment including radiation therapy and chemotherapy could cause him to miss games and practices.
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Erbitux improves survival of mCRC patients with KRAS wild-type tumors

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. to Conduct Conference Call to Discuss KRX-0401 (Perifosine) Clinical Development …
NEW YORK, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Erbitux improves survival of mCRC patients with KRAS wild-type tumors
Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced that Erbitux® (cetuximab) provided an improvement in overall survival (OS) when [...]

Smokers With Cancer Could Quit And Double Survival Rate

IsoRay Announces It Has Provided Seeds To Canada For Research Initiatives To Expand The Use Of Cesium-131 For New …
IsoRay, Inc. (AMEX: ISR) announced today that it has successfully shipped the first set of Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds to a Canadian customer for the purpose of furthering research and development of Cesium-131 in Canada. Cesium-131 is [...]

Study: Smokers with early lung cancer could double survival chances if they quit

Smokers with cancer could quit and double survival
(AP:LONDON) People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says. Until now, there has been little proof that quitting smoking after developing lung cancer makes any difference to survival.
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Lung Cancer Survival Rate

The most common known causes are as follows:
Lung Cancer Survival Rate
Cigarette Smoking
Cigarette smoking is probably the most closely related link to developing lung cancer. A person who smokes two packs or more of cigarettes per day has a one in seven chance of developing lung cancer. Those that smoke one pack of cigarettes per day [...]

Smokers with cancer could quit and double survival

Smokers with cancer could quit and double survival
People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says.
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Smokers with cancer could quit and double survival
People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says.
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New Real World Avastin Data From Over 3,200 Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Confirms Survival Benefit Beyond 2 …

Tobacco smoke causes lung inflammation, promotes lung cancer growth
( University of California – San Diego ) Repeated exposure to tobacco smoke makes lung cancer much worse, and one reason is that it steps up inflammation in the lung. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that mice with early [...]

Metastatic Brain Cancer Survival Rates

Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul and Mary passed away Wednesday night, at the age of 72, from leukemia at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut.
Metastatic Brain Cancer Survival Rates
An American treasure, an icon, a idol to my generation – Mary was the female singer-songwriter of the trio Peter, Paul and Mary, along with her male counterparts [...]