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Condemned to an early death: Rationing body tells liver cancer victims that life-prolonging drug is 'too costly' | Mail Online Tom Smith

Dr Harpreet Wasan, a cancer consultant at London's Hammersmith Hospital, said: 'This cancer is not like any other cancer. There is no alternative treatment. Every other drug that has been tried fails to work. via www.dailymail.co.uk

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New Breast Cancer Imaging During Treatment

There’s a new non-invasive technology to help conquer a little-known problem in breast cancer treatment, and I asked a radiation oncologist some questions to help us better understand the development. Many breast cancer patients aren’t aware that their lumpectomy cavity — or area where the cancerous tumor was removed from — can move and change shape from day-to-day after surgery...

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Another Round of Cancer Screening Craziness

From the NY Times: New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in the past. The advice, from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is meant to decrease unnecessary testing and potentially harmful treatment, particularly in teenagers and young women. [...]

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The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Moves One Step Closer To Funding First Round of Research Awards

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced today that 403 of the nearly 900 proposals submitted are still in contention for CPRIT’s inaugural cancer research funding awards. The applications for the Individual Investigator Research Award and the High Impact/High Risk Research Award will now undergo a second, more intense peer review...

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Laser therapy can aggravate skin cancer

High irradiances of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) should not be used over melanomas. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Cancer studied the pain relieving, anti-inflammatory 'cold laser', finding that it caused increased tumour growth in a mouse model of skin cancer.

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Rare Pancreatic Cancer Patients May Live Longer When Treated With Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy is effective in achieving local control and palliation in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNTs), despite such tumors being commonly considered resistant to radiation therapy, according to a largest of its kind study in the November 15 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation...

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Compound In Coffee Brewing New Research In Colon, Breast Cancer

It's bad again. (see, e.g., here ) "A compound in coffee has been found to be estrogenic in studies by Texas AgriLife Research scientists. Though the studies have not been conducted to determine recommended consumption amounts, scientists say the compound, called trigonelline or 'trig,' may be a factor in estrogen-dependent breast cancer but beneficial against colon cancer development." Still...

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ECRI Institute Releases Roadmap to the Evidence on Finasteride for Prevention of Prostate Cancer: New Hotline Report to Aid Healthcare Decision Makers and Journalists

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to a recent New York Times article that questions why currently available medications designed to treat and prevent some cancers are being ignored, ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit organization, is offering a roadmap to the evidence on Finasteride for Prevention of Prostate Cancer for free download.

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Report: Push Back Age of Cervical Cancer Tests

Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment.

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Radiology procedure may help increase long-term survival in patients with severe liver cancer

In patients with unresectable (unable to be removed by surgery) liver cancer, an interventional radiology procedure called triple-drug transcatheter arterial chemoemobolization followed by a liver transplant may significantly increase a patient's chance of long-term survival, according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Chicago Mayor Predicts No Woman Will Ever Be Elected President or Cure Cancer

Well, it’s implicit in this: Oprah Winfrey’s expected announcement that she’ll end her show -- and the prospect that she’ll say goodbye to Chicago – has Mayor Daley placing some blame on the media. [...] “I think she was the...

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Is Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus A Risk Factor For Gallbladder, Biliary And Pancreatic Cancer?

There are minimal data assessing the relationship between diabetes and gallbladder, biliary and pancreatic cancer. Recent small studies have suggested an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer only in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). A research article published on November 14, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. The research team, lead by Dr.

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What So Much Fuss About Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines?

This week, US Preventive Services Task Force panel of independent experts issued a guide line for cancer screening and prevention. The guideline is based on real data and takes into account effectiveness of screening, radiation risks due to screening, and risk of being missed. The recommendation has been approved and supported by experts in the field. [...]

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Multidisciplinary Meeting On Urological Cancers

Experts agree that the urological cancer patient will benefit greatly if the delivered treatment is the result of a combined effort. Collaboration of experts from various fields is, therefore, necessary to take cancer-related research and medical practice to the next level.

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Treatment With Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 Associated With Increased Risk Of Cancer, Death

Patients with heart disease in Norway, a country with no fortification of foods with folic acid, had an associated increased risk of cancer and death from any cause if they had received treatment with folic acid and vitamin B12, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA.

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Pharmaceutical Industry Market Review

Pharmaceutical Industry Market Review - bharatbook

The total UK market for pharmaceuticals was worth an estimated £13.65bn in 2007. Prescription-only medicines accounted for most of this figure, with a smaller share being taken by over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals. ( http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=75736&rt=Pharmaceutical-Industry-Market-Review.html ) The UK is home to the most important pharmaceutical industry in Europe in terms of development

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CONFUSION: No mammograms until age 50 ? No teaching breast self examination ?

http://benkazie.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/confusion-no-mammograms-until-age-50-no-teaching-breast-self-examination/ Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed type of cancer in women. An estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women and 1,910 cases in men will occur in 2009. Some 40,170 breast cancer deaths will have also occurred during 2009. The risk factors for breast cancer include...

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When was this panel formed? (prior or after President Obama took office)

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Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) Research Products---Aarkstore Enterprise

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) Research Products---Aarkstore Enterprise    - aarkstore

Overview: This PARP Research Products market report explores are a superfamily of 18 proteins, of which PARP-1 is the best characterized. They are enzymes that are activated by DNA breaks to facilitate DNA repair. Currently, there is a great deal of research being done on this family of polymerases, because its activity is linked to serious disease conditions, including cancer, ischemia, diabetes,...