Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB to Showcase Novalis Tx(TM) Platform for Non-Invasive Image-Guided Radiosurgery

... new non-invasive surgical device for eradicating inoperable lung cancer and other conditions is being ... that is most often prescribed for patients with inoperable lung tumors - suggest that SBRT can result in a better survival rate. Only 10-30 percent of inoperable lung cancer patients who receive conventional ...

Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors

... may be effective in treating children with inoperable or progressive low-grade glioma brain tumors, ... Radiation is often used to treat children with inoperable or progressive low-grade gliomas. While radiation ... that chemotherapy can be used to control inoperable or progressive low-grade gliomas in children, ...

Lilly to Unveil More Than 30 Studies at Premier Lung Cancer Meeting

... data involving ALIMTA-based regimens in combination with radiation for inoperable stage IIIA/B NSCLC. Globally, lung cancer impacts more than 3 ... Followed by Pemetrexed Consolidation in Patients with Favorable-Prognosis inoperable Stage IIIA/B non-small cell Lung Cancer: Interim Safety Update ...

Promising Therapy for Prostate Cancer

... Experimental drug beat back inoperable cancer in two patients, study claims MONDAY, June 22 ... -- An experimental drug therapy appears to have helped destroy allegedly inoperable prostate cancer in two patients in a clinical trial. Use of the ...

New Treatment Option at The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center Provides Hope for Inoperable Tumors

... we are giving new hope to those whose tumors were previously thought to be inoperable and untreatable." According to Billups, The Sarah Cannon Cancer ... is ideal for treating both cancerous and benign tumors that are medically inoperable or surgically complex. According to a recent report published by the ...

New combination therapy safe, promising for melanoma patients

... of two different biotherapies may be beneficial for patients with inoperable melanoma, according to a University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) ... and currently surgery is the only effective cure. For patients with inoperable disease, like those enrolled in this study, discovering a safe and ...

Woman's Abdominal Organs Removed in Unique Cancer Surgery

... the cancer, and then they reinserted the organs. Usually, this is an inoperable tumor, Dr. Andreas Tzakis, director of The Transplant Institute, said ... me," she said. She added: "I want the rest of the world to know that inoperable cancers can be operated on. Different cancer centers have different ...

New Jefferson trial to test radiation-emitting beads against advanced liver cancer

... has been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for use in inoperable liver cancer. This is the first time that the particular technology, ... of Yttrium-90-containing beads (TheraSphere) was effective in treating inoperable liver cancer even in patients whose portal vein was blocked by tumor. The ...

10th CyberKnife System Installed at an HCA Hospital

... Cancer Center Network. "With this new image-guided robotic technology, we are giving new hope to those whose tumors were previously thought to be inoperable and untreatable." This installation marks HCA's ninth installation in the United States. HCA's first international installation took place in ...

Mayo researchers: Dramatic outcomes in prostate cancer study

... ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation ...

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Tapestry Initiates Phase 2 Trial of TPI 287 for the Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

... chemotherapy. Patients whose disease has become inoperable because of extensive local spread of the disease ... treated with chemotherapy alone. In patients with inoperable cancer, therapy is only palliative, which means ... as the initial chemotherapy for patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer. Other drugs are only ...

Video: Data on More Than 15 Novartis Oncology Compounds at ASCO Highlight Progress Toward Targeted Therapies for Diverse Tumor Types

... or death. All patients in the study were treatment-naive, had locally inoperable or metastatic NET with the primary tumor located in the midgut, were ... nervous systems. While these NET are often slow-growing, when the tumor is inoperable patients with advanced NET have limited treatment options(2). The ...

Avastin Achieves Impressive Rate of Curative Surgery in Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer

... achieved in almost 80% of these patients, all of whom had been considered inoperable prior to the start of treatment. This outcome with Avastin is higher than ... included 1,965 patients with advanced colorectal cancer with primarily inoperable metastatic disease. Patients received Avastin in combination with the ...

MultiCell Technologies Signs Liver Stem Cell R&D Agreement To Develop Products for the Study of Liver Cancer

... not respond to current treatment. For example, Sorafenib (Nexavar(R)) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2007 for use in advanced inoperable liver cancer. Sorafenib is a targeted therapy designed to interfere with a tumor's ability to generate new blood vessels. However, Sorafenib has ...

CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Lung Cancer Sees Increased Interest and Continued Rapid Growth

... also resource and cost intensive for providers and payors. While the CyberKnife System is currently accepted as a non-invasive treatment option for inoperable patients, this study is designed to provide evidence that may revolutionize the way operable early stage lung cancer is treated worldwide. All ...

New Study First to Confirm Sandostatin LAR(R) Depot Controls Tumor Growth in Patients With Rare Gastrointestinal Tumors

... patients who were treated with either Sandostatin LAR or placebo until tumor progression. All patients in the study were treatment-naive, had locally inoperable or metastatic NETs with the primary tumor within the midgut, were without curative therapeutic options and had tumors that were functionally active ...

AstraZeneca Announces Innovative New Partnership With Singapore Institutions to Develop Anti-Cancer Compounds

... have already undergone initial clinical testing in the West. Two AstraZeneca compounds(3), have already been identified for clinical screening in inoperable HCC by the institutions during 2008 and 2009. Further compounds will be made available at a rate of one per year, for the duration of the ...

BioVex Reports Positive Phase II Clinical Trial Results of OncoVEX GM-CSF in Metastatic Melanoma at the 2008 American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting

... New York, NY; The Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; and the University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA. Fifty patients with inoperable Stage IIIc/IV melanoma were enrolled. Patients were given OncoVEX GM-CSF injections every two weeks for up to a year. The trial was designed to ...

Delcath Updates Phase III Patient Enrollment as Pivotal Trial Accelerates, Durable Tumor Responses In Phase II Study Also Cited

... comments updated patient recruitment levels for the Phase III clinical trial of the Company's Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion (PHP) technology for inoperable cancers in the liver. Enrollment in this pivotal trial, which is treating patients with metastatic melanoma, now totals 32 patients which surpasses ...

Delcath Expands Phase III Trial for Metastatic Melanoma to Include University of Maryland Medical Center

... study of the Company's Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion (PHP) System for the isolated, high dose delivery of the anti-cancer agent melphalan to treat inoperable metastatic melanoma in the liver. The pivotal, Phase III study is being led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), which previously approved the ...

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Inoperable

... inoperable stage IIIB or IIIC or inflammatory breast ... patients with clinical stage IIIB disease . inoperable Refers to a cancer that can't be removed by ... damage to normal tissue . In situ ... In inoperable lung cancer , combining radiation with ...

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Commercialization aim of grant supporting technology that destroys cancer cells

... it proved easy to control and to be precise. Furthermore, "the procedure spares nerves and major blood vessels, enabling treatment in otherwise inoperable areas," added Davalos, the 2006 recipient of the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award for Most Promising Engineer. Davalos and his ...

Researchers develop liquid crystal pharmaceuticals to fight cancer and other diseases

... of end-stage cancer patients. In addition, the FDA granted Apatone® orphan-drug status for the treatment of metastatic, or locally advanced, inoperable bladder cancer in August 2007. Unlike other chemotherapy drugs, TolecineTM and Apatone® have low toxicity and do not target dividing cells. ...

Combined treatment extends life expectancy for lung cancer patients

... and decreases recurrences of tumors in patients who have early stages of inoperable lung cancer, according to researchers at Rhode Island Hospital. In a ... underlying medical conditions. Radiation therapy has long been used for inoperable lung cancer, and more recently, doctors have used radiofrequency ablation ...

New test to detect rare proteins in blood

... form tumors exactly like breast tumors in humans. Using ELISA, the researchers could not detect Her2/neu from mouse blood until the tumors reached an inoperable size, but with the new FACTT technology they could detect Her2/Neu in some mice when tumors were barely visible and within two days of implantation. ...

Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatments Highlighted

... Include: Treatments for Liver Cancer (Monday, November 28) Although surgery provides the best chance for a cure, liver tumors are often inoperable because they may be too large, or have grown into major blood vessels or other vital structures. Sometimes, many small tumors are spread throughout ...

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AEterna Zentaris Discloses Preliminary Phase 2 Trial Results for Perifosine in Combination with Radiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

... inhibitor compound, perifosine. In 177 patients receiving radiotherapy for inoperable NSCLC, this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessed ... of radiotherapy (51 Gy in 17 fractions), patients with non-metastatic but inoperable NSCLC, mainly Stage III, received a 5-week course of 150 mg perifosine ...

NIMOTUZUMAB DEMONSTRATES EFFICACY IN RANDOMIZED HEAD & NECK CANCER STUDY WITHOUT THE TOXICITIES ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER EGFR DRUGS

... radiation therapy (RT) or chemoradiation therapy (CRT) in patients with inoperable (Stage III or IVa) squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). ... therapy or radiation therapy in patients with advanced (Stage III or IVa) inoperable head and neck cancer", by Reddy BK et al. (Citation: J Clin Oncol 27:15s, ...

YM BIOSCIENCES ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF RANDOMIZED NIMOTUZUMAB STUDY TO BE PRESENTED IN A POSTER AT ASCO ANNUAL MEETING

... of h-R3 monoclonal antibody against EGFR in combination with chemoradiation therapy or radiation therapy in patients with advanced (stage III or IVA) inoperable head and neck cancer (abstract # 6041)" will be presented in the Head and Neck Cancer general poster session on Monday, June 1 from 8:00AM until ...

Doctors in New Hampshire Now Treating Cancer with Non-Invasive Image-Guided Radiosurgery Using Novalis Tx(TM) Technology

... A 71-year old man with inoperable lung cancer is able to receive stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) treatment DOVER, N.H., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Surgeons told ...

Delcath Adds University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to Phase III Trial

... of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), has joined Delcath's Phase III clinical trial testing its Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion (PHP) System against inoperable metastatic melanoma in the liver. James Pingpank, MD, FACS, Associate Professor Surgery in the Department of Surgical Oncology, will serve as the ...

33rd ESMO Congress in Stockholm, 12-16 September 2008

... new form of chemotherapy that destroys new blood vessels that grow around tumours has produced excellent results in a phase II trial of patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer, Prof. Matthias Lohr from the Karolinska Institute reports. Late breaking data: Gene marker indicates doubling of survival time ...

Edwards Lifesciences Receives FDA Approval to Add Transapical Delivery System to U.S. Clinical Trial of Transcatheter Heart Valve

... valves) trial, initiated in the second quarter of 2007, is evaluating the Edwards SAPIEN valve in patients who are considered high risk or inoperable for conventional open-heart valve surgery. "The addition of the Ascendra transapical delivery system to the PARTNER trial will enable Edwards to ...

YM BioSciences provides update on AeroLEF(TM) clinical development program

... a Phase II/III randomized trial in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Data from the fully recruited Phase III trial in Europe in children with inoperable brain cancer, if positive, are expected to be submitted to the EMEA for marketing approval. About AeroLEF(TM) AeroLEF(TM) is a unique, ...

YM BIOSCIENCES REPORTS 2007 YEAR END OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL RESULTS

... on the primary endpoints, response rate and safety, will be reported. - YM received clearance to initiate a clinical trial in children with inoperable recurrent, treatment-resistant brain cancer in Canada. - YM reported successful regulatory review of the manufacturing of nimotuzumab. - YM ...

ONCOSCIENCE AG, THE EUROPEAN PARTNER OF YM BIOSCIENCES, ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF PATIENT ENROLLMENT IN PHASE III BRAIN CANCER TRIAL OF NIMOTUZUMAB

... combining nimotuzumab with radiation for the treatment of children and adolescents suffering from diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). DIPG is an inoperable form of brain cancer for which treatment options are severely limited. The Phase III trial is being conducted by an international group of paediatric ...