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Long-term Use of Herceptin Does Not Increase Heart Failure in Patients

...roject (NSABP) trial B-31, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago states that the risk of congestive heart failure in women treated with trastuzumab (Herceptin) and combination chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer did not increase over time. Th...

Early Prostate Cancer: Specialty of Physician Influences Type of Therapy Received

... treatments." The study, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists, reviewed the records of 85,088 men aged 65 and older who were diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1994 and 2002 using information from the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) Medicare...

Cell Genesys Reports Additional Data From Phase 2 Clinical Trial of GVAX Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer

...merican Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting being held in Chicago, IL. "We continue to be encouraged by the survival data analysis, as well as the immunologic data reported today in this Phase 2 study of GVAX immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer in patients with operable disease," said Kriste...

Hot Flashes in Men Treated for Prostate Cancer Reduced by Non-hormonal Drug

...rolled Phase III clinical trial at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Mayo Clinic investigators report that the drug gabapentin reduced the frequency and the intensity of hot flashes by up to 46 percent in men receiving androgen deprivation therapy. The men who received gab...

Wheat Germ Extract Inhibits Breast Cancer in Study

...o research published this past weekend at the 2007 meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, ASCO. The compound, Avemar, has been extensively studied in many cell lines, animal tumor models, and several human clinical trials. In the current study, Andras Telekes, MD, Ph.D., head physician at th...

Breast Cancer More Aggressive and Less Responsive to Treatment in Younger Women

...t the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago....

Velcade(R) Plus Doxil(R) Improves Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma Patients

... Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) global cancer meeting in Chicago. The VELCADE/DOXIL combination was approved by the FDA just last month as a new treatment option for myeloma patients who have relapsed or who have not responded to at least one other course of treatment. The drugs work in combination be...

Flaxseed Helps in Reducing the Risk of Prostate Tumor Spread

... results of the study were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, in Chicago....

Strict Exercise and Diet Regimens Might Lead to Osteoporosis in Women

...udy were presented at the Endocrine Society annual meeting in Toronto....

Study Finds Lymphoma Drug Effective Over Long Term

...t the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. "These results compare quite favorably with those achieved with state-of-the-art chemotherapy regimens that take months to deliver. But Bexxar is given as a single treatment, completed within one week, which makes it an extremely conven...

Health Ministers Meeting on Polio Eradication Today

...are Minister Anbumani Ramadoss will preside over a meeting of ten State health ministers today, which will review the polio eradication process. The meeting has been convened in the wake of reports that the incidence of polio has exacerbated in the last two...

India Committed to Sustainable Development: PM

...imate change. "While we have a long way to go in meeting the aspirations of our people and while we must rid our county of the scourge of poverty, ignorance and disease, we should do so in a manner that is environmentally sustainable," he said in a special message on the occasion. Manmohan Singh said it ...

Better Access to Testing Urgently Needed to Fight HIV in Asia-Pacific

...eople Living with HIV/AIDS. He was speaking at a meeting here jointly sponsored by the World Health Organisation, the UN Children's Fund and the UN's coordinating body against the disease, UNAIDS, to identify ways of slowing the spread of HIV and improving services for people who already have it. "With s...

Kerala Seeks Centres Help to Curb Chikungunya Spread

...ree weeks. "We have decided to call an all party meeting on Friday to discuss this issue and June 12 will be observed as cleanliness day across the state," Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told reporters after the weekly cabinet meet here Wednesday. The reason for the spread of chikungunya has been cit...

PM to Convene NDC Meet to Discuss Healthcare

...ime Minister Manmohan Singh will convene a special meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) to discuss disease control and public health . At a meeting here Tuesday to review the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), he asked stat...

Every Child Needs to Be Vaccinated to Lead India into a Polio Free Future - Ramadoss

Speaking at the meeting of Health Ministers of polio affected States organized today to review the status of polio eradication efforts, the Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss said that it is critical to sustain the high level of immunity in all pol...

IDM Pharma Presents Preliminary Results of Melanoma Vaccine Clinical Trial

...an Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 43rd annual meeting in Chicago. "We are in great need of new drugs to treat our patients with metastatic melanoma" said Dr. Ross. "The preliminary analysis of the phase II clinical trial with IDM Pharma's cancer vaccine, UVIDEM, suggests that several patients with adv...

Manmohan Singh to Meet UN Chief, Discuss Climate Change

...re also likely to be on the outcome of Dr. Singh's meeting with President, George Bush on Friday, where the proposed deal on civilian nuclear cooperation is expected to figure. It remains to be seen what India's stand will be at the G-8 conference and outreach summit at Heiligendamm, which is 250 kilometer...

Germany Pledges 5.4 Billion Dollars for AIDS Fund

...s," she said. Private aid groups complained at the meeting that some member states, particularly Canada and I...R). German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting the meeting as the chairman of the G8, which also includes Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Russia and the...

Now a Drug to Stop the Feeling of Hunger

...ndings of the study were presented during the 70th meeting of the Hebrew University Board of Governors....

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