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Americans Optimistic About the War on Cancer
...has several promising anti-cancer compounds in its oncology pipeline that may prove to be very effective in the fight against cancer," said Stephen Fesik, Ph.D., divisional vice president, Cancer Research, Abbott. "We are committed to exploring new cutting-edge therapies that may enable patients to live longe...Researchers Found Drug Effects of Deadly Prescription Well Before FDA
...al Institutes of Health, focuses on hematology and oncology because that is Bennett's expertise. Bennett hopes his RADAR model will be adopted by researchers in cardiology, ophthalmology and other fields....Breast Cancer Patients Follow-up Devalued
...n general practitioners experience and training in oncology and loss of data on patient outcome as their main ...red protocols and the recruitment of locally based oncology nurses. However, while 84% said that GPs were aware that their patients were being discussed at mult...Most Pediatric Chemotherapy Mistakes Reach Patients
...ffered in quality between outpatient and inpatient oncology areas. Since most of the errors occurred during ...c solutions for inpatient and outpatient pediatric oncology units respectively....Combining NSAIDs With Chemotherapy May Improve Cancer Therapy
...nn, Ph.D., UI professor, both faculty in radiation oncology and in the Free Radical and Radiation Biology Graduate Program, also were part of the UI team. Trask, Goswami and Domann all are members of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the UI. Goswami and Domann added that when radiation is used to tr...Combined Molecular-targeted and Hormonal Therapies Offer Promise in Treating Ovarian Cancer
...ew author Dr. Siqing Fu, an assistant professor of oncology at the University of Texas at Houston. However, more research is needed to determine whether combining molecular-targeted therapy with hormonal therapy would be a more effective option. Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of gynecological cancers; appr...Swallowing The Bitter Pill-Oral Sex Linked To Oral Cancer
...rcher Maura L. Gillison, an assistant professor of oncology and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore:"There's been a kind of sea change in the last 10 years in who we're seeing with these cancers. It makes sense with some changes we've seen in sexual behavior." The study, invo...Once-a-year Drug Reduces Fractures from Osteoporosis
...oration that has been seen at much larger doses in oncology treatments. The HORIZON study showed no such findings at the lower dose required for osteoporosis treatments. The study did observe a small increase in the incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients who received zoledronic acid (1.3 percent for z...Childhood Cancer can Lead to Chronic Health Problems Later in Life: Study
...of the paper, Huib Caron, a professor of pediatric oncology at Emma Children's Hospital in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Ultimately, the findings show that early, life-saving interventions come at a price - one that can take a heavy toll on the survivors' quality of life, and reduce their life expectancy. ...New Adjuvant Breast Cancer Treatments Found Cost-effective
...d trastuzumab were below those of many widely used oncology treatments....Cost-effective Treatments for Breast Cancer
...d trastuzumab were below those of many widely used oncology treatments....BioCryst Receives Special Protocol Assessment for Fodosine
...rial of the oral formulation of the company's lead oncology compound, Fodosine(TM) (forodesine hydrochloride) in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. A Special Protocol Assessment is a request for feedback from the FDA that allows a company to receive official evaluation and guidance on the design of piv...Afro- American Women Have More Aggressive Breast Cancer
..., M.D., clinical professor of medicine and medical oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson U...orris, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medical oncology at Jefferson Medical College. They compared clinical, molecular and demographic data from 2,230 A...Cancer Patients in New South Wales to Receive Advanced Image Guided Radiation Therapy Treatments
...ts with the most modern, highest quality radiation oncology treatment available in Australia," said Area Director of Cancer Services A. Prof. Tom Shakespeare. "What's really exciting is seeing this ground-breaking technology made available to smaller regional centres that have, until now, had no local access ...White Blood Cell Booster May Help Cancer Patients Avoid Deadly Complications
...y Crawford, M.D., chief of the division of medical oncology at Duke and one of the study's investigators. "The new recommendations also suggest that we need better methods to identify patients who are at higher risk of developing febrile neutropenia, and future studies will be aimed at doing just that." Whit...Other Tagsthrow 2throw 3throw 4circumstances 2circumstances 3circumstances 4circumstances 5circumstances 6stimulated 2stimulated 3stimulated 4stimulated 5stimulated 6recruit 2recruit 3recruit 4diarrhea 2circadian 2mixed 2mixed 3mixed 4mixed 5evaluate 2evaluate 3evaluate 4evaluate 5evaluate 6evaluate 7evaluate 8evaluate 9signs 2signs 3signs 4signs 5signs 6signs 7Other Contentsairairairairairairairairairairalcoholismalcoholismalcoholismalcoholicalcoholicalcoholicaldosteronismaldosteronealdosteroneallergenallergenallergenalkaptonuria
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(Date:12/1/2008)...ead consumption advisories and uncertainty among c...esearchers at North Carolina State University have...egulators around the country predict which areas a... breakthrough that should help officials address p...for specific water bodies and fish species. , Th...
(Date:12/1/2008)...f Stanford University,s Woods Institute for the En...ldlife Fundhas been awarded a two-year, $1.97 mill...on to develop a software program for mapping and e...ate marine ecosystems. , Called Marine InVEST (I...eoffs), the proposed software will give policymake...
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