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3 hrs ago | TheNational

Sharp rise in cancer deaths predicted

Abu Dhabi // Deaths from cancer in the region could almost triple over the next 10 years unless early detection and treatment measures are improved, according to the World Health Organisation.

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12 hrs ago | Newkerala.com

Suzanne Somers Clarifies Swayze Chemo Comments

Actress SUZANNE SOMERS has backtracked over remarks she made about the late PATRICK SWAYZE's cancer treatment, insisting her comments were misconstrued in the press.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Ghost, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Automotive

The 'Lexus' of Cancer Treatment - One Man's Inspiring Drive to Survive

It's not very uncommon for a fundraising event to raffle a luxury car, but the Lexus being raffled Saturday night at the 23rd annual Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Gala has a story behind it that exemplifies the drive to survive.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Washington, DC, Automakers

EurekAlert!

Experimental agent reduces breast cancer metastasis to bone

Researchers have reduced breast cancer metastasis to bone using an experimental agent to inhibit ROCK, a protein that was found to be over-expressed in metastatic breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Health, Breast Cancer, Tufts University

IRIN | Asia English Service

PAKISTAN: Uphill struggle in battle against breast cancer

Anecdotal evidence suggests breast cancer is on the rise in Pakistan but budgetary constraints, bogus healers and a lack of awareness is hampering early diagnosis, according to healthcare professionals.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, World News, Pakistan, Homeopathy

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Globe and Mail

Doctors start to include vitamin D in fight against cancer

Oncology treatments Doctors start to include vitamin D in fight against cancer With new studies showing the sun vitamin may slow come cancers, some physicians are eager to add it to treatment programs Martin Mittelstaedt Environment Reporter From Friday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Oncology, Breast Cancer

NewsTarget.com

Women with breast cancer have low vitamin D levels, scientists discover

At the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Breast Cancer Symposium held in San Francisco recently, researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center made an announcement that at first glance may seem startling -- at least it may startle people who are unaware of the preventive and healing power of nutrients.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology, University of Rochester

Newswise

CTRC, AACR and Baylor College of Medicine to Host San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

What: Now in its 32nd year, the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium remains the top venue for research and discovery in breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Health, Breast Cancer, San Antonio Metro, Baylor College of Medicine, Lung Cancer

WFLX-TV West Palm Beach

Wellington child with Leukemia dies after contracting H1N1 in hospital

A 3-year-old girl fighting leukemia has died from swine flu after getting the virus while in the hospital in Orlando.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Wellington, FL, Leukemia, Medicine, Nursing, Palm Beach County, FL

Wed Nov 04, 2009

RedOrbit

Cancer Patients Want Honesty, Compassion From Their Oncologist

What do patients want from their radiation oncologists? The most significant preference is that more than one-third of female cancer patients prefer to have their hands held by their radiation oncologists during important office visits, compared to 12 percent of men, according to a randomized study presented November 4, 2009, at the 51st Annual ...

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Health, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer, Casa Grande, AZ

Pharmaceutical Processing

Covidien Receives FDA Approval for Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl Citrate Product

Covidien, a global provider of healthcare products, hasannounced that its subsidiary, Mallinckrodt Inc., has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl Citrate .

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Related Topix: Covidien, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Medication, Health, Pain

Newswise

Experimental Agent Reduces Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone

Researchers have reduced breast cancer metastasis to bone using an experimental agent to inhibit ROCK, a protein that was found to be over-expressed in metastatic breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Health, Breast Cancer, Tufts University

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Stereotactic radiotherapy offers noninvasive, effective treatment for ...

Nov. 2, 2009 - Stereotactic body radiation therapy should be considered a new standard of care for early-stage lung cancer treatment in patients with co-existing medical problems, according to results from a national clinical trial led by UT Southwestern Medical Center physicians.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Lung Cancer, Oncology

Alphecca

Eat Indian Tonight; Curry Kills Cancer Cells

Actually, it's a compound in Curry. From Yahoo News: A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill esophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment, scientists said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Esophageal Cancer

Tue Nov 03, 2009

MyOptumHealth

Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors

Women with a relatively uncommon type of breast cancer are significantly more likely to face its recurrence and spread, but researchers now say these women may benefit from treatment with the breast cancer drug Herceptin.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Herceptin, Trastuzumab (generic), Medication, Oncology

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Childhood-cancer survivor program celebrates 20 years

Nov. 3, 2009 - Alexandra Wilson was just 4 when she was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a cancer affecting blood and blood marrow.

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Related Topix: Health, Leukemia, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, Oncology

Tulsa World

Edmondson urges OU Cancer Institute funding

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' Attorney General Drew Edmondson wants the state tobacco trust's board of directors to help fund a cancer research and treatment center at the University of Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Government, University of Oklahoma

MediLexicon

Revealing The Possible Origins Of Pancreatic Cancer

Study results: MIT cancer biologists have identified a subpopulation of cells that can give rise to pancreatic cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pancreatic Cancer

Science Daily

Pancreatic Cancer: Discovery Offers Potential New Treatment

New research to be presented in November at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting in Los Angeles reveals that tumor-penetrating microparticles have been specifically designed to break through hard-to-infiltrate barriers and deliver drugs more effectively and efficiently than the standard form of chemotherapy such as ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pancreatic Cancer

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Star Tribune

Judge will rescind order for Hauser family

The legal saga of Danny Hauser, the 13-year-old boy from Sleepy Eye who fled the state with his mother last May to avoid chemotherapy, is set to end next week when his cancer treatments are complete.

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Related Topix: Sleepy Eye, MN, Medicine, Health, New Ulm, MN, Brown County, MN, Lymphoma, Minneapolis, MN

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