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Pancreatic Cancer News

News on Pancreatic Cancer continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

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Cancer Drug Causes Permanent Brain Damage

A widely used chemotherapy drug causes damage to the brain that can last for years after treatment is completed, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Rochester and published in ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, University of Rochester, Biology, Science, Breast Cancer

Sun Oct 12, 2008

Health News

An Anticancer Diet

Diet is one of the major risk factors for cancer in Western societies. But it's not just about what we eat too much of.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Leukemia, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Life, Fruits, Food

MediLexicon

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Announces Filing Of Patent Application For A Novel Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine Technology

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. , a biotechnology company, announced the filing of a provisional U.S. patent application relating to its novel vaccine technology targeting cancer stem cells.

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Colon Cancer, Health, Healthcare Law, Law

Sat Oct 11, 2008

BMC Cancer

Triphala inhibits both in vitro and in vivo xenograft growth of...

Triphala is commonly used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat variety of diseases; however its mechanism of action remains unexplored.

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Related Topix: Health

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Med Ad News

Paper in Cell Cycle Reports Alfacell's ONCONASE Targets siRNA

Alfacell Corporation today announced that a paper published in Cell Cycle reports that ONCONASE targets small interfering RNA , likely within the RNA-induced silencing complex of the RNA interference mechanism.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Alfacell, Health, Mesothelioma, Marketing, Oncology

RedOrbit

Women Need Less Smoking to Up Colon Risk

Women require less tobacco exposure than men to have a significantly higher risk of colorectal cancer, U.S. researchers say.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, University of Connecticut, Colon Cancer, Orlando Metro, Orlando, FL

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Medical News Today

Frontiers In Cancer Prevention Research Meeting To Be Hosted By AACR

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Conferences Article Date: 07 Oct 2008 - 4:00 PDT Premier international meeting highlights breakthrough research to defeat cancer before it starts What: To stop ...

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health, Oncology, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Asbury Park Press Online

Timely detection of breast cancer likely saved Ocean Twp. woman's life

Jane Sandlar leads a healthy lifestyle. She exercises daily and keeps to a vegetarian diet.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Monmouth Metro, Navesink, NJ

News-Medical.Net

Women require less tobacco exposure than men to increase colon cancer risk

While smoking poses a health threat to both men and women, women require less tobacco exposure than men to have a significant increased risk for colorectal cancer, according to new research presented at the ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Colon Cancer, University of Connecticut

MediLexicon

Oral Anticancer Drug CP-4126 Enters Clinical Phase I Study

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 07 Oct 2008 Clavis Pharma ASA announced today that its first oral anticancer drug, called Oral CP-4126, has entered ...

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health, Oncology, Lung Cancer

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Medical News

Helicobacter pylori may help prevent adenocarcinoma, esophageal cancers

Some bacteria may help protect against the development of a type of esophageal cancer, known as adenocarcinoma, according to a new review of the medical literature.

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Related Topix: Health, Helicobacter Pylori, Medicine, Esophageal Cancer

Drugs.com

Dendreon Announces Interim Data from Phase 3 Provenge IMPACT Trial

Conference Call Scheduled for 9:00 AM ET Today -- SEATTLE, October 6, 2008 - Dendreon Corporation announced today that it has completed the planned interim analysis of the Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Healthcare Law, Medicine, Law, Healthcare Industry, Dendreon, Seattle Metro, Health

Science Daily

New Therapeutic Treatment Approach Improves Survival In Esophageal Cancer Patients

Cancer of the esophagus often has a poor survival rate. Dr. Kenneth Chang of University of California Irvine Medical Center and his colleagues conducted a Phase 2 multi-center study on the safety and long-term ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Esophageal Cancer, Gastroenterology, UC Irvine

NewsTarget.com

Resveratrol Found to Halt Growth of Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Recent research suggests that the antioxidant resveratrol, which naturally occurs in grape skins, can weaken pancreatic cancer cells and increase their vulnerability to chemotherapy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Oncology, University of Rochester, Wine, Drink

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Drugs.com

FDA Grants Lilly's Alimta (Pemetrexed for Injection) Third U.S. Approval

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company announced today it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use of Alimta , in combination with cisplatin, in ...

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Food and Drug Administration, Law, Health, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Shaister.com

A Practical Review Of Usual Evidences Connected With Pancreatic Cancer

People who receive from a doctor the diagnosis of any type of cancer will often feel emotionally like they've been hit by a car.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health

CiteULike

FAIR true-FISP perfusion imaging of the thyroid gland

Anatomical and perfusion imaging of the thyroid gland was performed in eight healthy volunteers and one patient with functioning adenoma.

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Related Topix: Health

Fri Oct 03, 2008

BBC News

From BBC Health

Every year in the UK over 7,000 people are diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Smoking

Thu Oct 02, 2008

California Appellate Report

Castaneda v. United States

Let me preface this with the following: Read at your own risk. Remember, I'm just quoting.

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Related Topix: Prison, Medicine, Urology, San Diego Metro, Health

HealthLawProf Blog

Study Finds Association Between Hepatitis B and Pancreatic Cancer

The New York Times reports on a study that shows people with pancreatic cancer are more likely than those without the disease to have been infected with the hepatitis B virus.

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Related Topix: Hepatitis, Medicine, Health, Oncology

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