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35 min ago | The Peninsula

Japan hospital tests powerful breast cancer therapy

TOKYO: A Japanese cancer specialist said Wednesday she has started the world's first clinical trial of a powerful, non-surgical, short-term radiation therapy for breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

4 hrs ago | Law Firm Newswire

Sequestration Affects Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursements

This March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that the Medicare FFS Program is slated for a reduction in payments due to the sequestration order which was recently signed into law.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Medicaid, Medicine, Cancer

5 hrs ago | Payvand News of Iran

Professor Parvaneh Vosough, angel of Iran's Cancer Children, passes away

Professor Parvaneh Vosough, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Mahak Subspecialty Cancer Hospital has died yesterday at age 78.

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Related Topix: Cambridge, MA, Medicine

7 hrs ago | TechSpot

IBM's Watson conquers Jeopardy, cancer and now customer service

IBM thinks that they can revolutionize customer service using their Watson supercomputer.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Medicine

8 hrs ago | CBS Local

Weld County DA Buck: 'I Am In Remission'

Ken Buck, a Republican who has been DA since 2004 and who recently ran for U.S. Senate, shared the following good news on his Facebook page late Monday night: Praise the Lord! I went to my doctor today and after blood tests, a CT scan and a PET scan the consensus from the Radiologist and Oncologist is that I am in remission.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Wedding

Tue May 21, 2013

Star-Telegram.com

Arlington High grad gets full-ride scholarship from Bill Gates' foundation

Derek Rodriguez broke into a happy dance last month in a corridor at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport as he and other members of the Arlington High School Band waited to board a flight to New York.

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Related Topix: Bill Gates, Texas State University, Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas, University of North Texas

Duke Health News

Poliovirus Vaccine Trial Shows Early Promise for Recurrent Glioblastoma

An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report.

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Related Topix: Medicine

MLive.com

West Michigan Cancer Center expands oncology team, adds Dr. Tolga Tuncer

Dr. Tolga Tuncer , a native of the United States who was raised in Ankara, Turkey, has joined the center, which is a collaboration of Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare Group Tuncer completed four medical fellowships, the most recent in hematology and oncology at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Turkey, World News, Hematology, University of Arizona, Lung Cancer

Reuters

Pfizer halts study of lymphoma drug unlikely to help survival

Pfizer Inc, which has been on a hot streak with three recent approvals of cancer drugs, stumbled on Monday, saying it was halting a late-stage trial of a drug for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma after independent monitors found it was not likely to improve survival.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Lymphoma, Health, Healthcare Law, Law

EurekAlert!

MU researchers develop radioactive nanoparticles that target cancer cells

Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body.

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Related Topix: University of Missouri, Lymphoma, Health, Medicine, Chemistry, Science, Duarte, CA

The Spokesman-Review

HPV-related throat cancers show increase - Tue, 21 May 2013 PST

It is well known that HPV can lead to deadly cervical cancer in women, but the virus is causing cancer in men as well.

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Related Topix: HPV, Health, Cervical Cancer, Smoking, Medicine, Vaccinations, Lung Cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

AstraZeneca Provides Update on Oncology Pipeline

AstraZeneca announced that three of its cancer compounds - moxetumomab pasudotox, olaparib and selumetinib - will be moving forward to Phase III clinical development.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Ovarian Cancer

Mon May 20, 2013

HON

Newer, Pricier Prostate Cancer Radiation No Better Than Old: Study

The costly form of radiation therapy that has become the norm for prostate cancer in the United States may be no better than the older, cheaper variety -- at least for some men, a new study suggests.

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Health, Erectile Dysfunction, Medicine, Urology, UC San Francisco, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Freshnews

Ignyta Announces Acquisition of Actagene Oncology and Entry into Oncology Personalized Medicine

Ignyta, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Actagene Oncology, Inc., effective May 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Biotech, Science / Technology, Immunology, Biology, Science, Chemistry, Pharmacology

Bendigo Advertiser

Give up grog and help central Victorian cancer patients

Bendigo Health has been named as one of this year's Dry July beneficiaries, with money to go towards a revamp of its oncology unit.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Bioscience Technology

Big Data Unveils Exciting Head and Neck Cancer Targets

Genome sequencing of head and neck cancers may quickly-and soon-spur new therapies.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Smoking, Lung Cancer, UC San Francisco

The Press-Enterprise

Loma Linda: Walter's Children's Charity Classic helps hospital

Two-year-old Heaven Mesa of Victorville, was all smiles as Walter's Children's Charity Classic founders, Steve and Cathy Kienle, presented Loma Linda University Children's Hospital with a check for $172,500 on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

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Related Topix: Loma Linda, CA, Victorville, CA, Medicine, Hematology

South China Morning Post

Hong Kong women weigh in on Angelina Jolie's breast cancer solution

It happened seven years ago, but Mary Hemrajani still tears up when she recounts her breast cancer ordeal.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Texas

Lowell Sun

Staying fit helps middle-age men ward off cancer death, study says

Middle-aged men who stayed fit were less likely to die from three common cancers after being diagnosed than those who were out of shape, research found.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Medicine, Health, Lung Cancer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Daily Courier

Breast cancer survivor becomes advocate for genetic testing

Charity Long said she underwent a double mastectomy in December 2009 months after she detected a lump on her right breast.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Medicaid, Recreational Vehicle, Phoenix Cruiser, Prescott Valley, AZ