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Gastrointestinal Cancers
Booze-abuse ills to soar 14 Mar 2006
The Sun, Gastrointestinal cancers are the most common type of cancer, and deaths from diseases of the digestive system have increased by 25 per cent in the past 10 years ...
Chemotherapy/Radiation Prior to Surgery Improves Survival over ... Feb 23, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), According to results recently presented at the 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, treatment with chemotherapy and radiation therapy followed by surgery ...
BioWa and Aphton Announce Licensing of BioWa's POTELLIGENT(TM) ... Feb 14, 2006
PR Newswire UK (press release), Asia. Aphton's most advanced product, Insegia(TM), targets the hormone, gastrin 17, in an attempt to treat gastrointestinal cancers. ...
Young Specialists Given Opportunity to Get Involved in the World's ... Feb 22, 2006
Business Wire (press release), ...partnering with ESMO, indicating that it plays a significant role in educating and updating medical oncologists working in the field of gastrointestinal cancers ...
Threshold Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2005 ... Mar 1, 2006
MSN Money ...advanced solid tumors, including pancreatic cancer, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium; -- Initiated a ...
"GOT MILK?" (If You Do, You've Also Got Greatly Increased Risks of ... Feb 23, 2006
ProgressiveU.org, GENERAL'S WARNING: Stop consuming dairy products now greatly reduces the risk of ovarian, breast, colon, and gastrointestinal cancers, osteoporosis, calcium ...
Xaliproden Reduces Occurrence Of Severe Peripheral Sensory ... Feb 23, 2006
Medical News Today (press release), The trial results were announced during the 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, co-sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the ...
A novel technology, Narrow Band Imaging that can detect ... Feb 11, 2006
MedIndia, The technique is based on a type of endoscopy (visualization of the internal organs through a telescope introduced through body cavities). ...
Transgenomic and NorDiag strike licensing deal Feb 10, 2006
Pharmaceutical Business Review ...successfully employs the Wave System in its Genefec test, which can detect mutations associated with early development of gastrointestinal cancers such as ...
Prolx initiates trial of drug for advanced gastrointestinal ... Jan 23, 2006
Pharmaceutical Business Review ...has enrolled the first patient in a phase Ib clinical trial to study its investigational drug PX-12 in patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancers. ...
ProlX Pharmaceuticals Corp. Initiates Phase 1B Trial in ... Jan 20, 2006
Genetic Engineering News, ...it has enrolled the first patient in a Phase IB clinical trial to study a novel thioredoxin inhibitor, PX-12, in patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancers ...
TO YOUR HEALTH Jan 24, 2006
Miami Herald, The topic this Thursday, 2-3 pm, is Gastrointestinal Cancers: Scientific News for Patients. To participate, visit www.PLWC.org. ...
Scanning the scans Jan 8, 2006
ITP.net, ...surgically). PET scanning can also help in other malignancies, including head and neck cancers, gastrointestinal cancers, and lymphomas. ...
ADVENTRX to Present CoFactor Phase II Data at ASCO ... Jan 17, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), ...blinded independently-assessed tumor response results from its Phase II multi-center CoFactor(TM) clinical trial at the 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium ...
Working miracles through a keyhole Jan 5, 2006
Deccan Herald, ...anymore. Staging of cancer (extent of spread of cancer): It is an important tool in the staging of gastrointestinal cancers. For ...
Researchers find method cancer uses to shift sites Dec 27, 2005
Myrtle Beach Sun News, Breast cancers usually spread first to adjacent lymph nodes before going elsewhere. Gastrointestinal cancers spread first to the liver. ...
Aphton Announces Receipt of NASDAQ Notice of Non-Compliance ... Jan 3, 2006
Genetic Engineering News, IGN311. Aphton's most advanced product, Insegia(TM), targets the hormone gastrin 17 in an attempt to treat gastrointestinal cancers. ...
Ship Held for Fear of Contaminated Cargo Jan 5, 2006
AllAfrica.com, ...proven carcinogen. Asbestos fibres are known to cause a variety of diseases including lung and gastrointestinal cancers. Once a ...
Doubts cast on fiber's effect on cancer Dec 14, 2005
Boston Globe, ...''This is the most exhaustive study, throwing everything into one pot," said Dr. Robert Mayer, director of the center for gastrointestinal cancers at Dana ...
Biotech Bets for the Fearless Dec 12, 2005
BusinessWeek Also, if Sutent wins approval for treating certain gastrointestinal cancers, she says doctors might use it "off-label" for kidney cancers, poaching potential ...
Aphton Announces Receipt of NASDAQ Notice of Non-Compliance ... Dec 6, 2005
PharmaLive.com (press release), IGN311. Aphton's most advanced product, Insegia(TM), targets the hormone gastrin 17 in an attempt to treat gastrointestinal cancers. ...
Cancer Wasting, Muscular Dystrophy Show Common Change Nov 28, 2005
Science Daily (press release) ...dystrophin. Last, the researchers tested muscle biopsies from 27 patients with gastrointestinal cancers for dystrophin and DGC. ...
Unexpected link between muscular dystrophy and muscle wasting ... Dec 5, 2005
News-Medical.net, Significantly, cachectic patients with gastrointestinal cancers had dramatic reductions in dystrophin when compared to weight-stable healthy individuals. ...
Dr. David Spigel Presenting at ASCO Gastrointestinal Symposium ... Dec 5, 2005
PharmaLive.com (press release), The ASCO Gastrointestinal Symposium 2006 is a multidisciplinary symposium on prevention, screening and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers jointly sponsored ...
Aphton to Hold Conference Call to Discuss Latest Corporate Updates Nov 10, 2005
PharmaLive.com (press release), ...kits. Aphton's most advanced product, Insegia(TM), targets the hormone gastrin 17 in an attempt to treat gastrointestinal cancers. ...
Axcan reports fourth quarter and year-end 2005 financial results ... Nov 10, 2005
Yahoo! News (press release) ...and CANASA for the treatment of certain inflammatory bowel diseases; and PHOTOFRIN for the treatment of certain types of gastrointestinal cancers and other ...
ImmunoGen, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2006 Financial ... Nov 3, 2005
Genetic Engineering News, This TAP compound targets the CanAg antigen found on colorectal, pancreatic, and other gastrointestinal cancers as well as on many non-small-cell lung cancers. ...
Oregon State University Researchers Say Health Issues Uncertain As ... Oct 19, 2005
WhiteCityNews.com, Some of the human data indicates protection against gastrointestinal cancers, and possibly prostate cancer, but black tea may work just as well as white or ...
Herbal Medicine Gamma-Linolenic Acid Boosts the Effectiveness of ... Nov 2, 2005
PR Newswire (press release), ...treated cancer cells with GLA and discovered that GLA treatment substantially reduced Her-2/neu protein levels in breast, ovarian and gastrointestinal cancers. ...
Heavy drinkers found with lower manhood Oct 30, 2005
Food Consumer, Heavy drinking has been associated with many chronic health conditions, including chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, gastrointestinal cancers, heart disease ...
Ovarian cancer Oct 25, 2005
drkoop.com A strong family history of uterine, colon, or other gastrointestinal cancers may indicate the presence of a syndrome known as hereditary non-polyposis colon ...
Oxford BioMedica Announces Presentation by Clinician of Phase Ii ... Oct 18, 2005
PharmaLive.com (press release), The presentation assessed and compared clinical data from trials with several gene-based therapies in pancreatic and gastrointestinal cancers. ...
Biotech's new CEO nabs $48M in financing Oct 13, 2005
San Francisco Business Times, ...cancer activity. Its lead product, RAV12, is an antibody for gastrointestinal cancers that is in an early-stage clinical trial. The ...
The Group Room(R) Cancer Talk Radio Show Features Special ... Oct 20, 2005
Yahoo! News (press release) ...show from Massachusetts General Hospital will be David P. Ryan, MD, Clinical Director, Tucker Gosnell Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers Massachusetts General ...
DR. HOOK- Sprue- whew!: Celiac sufferers pooped Oct 14, 2005
The Hook, ...result from undetected sprue. Worst-case scenario is development of gastrointestinal cancers, in particular lymphoma. This is one ...
Gastrointestinal cancer refers to malignant conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, including the esophagus, stomach, liver, biliary system, pancreas, bowels, and anus.- gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
- esophageal cancer
- stomach cancer (also called gastric cancer)
- liver cancer (also called hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC, and hepatoma)
- gallbladder cancer
- pancreatic cancer
- colorectal cancer (also called colon cancer, bowel cancer, and rectal cancer)
- anal cancer
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