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Former Estonian president dies at 76 14 Mar 2006
Baltic Times, ...and 2001. According to the Postimees daily, Meri had long been fighting a tumor with metastases forming in the brain. The president ...
Toshiya Yamada Memorial Lecture 14 Mar 2006
UQ News, ...by the Institute for Molecular Bioscience and the Queensland Brain Institute, Professor Takeichi’s lecture will focus on how cancer metastases occur, and how ...
Neurologists Recommend MRIs for Early Detection of Brain ... Mar 7, 2006
International News Service, ATLANTA, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurologists now recommend regular MRI brain scans for patients with lung, breast, and other cancers that carry a high-risk of ...
Hepatic arterial infusion versus systemic therapy for hepatic ... Mar 1, 2006
News-Medical.net, A new study shows that patients whose colorectal cancer has spread to the liver who received an approach called hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) - the ...
Efaproxiral May Improve Survival in Patients with Brain Metastases ... Feb 15, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), A multi-center trial has demonstrated that the addition of efaproxiral to whole brain radiation improves the survival of patients with metastases to the brain ...
Chromosomal Changes Linked with Prognosis in Adult Soft Tissue ... Mar 8, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, factors that were linked with an increased risk of distant metastases in adult patients ...
Neurologists Recommend MRIs for Early Detection of Brain ... Mar 7, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), Leksell Gamma Knife(R) Remains the Radiosurgery Gold Standard ATLANTA, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurologists now recommend regular MRI brain scans for patients ...
Allos Therapeutics Reports 2005 Financial Results Mar 6, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), Portfolio Update: EFAPROXYN(TM) (efaproxiral): * ENRICH, the Company's pivotal Phase 3 study of EFAPROXYN in patients with brain metastases originating from ...
Neoprobe Announces Renewal of Marketing Agreement With Ethicon ... Mar 13, 2006
Genetic Engineering News, ...surgeon may then track the agent's path with a hand-held gamma radiation detection probe, thus following the potential avenues of metastases and identifying ...
Algeta’s Phase II clinical study of Alpharadin™ highlights its ... Feb 27, 2006
WebWire (press release), ...data from a Phase II trial of its lead product Alpharadinâ„¢ (radium-223) continues to demonstrate its potential as a treatment for bone metastases in hormone ...
Bilateral adrenal masses: phaeochromocytoma or melanoma? Feb 28, 2006
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine In order to assess whether the adrenal masses were metastases from his previous melanoma, we performed an 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission ...
Allos Therapeutics Reports 2005 Financial Results Mar 6, 2006
MSN Money ENRICH, the Company's pivotal Phase 3 study of EFAPROXYN in patients with brain metastases originating from breast cancer, continues to progress in line with ...
Algeta drug shows promise in phase II trial Feb 27, 2006
Pharmaceutical Business Review ...data from a phase II trial of Algeta's lead product Alpharadin has demonstrated the potential of the drug as a treatment for bone metastases in hormone ...
Northwest Biotherapeutics Presents New Data on Monoclonal Antibody ... Mar 1, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), Lung Metastases Reduced 75% in Preclinical Studies BOTHELL, Wash., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTC Bulletin Board: NWBT.OB ...
Northwest Biotherapeutics Presents New Data on Monoclonal Antibody ... Mar 1, 2006
International News Service, The new data showed a significant reduction in metastases to the lung, as well as a significant reduction in primary breast cancer tumor growth and significant ...
Algeta: Alpharadin clears hurdle but more to come Feb 27, 2006
Pharmaceutical Business Review ...met its primary endpoint in a bone marker analysis in a phase II hormone-refractory prostate cancer trial, demonstrating its potential in bone metastases. ...
Allos Therapeutics Appoints Paul L. Berns as President and CEO Mar 10, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), ...is currently being evaluated as an adjunct to whole brain radiation therapy in a pivotal Phase 3 trial in women with brain metastases originating from breast ...
Cytogenetics Help Predict Outcomes of Soft Tissue Sarcomas Mar 7, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), ...intermediate/high grade), size (small vs. large tumors), depth of infiltration (superficial vs. deep tumors) and the presence or not of distant metastases. ...
Adjuvant Bondronat Therapy Plays Important Role in Prevention of ... Feb 20, 2006
DG News VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- February 20, 2006 -- Due to their ability to prevent bone metastases and potentially prolong survival, the bisphosphonates are expected to ...
Positive Findings From Clinical Studies of QUADRAMET(R) in ... Feb 27, 2006
International News Service, Abstract No. 221 -- "TAXSAM: A new chemo-radiation regimen for bone metastases in hormone refractory prostate cancer.". This phase ...
Positive Findings from Clinical Studies of Quadramet in Prostate ... Feb 27, 2006
DG News Oncology. TAXSAM: A New Chemo-Radiation Regimen for Bone Metastases in Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer. Abstract No. 221. This ...
Smaller Lung Cancers Less Likely to Have Spread Feb 16, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), ...lung cancer detected by computed tomography (CT) screening, those with smaller tumors were significantly less likely to have identifiable metastases than those ...
Positive Findings from Clinical Studies of QUADRAMET(R) in ... Feb 27, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), 221 -- "TAXSAM: A new chemo-radiation regimen for bone metastases in hormone refractory prostate cancer." This phase II study was designed to evaluate the ...
Aethlon Medical Expands Device Pipeline to Include the Treatment ... Feb 23, 2006
Genetic Engineering News, University that allows Aethlon the right to exclusively license a recently filed patent entitled: "Method to Prevent Proliferation and Growth of Metastases.". ...
Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Colon Cancer Still Uncertain Feb 23, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), ...a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, sentinel lymph node biopsy did not accurately detect the presence of lymph node metastases in patients ...
Controversies: Is There a Role for Positron-Emission Tomographic ... Feb 16, 2006
Am J Neuroradiology (subscription) One potential application is to perform PET-CT in advanced stage HNSCCA to evaluate for occult distant metastases to the lungs or bones. ...
(PRN) - Guardian Introduces Vision Access Free Upgrade For Dental ... Mar 7, 2006
Bolsamania.com, ...(PRN) - Neurologists Recommend MRIs for Early Detection of Brain Metastases in Lung and Breast Cancer Patients, Due to High Effectiveness of Radiosurgery ... ...
Efficient clinical application of percutaneous cardiopulmonary ... Mar 8, 2006
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery A patient with a testicular tumor associated with intrathoracic metastases was treated with a right high orchiectomy followed by chemotherapy in the department ...
Health News A service of Saint John's Health Center Mar 6, 2006
The Lookout News, ...complications than a traditional lymphadenectomy. metastases from many solid tumors, in addition to breast tumors. Armando E. Giuliano, MD ...
MUSSOLINI'S ITALY Life Under the Fascist Dictatorship, 1915-1945 Mar 6, 2006
International Herald Tribune, Yet compared with clones and metastases from prewar Iberia and Hungary to the postwar Middle East, the house that Mussolini built at least looks better than ...
Small lung tumors more curable Mar 8, 2006
myDNA.com, ..."Most lung cancers without evidence of lymph node metastases are curable, with the curability rate being higher at smaller sizes. ...
Epigenomics Confirms Lead Marker for Prediction of Breast Cancer ... Mar 10, 2006
WebWire (press release), ..."At present, a lot of breast cancer patients are treated with chemotherapy although they have a low risk of developing metastases," Alexander Olek, CEO of ...
Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer Detects Early ... Mar 1, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), In persons with NSCLC the proportion of cases with no metastases ranged from 91% of patients in whom the tumor was 15 mm or smaller, to 55% of those with ...
PET/CT with Diagnostic CT in the Evaluation of Childhood Sarcoma Feb 14, 2006
Am J Roentgenology (subscription) ...that the current evaluation of patients with sarcomas includes MRI of the primary tumor site, CT of the chest to evaluate pulmonary metastases, and bone ...
Caspase-8 gene plays a critical role in suppressing metastasis of ... Feb 20, 2006
Xagena.it, ...of California at San Diego ( UCSD ), also showed in laboratory studies that restoring the expression of the caspase-8 gene suppressed neuroblastoma metastases. ...
Einat Even-Sapir, MD, PhD 1 ,2 , Ur Metser, MD 1 ,2 , Eyal Mishani ... Feb 14, 2006
Journal of Nuclear Medicine The aim of this study was to compare the detection of bone metastases by 99m Tc-methylene diphosphonate ( 99m Tc-MDP) planar bone scintigraphy (BS), SPECT, 18 F ...
NeoRx Mails Definitive Proxy Statement for Special Shareholder ... Mar 7, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), ...company dedicated to the development and commercialization of oncology drugs that impact the lives of individuals afflicted with cancer and metastases. ...
Advances in Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Mar 6, 2006
Medscape (subscription) ...nanoparticles as contrast material for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is likely to improve our ability to detect these early metastases in prostate cancer. ...
2006 Prostate Cancer Symposium - Session On Hormone Refractory ... Mar 2, 2006
Medical News Today (press release), Introduction: The efficacy and safety of Zoledronic acid was evaluated in the treatment of skeletal metastases in patients with hormone refractory prostate ...
Hepatitis C Treatment for People With Severe Mental Illness Feb 28, 2006
Psychosomatics (subscription) 73 reported that delirium and cognitive changes were associated with a history of or current cerebral insult, such as brain injury or metastases. ...
Hepatic Arterial Infusion Superior to Systemic Chemotherapy for ... Mar 9, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), Hepatic Arterial Infusion Versus Systemic Therapy for Hepatic Metastases From Colorectal Cancer: A Randomized Trial of Efficacy, Quality of Life, and Molecular ...
High-Volume Referral Centers May Have Better Diagnostic Equipment ... Feb 17, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), They found that the referral hospital detected lymph node metastases in 16% of patients while the regional hospital only detected lymph node metastases in 8 ...
Local or Regional Breast Cancer Recurrence More Common in Young ... Feb 15, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), In order to be classified as “isolated�, there could be no distant metastases or death during the two years following the recurrence. ...
CT Screening Identifies Curable Lung Cancers Feb 13, 2006
Medscape (subscription) Size of the tumor is associated with the likelihood of finding metastases, and thus is of prognostic value, the researchers report in the February 13, 2006 ...
New Varian High-Precision X-ray Imaging Device Significantly ... Mar 6, 2006
Medical News Today (press release), The patient selected for this pioneering treatment had previous whole brain surgery for two brain metastases from an inoperable renal tumor in August last year ...
CT scans spot curable lung cancers Feb 13, 2006
Australian, Among non-small cell cancers, the proportion of cases with no metastases ranged from 91 per cent of patients in whom the tumour was 15 millimetres or smaller ...
Tumor Size Linked to Metastasis in Early Lung Cancer Feb 15, 2006
CNN Of the 436 patients with NSCLC, the percentage with no metastases was 91% for tumors 15 mm or less in size, 83% for tumors 16 to 25 mm, 68% for tumors 25 to 35 ...
CT Scans May Detect Lung Cancer Before Symptoms Appear Feb 14, 2006
Daily News Central, ...prognosis. The researchers considered tumor diameter, consistency, and presence or absence of metastases at the time of diagnosis. ...
Imaging Findings of a Primary Bilateral Testicular Carcinoid Tumor ... Feb 22, 2006
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 5 It has been reported that 50% of carcinoid tumors with metastases have carcinoid syndrome, whereas only 5.6% of carcinoid tumors without metastases have this ...
APS: Atiprimod Clinical Trial in Advanced Cancer Patients ........ Feb 28, 2006
ANP Pers Support, ...patients.". tumors of the liver and GI tract. Common sites of carcinoid metastases include liver,. lungs, bone and lymph nodes. Carcinoid ...
Computed Tomographic Screening for Lung Cancer Feb 13, 2006
Archives of Internal Medicine ...case was characterized according to tumor diameter, consistency (solid, part solid, or nonsolid), and the presence or absence of identifiable metastases (N0 M0 ...
Atiprimod Clinical Trial in Advanced Cancer Patients Uncovers ... Feb 28, 2006
Genetic Engineering News, Common sites of carcinoid metastases include liver, lungs, bone and lymph nodes. Carcinoid tumors that metastasize to the liver have a poor prognosis. ...
New MR applications improve diagnostics: Siemens presented ... Mar 6, 2006
Innovations-Report, The module deliveres highly promising results in the area of oncology: it is ideal for evaluating metastases, recurrences, and post-operative progression. ...
UC Davis Experts on Capital Punishment Feb 27, 2006
UC Davis, A patient with widespread metastases has only two options: to live a little longer and to suffer a little longer or to live and suffer for a shorter time. ...
Blurred Vision as the only Symptom of a Positive Epidural Test ... Feb 21, 2006
Anesthesia & Analgesia (subscription), ...portal, and pulmonary vein systems and has been postulated by Batson as a way for aberrant spread of infection, air emboli, and tumor metastases to other parts ...
Biotech success versus cancer Feb 27, 2006
Aftenposten, ...therapy. Alpharadin, the company";s first product, targets skeletal bone metastases resulting from prostate and breast cancer. The ...
New hope for brain cancer? Mar 2, 2006
myDNA.com, It is estimated by the American Cancer Society that about two-thirds of individuals diagnosed with cancer do not have metastases at the time the cancer is ...
A Highly Sensitive Thyroglobulin Assay Has Superior Diagnostic ... Mar 1, 2006
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Therapeutic doses of iodine-131 reveal undiagnosed metastases in thyroid cancer patients with detectable serum thyroglobulin levels. J Nucl Med. ...
Inhibition of Src Expression and Activity Inhibits Tumor ... Feb 28, 2006
Am J Pathology (subscription) ...dasatinib). Tumor size was decreased, and incidence of metastases was significantly reduced in treated mice compared with controls. ...
Human Genome Sciences: Human Genome Sciences Reports Financial ... Feb 13, 2006
Webbolt Business News (subscription), ...has advanced relacatib, the small-molecule cathepsin K inhibitor that GSK discovered using HGS technology, to Phase 2 trials in the treatment of bone metastases ...
Mesothelioma Treatment 101 Mar 2, 2006
Only Idol, ...the tumour is highly resistant to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, these regimens are sometimes used to relieve symptoms arising from tumour metastases such as ...
Study Describes Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Patients with Multiple ... Feb 27, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), ...are a class of drugs used to treat multiple myeloma, cancer-related hypercalcemia (high levels of calcium in the blood) and bone metastases in patients with ...
Remodeling of the Mammary Microenvironment after Lactation ... Feb 14, 2006
Am J Pathology (subscription) Metastases to lung, liver, and kidney were increased in the involution matrix group, and correlated with a twofold increase in tumor vascular endothelial ...
Aclasta held back by FDA request for additional data Feb 27, 2006
Pharma Times (subscription), Last year, analysts at Goldman Sachs said that Novartis' zoledronic acid franchise - which also includes Zometa for bone metastases - could achieve peak sales ...
Positive Findings from Clinical Studies of QUADRAMET in Prostate ... Feb 27, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release), A single dose of QUADRAMET (1 mCi/kg) was administered to 199 patients with painful bone metastases in three prospective randomized blinded trials and ...
Robert A. Weinberg and Angela M. Hartley Brodie Awarded 2006 ... Feb 28, 2006
EurekAlert (press release), The Weinberg Lab continues to study the molecular mechanisms that control the growth of human tumors and their ability to seed distant growths--metastases. ...
Smaller Quantum Dots Improve In Vivo Imaging Feb 26, 2006
Nanotechwire.com, ...a means of tracking key biochemical processes in living animals, as well as act as a tool for mapping a more extensive set of lymph nodes for cancer metastases ...
Investigational Therapy Denosumab Increased Bone Mineral Density ... Feb 26, 2006
Medical News Today (press release), ...in a broad range of conditions associated with bone destruction including osteoporosis, treatment-induced bone loss, bone metastases, multiple myeloma and ...
Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 16, 2006 Feb 16, 2006
Forbes Qualified participants may be patients 18 years old and older with a confirmed diagnosis of cancer with 1-4 brain metastases who have not received previous ...
Cytogen Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Financial ... Feb 23, 2006
MSN Money ...prostate cancer, thought to be clinically localized after standard diagnostic evaluation and who are thought to be at high risk for pelvic lymph node metastases ...
Pro-Pharmaceuticals Presents Phase II/III Clinical Trials at the ... Feb 24, 2006
Genetic Engineering News, ...a "compassionate use" Investigational New Drug (IND) in May 2005 to continue treating a patient for cholangiocarcinoma with liver metastases who participated ...
Researchers to study Chemokine anticancer candidate Feb 23, 2006
Pharmaceutical Business Review In previous experimental studies the candidate, CTCE-9908, has been shown to reduce cancer metastases by a considerable 50-70%. ...
President seeks renewed funding commitment from lawmakers Feb 16, 2006
UDaily, ...the life sciences to expand basic research expertise in the molecular aspects of lung, breast and colon cancer and mechanisms of their metastases, Roselle said ...
Chemokine therapeutic to be studied by cancer center Feb 20, 2006
Pharmaceutical Business Review ...metastasis. In previous experimental studies, CTCE-9908 has been shown to reduce cancer metastases by a considerable 50-70%. Further ...
Merck KGaA Receives EMEA Positive Opinion for Erbitux in Head and ... Feb 23, 2006
DG News By blocking the EGFR, Erbitux works on cancer cells in several ways to inhibit growth, invasion and spread (metastases) of the tumor, repair to cancer cells ...
First Disease-specific (Breast Cancer) Protein Library Opens New ... Feb 13, 2006
Science Daily (press release) These results support previous findings and implications that this class of proteins may also be involved in bone metastases, and reflect the diverse ...
Evidence of Conversations Between Malignant, Normal Cells Feb 16, 2006
Newswise (press release) ...and lymph nodes. They also observed single cells in organs where there were no secondary tumor growths (metastases). Using special ...
Wellwood programs Feb 17, 2006
Stoney Creek News, Wellwood runs a Living Well with Cancer support program, for those with advanced diagnoses, recurrences or metastases. The program runs for five weeks. ...
Changes in the tissue environment of the breast that occur after ... Feb 12, 2006
News-Medical.net, ...further offer that these data may explain why women with breast cancer diagnosed up to 5 years after pregnancy are at greater risk of developing metastases. ...
Doctors Need Doctors Too Feb 21, 2006
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), The report said, "The liver is replaced with innumerable metastases." I had not even suspected I had cancer, and the realization fell like a guillotine on my ...
UNCC gets grant for brain cancer research Feb 15, 2006
Charlotte Observer, ...the brain. Metastases of lung, skin and breast cancers are the most common to affect the brain, and are difficult to treat. Dreau ...
MD Anderson Cancer Center to investigate Chemokine Therapeutics' ... Feb 21, 2006
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), ...preclinical models. In previous experimental studies, CTCE-9908 has been shown to reduce cancer metastases by a considerable 50-70%. The ...
Northwest Biotherapeutics to Present New Data on CXCR4 at the ... Feb 17, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), ...of cancer: proliferation of the primary tumor, migration of tumor cells away from the primary tumor, and invasion and establishment of metastases at distant ...
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Pharma Times (subscription), III testing to counter bone loss caused by hormone therapy for breast and prostate cancer, as well as Phase II studies for the treatment of bone metastases.
1 From the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases ... Feb 14, 2006
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription), Prevention of melanoma metastases is dependent on IL-18 but independent of IFN- (69), and similar findings exist for ischemia-reperfusion injury in the heart ...
Investigational Therapy Denosumab Increased Bone Mineral Density ... Feb 22, 2006
Finanzen.net, ...potential in a broad range ofconditions associated with bone destruction including osteoporosis,treatment-induced bone loss, bone metastases, multiple myeloma ...
Progress reported in diabetes treatment 25 Jan 2006
Science Daily (press release) Study: Tumors ready sites for metastases (December 7, 2005) -- Cornell University scientists say they have determined tumors help prepare remote sites in the ...
Redlands firm ready to start cancer trials 25 Jan 2006
Redlands Daily Facts, ...focus of a large medical center there with a wide range of patients who suffer from either primary lung tumors or secondary lung metastases additional growths ...
Prostate Orgasms Take the Heterosexual Community by Storm 25 Jan 2006
PR Web (press release), ...of the colon and prostate health, Dht, Psa, Dre, Bph, Gleason Scores, the Whitmore-Jewett staging system and the Tumor Node Metastases classification system ...
Removal of Axillary Nodes Causes Significant Morbidity in Older ... 25 Jan 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), To evaluate the effects of axillary lymph node dissection in older women with no evidence of lymph node metastases (clinically node-negative breast cancer ...
Enhanced MRI More Accurately Detects Lymph Node Metastases Jan 19, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), ...imaging (MRI) that is enhanced by use of ferumoxtran-10, a lymph-node-specific contrast agent, more accurately detects lymph node metastases than unenhanced MRI ...
Long-Term Survival Possible After Radiosurgery for Brain ... Jan 12, 2006
Cancerpage.com, NEW YORK JAN 12, 2006 (Reuters Health) - Many patients can survive for years after effective gamma knife radiosurgery for brain metastases, according to a ...
Zoledronic Acid Reduces Osteosarcoma Lung Metastases in Mice Jan 3, 2006
Cancerpage.com, NEW YORK JAN 02, 2006 (Reuters Health) - Treatment with zoledronic acid can reduce lung metastases and improve survival in mice inoculated with an osteosarcoma ...
Leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium mimicking a left atrial myxoma Jan 23, 2006
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery At 24 months from surgical resection, the patient is well, without evidence of local recurrence or metastases on computed axial tomography. ...
Cancer vocab Jan 21, 2006
Malaysia Star, ...cells from the tumour can spread through the blood or lymph (the clear fluid that bathes body cells) to start new cancers in other parts of the body (metastases ...
New Vaccine Regimen Feasible for Metastatic Melanoma Jan 24, 2006
Cancerpage.com, Clear infiltration of T cells and plasma cells was seen at the tumor site in metastases resected from 17 patients who received the high-dose vaccine, the ...
Postmortem Locus Coeruleus Neuron Count in Three American Veterans ... Jan 23, 2006
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription) ...resection due to adenocarcinoma of the lung. No metastases to the brain were noted at autopsy. The presence of a large, old infarct ...
Early prediction of endocrine therapy effect in advanced breast ... Jan 23, 2006
News-Medical.net, Hormonal treatment provides good results with minor side effects, but only patients who have tumors and metastases (spread) sensitive to hormones benefit from ...
Results Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology Affirm Survival ... Jan 3, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), ...(NASDAQ: ALTH) today announced the publication of results from its Phase 3 REACH study of EFAPROXYN (efaproxiral) in patients with brain metastases. ...
"Gamma knife" treatment can extend cancer survival Jan 12, 2006
Reuters.uk, ...patients with systemic malignancies have cancers that spread (metastasize) to the brain, the authors explain, and radiosurgery of these metastases can extend ...
BCA2 associated with positive outcome in invasive breast cancer Jan 21, 2006
Xagena.it, ...have been able to show that the over-expression of BCA2 is a favorable factor in breast cancer in relation to occurrence of lymph node metastases and regional ...
Academy Professor Kari Alitalo Receives The Louis-Jeantet Prize ... Jan 22, 2006
Medical News Today (press release), Alitalo has, in fact, shown that a soluble form of the receptor VEGFR-3 inhibits the formation of lymphatic vessels and reduces the metastases, which pass ...
Denosumab shows increased bone mineral density in postmenopausal ... Jan 21, 2006
Xagena.it, ...being studied for its potential in a broad range of bone loss conditions including osteoporosis, treatment-induced bone loss, bone metastases, multiple myeloma ...
New radiotherapy technique for glioblastoma multiforme Jan 22, 2006
Xagena.it, The only good thing about it is that, if left untreated, death is relatively quick and pain-free, since this tumor does not form painful metastases in other ...
Newly Published Data Shows Potential of Peregrine's Tarvacin(TM) ... Jan 11, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), In this study, the Tarvacin equivalent antibody demonstrated promising activity against the primary tumor itself as well as the metastases that actually cause ...
Efaproxiral May Augment Effectiveness of Radiation for Brain ... Jan 6, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), ...the brain. However, even these advances have not improved survival in patients with several brain metastases. Radiation therapy ...
Radical surgical resection of a giant pleural metastasis of a ... Dec 29, 2005
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1. Between 1.9% and 50% of reported PTs are considered histologically malignant, 2 and in these forms the risk of distant metastases is high (30%-40%). ...
Loss of Caspase-8 Makes Neuroblastoma More Aggressive Jan 5, 2006
Newswise (press release) The investigators also showed in laboratory studies that restoring the expression of the caspase-8 gene suppressed neuroblastoma metastases. ...
(PZ) Novartis Delivers Strong Performance with Record Results in ... Jan 18, 2006
Houston Chronicle, Zometa (2005: USD 1.2 billion, +13% lc) (Q4: USD 314 million, +11% lc), the leading intra-venous bisphosphonate for bone metastases, reached a record 75 ...
Hospital Offers New Treatment For Breast Cancer Jan 17, 2006
WMTW, ...very small breasts -- who could not accommodate the implant from a technical standpoint -- or women with very large tumors or women with lymph node metastases ...
Comparison of Sigma-Ligands and Metabolic PET Tracers for ... Jan 20, 2006
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Novel radiopharmaceuticals for the detection of tumors and their metastases may be of clinical interest if they are more tumor selective than 18 F-FDG. ...
Avax initiates lung cancer vaccine trial Jan 19, 2006
Pharmaceutical Business Review ..."Based upon previous observations of regression of melanoma lung metastases after administration of M-Vax, our AC Vaccine Therapeutic for the treatment of ...
Allos Therapeutics Announces CEO Succession Plans Jan 17, 2006
Chemie.de (press release), ...the Company received an approvable letter from the FDA for its lead compound EFAPROXYN for the treatment of patients with brain metastases originating from ...
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Announces Second Defense Department ... Jan 18, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release), ...effects. They will assess the efficacy of Tarvacin Anti-Cancer against primary tumors and examine its impact on bone metastases. ...
AVAX Technologies Announces the Initiation of its Clinical Study ... Jan 17, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release), AC Vaccine Therapeutic as a platform technology." Berd added "Based upon previous observations of regression of melanoma lung metastases after administration ...
Femara(R) Receives US Approval as Initial Therapy for ... Dec 28, 2005
PR Newswire (press release), ...back by an additional 21% over the reduction offered by tamoxifen - Femara also reduced risk of cancer spreading to distant parts of the body (metastases) by 27 ...
Letrozole Better Than Tamoxifen in Reducing Risk of Recurrence for ... Dec 28, 2005
Yahoo! News (press release) ...tamoxifen. Letrozole is especially effective at preventing the disease from spreading to another part of their body (distant metastases). ...
Femara Helps More Women Live Breast Cancer-Free Dec 28, 2005
Finanzen.net, These patients are at the highest risk of breast cancer recurrence and are more likely to develop distant metastases (secondary tumours), increasing their risk ...
Peregrine says Tarvacin works in mice Jan 11, 2006
BusinessWeek The drug had a promising effect against both the primary tumor and metastases, or cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. ...
Human Genome Sciences Reports on Progress Toward Commercialization ... Jan 10, 2006
MSN Money ...has advanced relacatib, the small-molecule cathepsin K inhibitor that GSK discovered using HGS technology, to Phase 2 trials in the treatment of bone metastases ...
DRAXIS Receives FDA Approval for Diagnostic Iodine I-131 Capsules Jan 13, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), 131. Diagnostic doses of sodium iodide I-131 may also be employed in localizing metastases associated with thyroid malignancies. ...
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Granted Fundamental Patent for Isolation ... Jan 10, 2006
Yahoo! News (press release) The ability to isolate cancer stem cells will enable researchers to better understand the role of these cells in tumor growth and metastases and to discover a ...
NeoRx Receives Notice From Nasdaq Regarding Minimum Bid Price Rule Jan 11, 2006
PR Newswire (press release),
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