Carcinoid



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    Carcinoid





    PillCam gives doctors a new diagnostic tool Jan 27, 2006
    In addition to Crohn's disease, the PillCam SB procedure helps identify carcinoid tumors, celiac sprue -- malabsorption, and angiodyspasia, according to Amidon ...
    - Central Maine Morning Sentinel,

    Cancer donations given to foundation Jan 1, 2006
    Money in a fund set up to help pay for cancer treatments for Jan Pence has been given to the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation. “We ...
    - Lawrence Journal World,

    Drug Combination Shows Promise for Treatment of Advanced ... Jan 19, 2006
    ...in 33 percent of those with pheochromocytomas (which arise in the adrenal glands, near the kidneys), and in 7 percent of those with carcinoid tumors (which ...
    - AScribe

    Health Notes Jan 7, 2006
    The Connecticut Carcinoid Initiative, a group of patients and caregivers whose lives have been touched by the often misdiagnosed cancer, will meet Sunday at 2 ...
    - Hartford Courant,

    Treatment with octreotide to suppress corticotropin secretion by a ... Nov 3, 2005
    Barium enema revealed stenosis in the sigmoid colon, and segmental resection yielded two small tumours of carcinoid type (2.6 cm and 1.0 cm), staining positive ...
    - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

    JNM Supplement on Molecular Radiotherapy Oct 31, 2005
    ...normal tissue. Many liver tumors, including carcinoid, are quite sensitive to radiation and highly suitable for this therapy. A ...
    - Journal of Nuclear Medicine

    'Believe they are feeling what they are feeling' Oct 25, 2005
    After continuing to see the patient and taking his concerns seriously, Blaine decided to order some tests for a carcinoid tumor. ...
    - News-Leader.com,

    Evolutec Group Plc: Appointment of Director of Business ... Oct 25, 2005
    ...a complement inhibitor that was very effective in a preclinical model of myasthenia gravis, and rEV598, which is being evaluated in carcinoid syndrome and CINV ...
    - PharmaLive.com (press release),

    A time to show results Nov 4, 2005
    Most people who got a rare carcinoid tumor, along with a prognosis of as little as a year to live, would at least spend a few months feeling sorry for ...
    - Seattle Times,

    Imaging Bone Metastases in Breast Cancer Sep 24, 2005
    ...producing and secreting substances such as polypeptides, as in the case of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in prostate tumors and serotonin in carcinoid tumors ...
    - Am J Roentgenology (subscription)

    Patient who sought cancer treatment in Switzerland dies Sep 2, 2005
    ...diabetes for several years. In 1996, Pence learned she had carcinoid tumors, a rare, slow-growing form of cancer. Between 2001 to ...
    - Lawrence Journal World

    Evolutec Group Plc: Positive Preclinical Result for REV576 in ... Sep 12, 2005
    Company has a further two products in preclinical development: rEV576, a complement inhibitor, and rEV598, which is being evaluated in carcinoid syndrome and ...
    - PharmaLive.com (press release)

    FDA Sends Letter to Pfizer Over Zyvox AdvertisementJul 26, 2005
    ZYVOX® has not been studied in patients with uncontrolled hypertension, pheochromocytoma, carcinoid syndrome, or untreated hyperthyroidism. ...
    - PharmaLive.com

    Switzerland only hope for resident with rare cancerJul 4, 2005
    But the treatments are not for most cancer patients; instead, they’re limited to those with carcinoid tumors, which are fairly rare and slow-growing. ...
    - Lawrence Journal World

    Lack of Mutations in EGFR in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine ...Jul 13, 2005
    DNA was isolated from flash-frozen specimens of carcinoid and pancreatic endocrine tumors; EGFR exons 18, 19, and 21 were amplified by the polymerase . . . ...
    - New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)

    Gerard C. Bond, 65, Geologist Who Studied Climate Change, Is DeadJul 7, 2005
    Hospital in the Bronx. He was 65 and lived in Pearl River, NY. The cause was carcinoid cancer, his family said. Dr. Bond had conducted ...
    - New York Times

    Severe Protein Losing Enteropathy With Intractable Diarrhea Due to ...Jul 14, 2005
    Treatment of the malignant carcinoid syndrome: Evaluation of a long-long acting somatostain analogue. N EnglJMed 1986;315:346-349. 21. ...
    - RedNova.com




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