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Child Medical Translators -- At Grandpa's Bedside, Trying to Find ... 23 Nov 2005
...trouble. It has been 10 years since my grandfather died from liver cancer. ... thing. My grandfather battled liver cancer for most of my life. ...
- Pacific News Service,
Liver Transplants from Living Donors Have Poorer Outcomes ... 23 Nov 2005
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States, presented an analysis of survival and liver cancer recurrence in ...
- DG News
One-Third of All Worldwide Cancer Deaths Preventable by Behavioral ... 23 Nov 2005
Exposure to hepatitis C and B with resultant liver cancer is also not a great concern in the US Indoor smoke is also low on the list as a cause of cancer in ...
- Cancer Consultants (press release),
Local families have missing seat at Thanksgiving table 23 Nov 2005
...died of colon cancer. Kaye’s sister-in-law, Anne McKellar, has had her own battle with bone and liver cancer. Donald, the former ...
- Greenwood Index Journal,
NBI chief in deep coma following brain stroke 23 Nov 2005
Honey Girl Singson de Leon also suffered a stroke while former Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs Joey Rufino now suffers from terminal liver cancer. ...
- The Daily Tribune,
November targets the effects of lung cancer 23 Nov 2005
Alliance, the disease will kill more people than the combined number of victims of breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer ...
- Delaware Coast Press,
Indio couple knows the greatest gift 23 Nov 2005
It was supposed to be a routine physical exam. Instead, Sherry O'Connor was told she had liver cancer and given two to three years to live. ...
- The Desert Sun,
Post reporter chronicles her battle with cancer 23 Nov 2005
During the last years of her life, she wrote about her own mortality as she battled liver cancer, using this harrowing experience to illuminate larger points ...
- MSNBC
No intelligence 23 Nov 2005
Page 15 frets about "aflatoxin (a potent carcinogen that can attack the liver, killing years after ingestion)." Yet fear of liver cancer from "ingestion" of ...
- Town Hall,
PM Has Candidate For Pengkalan Pasir, But Wants Annuar Musa To ... 23 Nov 2005
The by-election is being held following the death of the PAS Assemblyman Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Jaafar, 55, of liver cancer on Oct 31. ...
- Bernama,
Interferon-Alpha Reduces Liver Cancer Risk and Mortality in ... Nov 18, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- November 18, 2005 -- Sustained virological response from interferon-alpha treatment may reduce the risk of liver cancer and mortality in ...
- DG News
Reata Drug Effective In Preventing Liver Cancer Nov 16, 2005
Dietary exposure to aflatoxin, especially in the presence of chronic viral hepatitis, is a major cause of liver cancer in Asia and many other parts of the world ...
- Pharmaceutical Processing,
AASLD: Lighter Patients with Liver Cancer Fare Better Nov 14, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14 - Jot down liver cancer on the list of conditions exacerbated by excess poundage. That's the conclusion of ...
- CNN
Plant extract may protect against liver cancer Nov 8, 2005
A study has shown that a synthetic version of a plant extract prevents mold toxin-induced liver cancer in rats. The extract, a derivative ...
- Xagena.it,
RITA Medical Systems Announces New Radiofrequency Ablation ... Nov 22, 2005
DeVivo. "We are also very pleased at the rise in 2006 physician reimbursement for percutaneous and laparoscopic RFA for liver cancer. ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
PAS's Pengkalan Pasir Assemblyman dies of liver cancer Oct 30, 2005
PAS Assemblyman for Pengkalan Pasir Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Jaafar has died of liver cancer at the Kota Baru Medical centre at 6:05am. ...
- New Straits Times,
New Hope for Liver Cancer Nov 3, 2005
...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Liver cancer is one of the toughest cancers to treat. ... "Primary liver cancer is among the most serious of all cancers. ...
- Ivanhoe,
Coffee may fight liver cancer-study Oct 26, 2005
BIO) here, in its latest edition said that two latest studies have revealed that consumption of Coffee seems to reduce the risk of Liver cancer and drinking of ...
- Webindia123,
Plant Derivative May Protect Against Liver Cancer Nov 1, 2005
...jhmi.edu. A new study shows that a synthetic version of a plant extract prevents mold toxin-induced liver cancer in rats. The extract ...
- AScribe
UR doctors devise better way to treat liver cancer Oct 27, 2005
University of Rochester Medical Center doctors have developed a way of using a new radiation treatment to control the spread of liver cancer, a disease that is ...
- Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
Plant derivative may protect against liver cancer Nov 2, 2005
By Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. A new study shows that a synthetic version of a plant extract prevents mold toxin-induced liver cancer in rats. ...
- Food Consumer,
Broccoli Sprouts Found to Boost Body's Ability to Eliminate Cancer ... Nov 16, 2005
A human trial conducted in China shows broccoli sprouts can help the body detoxify carcinogens, which may reduce the risk of developing liver cancer. ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Broccoli found to boost elimination of cancer-causing toxins ... Nov 17, 2005
A human trial conducted in China shows broccoli sprouts can help the body detoxify carcinogens, which may reduce the risk of developing liver cancer. ...
- Food Business Review
Clinical Studies in the Pipeline Nov 16, 2005
More than 17,000 new cases of liver cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year, with a total of more than 667,000 cases diagnosed worldwide. ...
- Newswise (press release)
ViRexx Announces Postive Interim Results for Occlusin'TM' 50 ... Nov 16, 2005
...results from its Phase I clinical trail that is evaluating the Company's proprietary Occlusin(TM) 50 Injection embolotherapy to treat liver cancer as part of a ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
Doctors warn on carcinogenic virus Nov 22, 2005
...that has been found between any form of cancer and its cause, with a stronger link than that between lung cancer and smoking, or liver cancer and the Hepatitis ...
- Taipei Times,
AMDL Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Two Chinese ... Nov 21, 2005
Jade currently has various therapeutic products under development including a liver cancer treatment technology in phase 3 development. ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Singapore to play key role in first large-scale liver cancer study Nov 14, 2005
Singapore is set to be one of two centres for an international effort on liver cancer research — a decision that came out of a meeting of 35 cancer institute ...
- Channel News Asia,
Third of cancer deaths are preventable Nov 18, 2005
Re-using needles for medical injections in the developing world transmits hepatitis and other viruses that can increase the risk of liver cancer. ...
- Food Consumer,
Contraceptive Dangers Nov 19, 2005
...hepatitis B infection and chronic liver disease. The latter are two major causes of human liver cancer. The monograph did find that the ...
- Zenit News Agency,
New drug gives patients hope Nov 17, 2005
The country has the most cases of hepatitis B and liver cancer in the world. Liver cancer is the second-most lethal cancer in China after lung cancer. ...
- China Daily,
Cancers of cervix, liver still top killers among local patients Nov 8, 2005
Cervical cancer and liver cancer remain the most common type of malignancy among females and males, respectively, in Taiwan, according to the Department of ...
- Taiwan Headlines,
ViRexx Announces Postive Interim Results for Occlusin'TM' 50 ... Nov 16, 2005
...results from its Phase I clinical trail that is evaluating the Company's proprietary Occlusin TM 50 Injection embolotherapy to treat liver cancer as part of a ...
- CCNMatthews (press release),
MIGENIX Initiates Enrollment in Phase IIb Hepatitis C Clinical ... Nov 22, 2005
...in the United States, causes inflammation of the liver and may progress to more serious complications such as cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer and death. ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Asian New Yorkers in Hep B 'epidemic' Nov 20, 2005
But it can spiral out of control unexpectedly, causing cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. "It's responsible for 80% of liver cancer worldwide. ...
- New York Daily News,
Diet could prevent 2.5m cancer deaths Nov 17, 2005
The common practice of re-using needles for medical injections in the developing world transmits hepatitis and other viruses that cause liver cancer. ...
- Independent,
Avoiding nine major risks can cut chance of getting cancer Nov 17, 2005
...and Asia to rise. After that alcohol was the worst factor, especially for men, causing liver cancer. In developed countries, being ...
- Scotsman,
Intrahepatic Stents in Cirrhotic Patients Associated with Higher ... Nov 18, 2005
...and a recently published paper led Dr. Wong and colleagues to investigate whether insertion of TIPS puts patients at increased risk of liver cancer, he said ...
- DG News
Court rejects cancer patient's request for life insurance resale Nov 18, 2005
TOKYO — The Tokyo District Court rejected Thursday a request filed by a 51-year-old impoverished liver cancer patient to allow resale of his life insurance ...
- Japan Today,
Cancer sufferers get beauty make-over Nov 21, 2005
Beauty Ortman, 51, from Fish Hoek, who has just finished chemotherapy after being diagnosed with liver cancer, said: "This has been fun. ...
- Independent Online,
No Plans To Defer Pengkalan Pasir Polls Nov 22, 2005
...are eligible to cast their ballots in this by-election called following the death of PAS assemblyman Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Jaffar on Oct 31 from liver cancer. ...
- Bernama,
Adherex Announces Global Development Plans for Advancing ... Nov 16, 2005
In addition to these studies, Adherex plans to begin a Phase I/II clinical trial in hepatocellular (liver) cancer in Asia in the second quarter of 2006. ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
One third of cancer deaths avoidable Nov 20, 2005
Ezzati said hepatitis infection, which is linked to liver cancer, is sometimes spread by the use of contaminated syringes in health centers in poor countries. ...
- Herald News Daily,
Bristol town administrator retires Nov 21, 2005
...me to work.�. That discomfort stems from liver cancer, a condition first diagnosed by Emilo’s physician in April. She had been ...
- Addison County Independent,
Facing drug rap, recalling time in music biz, he decided to sing Nov 22, 2005
...to kill his family. Yesterday, Daniels described life with his father, who died late last year of liver cancer. He said his father ...
- Philadelphia Daily News,
A win over cancer Nov 20, 2005
Her father, a labor organizer for the AFL-CIO, died of lung cancer at 78 and her mother from liver cancer at 73. A brother died at 33 from a heart attack. ...
- Lawrence Journal World,
Suffer the Little Children Nov 18, 2005
On Saturday, August 27, Mason was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, or liver cancer. "Emotionally, we were shocked," Ronnie says. "But we had to hold it together. ...
- Reader's Digest,
Clinical analysis of mesenteric venous thrombosis:a report of 23 ... Nov 22, 2005
...months to nine years,3 patients had MVT recurrence because of ceasing anti- coagulation treatment and 3 died of myocardial infarction,liver cancer and hepatic ...
- HeartZine,
ViRexx Receives US Patent for Occlusin'TM' Embolotherapy Nov 10, 2005
Embolotherapy is used as a treatment for solid tumors for example malignant tumors, such as liver cancer, or benign tumors, such as uterine fibroids. ...
- CCNMatthews (Communiqués de presse),
Ciphergen and University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Sign ... Nov 21, 2005
...for the study and treatment of infectious diseases such as hepatitis C and hepatitis B viruses, which can lead to liver fibrosis and potentially to liver cancer ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Other disease fighters envy breast cancer awareness Oct 29, 2005
By Harry Jackson Jr. Katherine Bryson has liver cancer and wants people to know that her disease needs attention, too. She fears ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
High Toxic Chemicals Are Found in Household Products Nov 14, 2005
...disease. They're not even aware that dryer sheets coat their clothes in a thin layer of chemicals that promote liver cancer. So ...
- B-EYE-Network,
Coffee may lower blood pressure, benefiting women most Nov 16, 2005
...linking heavy coffee consumption in men with a reduced risk of diabetes, and Japanese research suggesting coffee might help prevent liver cancer," The New York ...
- Circle (subscription),
Me and my girl: The political and personal Nov 19, 2005
But her life has been dogged by tragedy. Her parents split while she was young and her mother died of liver cancer in 1985. Her ...
- Mathaba.Net,
'The Woman at the Washington Zoo,' by Marjorie Williams Normal ... Nov 18, 2005
But in part, too, I'm guessing Williams, who died of liver cancer last January at 47, wrote with such acuity because she was a woman in a man's town - a theory ...
- New York Times,
Taiwan researchers make breakthroughs in isolating cause of liver ... Nov 10, 2005
...of Genetics and National Yang Ming University has successful developed transferred the gene that is similar to the one that causes liver cancer in humans in ...
- Taiwan Headlines,
Radiation Technique May be Key to Fighting Off Liver Tumors ... Nov 3, 2005
...kills cancer cells. This type of treatment is used for many different types of cancer, including liver cancer. 2. Shaped-beam radiation ...
- Hepatitis Neighborhood,
Time to tackle the UK's hidden killer Nov 16, 2005
...fatty liver disease, which is often accompanied by inflammation of the liver and can lead to fibrosis, cirrhosis of the liver and even liver cancer, all of ...
- Scotsman,
New ablative therapy brings hope for liver tumour patients Nov 9, 2005
Wolfgang also explained that this treatment prolonged the life of a patient suffering from liver cancer. ‘‘There is no cure ...
- Chandigarh Newsline,
Survival Unaffected by Interferon Alpha-2b after Surgical ... Nov 15, 2005
By Crystal Phend. SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- November 15, 2005 -- Interferon alpha-2b may not improve recurrence-free survival or overall ...
- DG News
Ask a doc Nov 18, 2005
...chronic" viral hepatitis have the potential of developing significant liver damage such as cirrhosis or the scarring of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure ...
- Central Florida Future (subscription),
Delcath Receives Canadian Patent for Novel Apparatus and Method ... Nov 21, 2005
..."We are convinced that once we receive final FDA approval, our system will become the industry standard for treating advanced stage liver cancer." In May of ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
The Great Cholesterol Myth Nov 18, 2005
As usual, those with low cholesterol levels have by far the highest mortality rates. Liver failure and liver cancer are common causes of death. ...
- Spiked,
Precision Radiation Therapy Yields Rare Success For Liver Tumors Oct 24, 2005
Malignancies (June 4, 1998) -- Research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests patients with advanced liver cancer can tolerate ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Largest Hepatitis C Trial in US Patients Shows Weight-Based ... Nov 14, 2005
Chronic hepatitis C can cause cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. It has been estimated that at least 20 percent of patients ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
One third of cancer deaths may be avoided Nov 17, 2005
The researchers say hepatitis infection, which is linked to liver cancer, is sometimes spread by the use of contaminated syringes in health centres in poor ...
- ABC Online,
One Third of Cancer Deaths Due to Modifiable Risk Factors Nov 18, 2005
For risk-factor attributable deaths, 37% were from lung cancer, 12% from liver cancer, and 11% from esophageal cancer, the investigators report, all of which ...
- Cancerpage.com,
Election Fever Building Up In Pengkalan Pasir Nov 20, 2005
...but it lost the seat in 1978 to the BN which held it for 12 years until PAS retook the seat in 1990 and retain it until Wan Abdul Aziz's death from liver cancer ...
- Bernama,
Onyx Prices $126M Offering To Pay For Growing Nexavar Costs Nov 18, 2005
...in Nexavar, largely due to expenses associated with the kidney cancer trial and the program's expansion into pivotal studies for liver cancer and metastatic ...
- BioWorld Online (subscription),
Poor patient's bid to resell insurance policy rejected Nov 17, 2005
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday rejected a request by an impoverished 51-year-old liver cancer patient to let him resell his life insurance policy to ...
- The Japan Times,
List of Diseases Linked to Smoking Expands Nov 18, 2005
The report said current evidence is not conclusive enough to say smoking causes colorectal cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer or erectile disfunction. ...
- Hellenic News of America
Progen Industries Limited: AGM MD's Address Nov 18, 2005
...month follow-up, in Q4 2006. Our largest study to date in Liver cancer is being conducted by Medigen. This study is being conducted ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Local cancer patient survival rate rises, health body reports Nov 18, 2005
Health. Liver cancer claimed the largest number of lives, followed by colorectal cancer, breast cancer and gastric cancer. However ...
- Taiwan Headlines,
Borough honors first female mayor Nov 21, 2005
The Borough Council meeting Thursday began with a moment of silence to honor Maria Gatta, the mayor who died in October after a battle with liver cancer. ...
- Asbury Park Press,
"Outside the Lines" with Ashley Goodwin Nov 21, 2005
Herbert Goodwin. I also have an older brother, Delvin, who is 22 years old now. My father died of liver cancer on Feb. 16, 2003. This ...
- GoFrogs.com,
Tricking Cells, Scientists Tease Cancer Nov 16, 2005
..."Cancer of the breast is not the same as skin or liver cancer so in order to understand cancer we have to absolutely understand what it means to (have normal ...
- Daily Californian,
Former Cebu City mayor Nov 21, 2005
Former Cebu City mayor Ronald R. Duterte succumbed to liver cancer Sunday night at the Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu City. He was 71. ...
- Cebu Daily News,
Lyle continues giving despite terminal diagnosis Nov 19, 2005
...“He had his first radiation and chemo for the liver cancer when he was only four years old and he was cancer-free for forty years and then it came back ...
- Austin Herald,
BioAlliance Pharma SA Announces the Filing of Its Document de Base ... Nov 16, 2005
A Phase I/II trial in primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma or HCC) utilizing the company’s doxorubicin Transdrug(R) nanoparticle delivery ...
- Biotech Intelligence (press release),
Wake up and sell the coffee Oct 29, 2005
...this year in Japan's Journal of the National Cancer Institute that suggested a possible connection between coffee drinking and a lower risk of liver cancer. ...
- The Observer,
Walter Payton's Family Reminisces About His Legacy Nov 17, 2005
...to me. Connie Payton vividly remembers the day she and her husband held a new conference to announce he had liver cancer. "I knew ...
- NBC5.com,
The feed zone - Another cup o' Joe? Nov 16, 2005
Other research has linked coffee to possibly offering protection against colon and liver cancer, Parkinson's disease, and gallstones. ...
- VeloNews,
Fire only the latest family tragedy Nov 16, 2005
Then three short years later, her sister and brother-in-law were killed in a car accident and her daughter, McKenna, was diagnosed with liver cancer. ...
- Fergus Falls Daily Journal,
pSivida Announces BrachySil(TM) Phase IIb Clinical Trials for ... Oct 31, 2005
...have commenced with BrachySil(TM) (32-P BioSilicon(TM)) as a potential new brachytherapy treatment for inoperable primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
ThermoGenesis Corp. Meets Clinical Endpoints of Phase III Clinical ... Oct 25, 2005
Vincent Medical Center, University of California Los Angeles Dumont Liver Cancer Center, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, University of ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
GLOBE Study Demonstrates Telbivudine Provides Significantly ... Nov 14, 2005
...chronically infected (lifelong infection)(2). Additionally, chronic hepatitis B is responsible for up to 80 percent of the world's primary liver cancer(3), and ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
New Studies with Pegasys plus Copegus in Hepatitis C Treatment to ... Nov 11, 2005
C chronically infects an estimated 2.7 million Americans and 170 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer and the number ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
One third of cancer deaths due to avoidable factors Nov 17, 2005
Ezzati said hepatitis infection, which is linked to liver cancer, is sometimes spread by the use of contaminated syringes in health centers in poor countries.
- ABC News
Combating cancer Oct 29, 2005
...recommends screening adults for cervical, breast and colorectal cancers as well as screening pregnant women for hepatitis B, which is linked to liver cancer. ...
- Cincinnati Enquirer,
Why We Can't Prevent Cancer Nov 4, 2005
In the most recent 10-year period for which we have data (1992-2001), liver cancer increased by 39%, thyroid cancer increased by 36%, melanoma increased by 26 ...
- CounterPunch,
Tulane receives millions for international health and tropical ... Oct 28, 2005
...has been awarded $2.7 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious, NIH, diseases for a five-year cooperative study of liver cancer due to ...
- EurekAlert (press release),
AASLD Issues Call for Americans to Fight Liver Disease as ... Nov 11, 2005
Worldwide, liver disease affects more than half a billion people, and liver cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death. ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
So how about that rash? Nov 18, 2005
Unfortunately, about 25 percent of chronic carriers eventually die of chronic liver diseases such as cirrhosis or liver cancer. ...
- Snapper (subscription),
GLOBE study finds telbivudine superior to current standard of care ... Nov 13, 2005
HIV5. HBV can cause life-long infection, cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver as well as liver cancer, liver failure and death6. Elevated ...
- Biotech Intelligence (press release),
Radiation dose reduction in liver cancer 03 Oct 2005
A new digital angiography flat panel system reduces the radiation dose to patients undergoing interventional treatment for liver cancer by about one-fourth, a ...
- EurekAlert (press release),
Bring Back DDT 03 Oct 2005
Education and Welfare announced studies which showed unequivocally that increasing death rates from hypertension, cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, and a ...
- FrontPage magazine.com,
BioAlliance Pharma Announces European Marketing Authorization ... 03 Oct 2005
A Phase I/II trial in primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma or HCC) utilizing the company's doxorubicin Transdrug(R) nanoparticle delivery technology ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
AUGUST WILSON DIES 03 Oct 2005
...winning playwright August Wilson, who penned such masterpieces as “The Piano Lesson� and “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,� died Sunday of liver cancer. ...
- BET,
Coffee consumption is a mixed brew 03 Oct 2005
And two prospective studies in the International Journal of Cancer found an association between higher intakes of coffee and a lower incidence of liver cancer. ...
- Houston Chronicle,
Playwright August Wilson, a master storyteller, dies at age 60 03 Oct 2005
Wilson died Sunday at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, less than two months after he announced he had inoperable liver cancer. He was 60. ...
- Foster's Daily Democrat,
Wilson, playwright of black experience, dies 03 Oct 2005
...black experience in 20th-century America included such landmark dramas as ''Fences'' and ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,'' died Sunday of liver cancer, a family ...
- Gainesville Sun,
'Trains' revival an exceptional life journey 03 Oct 2005
...of a monumental 10-play cycle that captures the essence of African-American life in each decade of the 20th century -- announced he was dying of liver cancer. ...
- Chicago Sun-Times,
Headline Grabbers 03 Oct 2005
Today is the second anniversary of the attack; It's also his 61st birthday. Died: Playwright August Wilson, Sunday, of liver cancer. He was 60.
- Salt Lake Tribune,
August Wilson, US Playwright on Black Segregation, Dies 03 Oct 2005
...chronicled a century of racial segregation, the blues and black life in Pittsburgh's Hill District, died today after a battle with liver cancer, the Associated ...
- Scoopt.org,
She was always in style, in tune 03 Oct 2005
...church. Alda Lorene Hudnall died Tuesday after a long battle with heart problems and a recent diagnosis of liver cancer. She was 81. ...
- Flint Journal,
Whirlwind romance strengthened by hurricane 03 Oct 2005
..."I had been in an abusive relationship. And I had been through a bout of chemo for liver cancer and developed a heart condition. ...
- Pioneer Press,
Henry ‘Red’ Groomes : Army vet loved time in NM mountains 03 Oct 2005
..."I don’t think he was allowed.". Groomes died Friday at Hot Spring County Medical Center in Malvern from liver cancer. He was 78. ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription),
September is Liver Cancer Awareness Month Sep 18, 2005
SEPTEMBER has been declared Liver Cancer month to raise public consciousness about this illness that has an unusually high incidence in our country. ...
- Manila Bulletin,
Tarceva® Produces Anticancer Activity in Advanced Liver Cancer Sep 19, 2005
...in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, treatment with single-agent Tarceva® (erlotinib) provides anticancer activity in patients with advanced liver cancer. ...
- Cancer Consultants (press release),
Ketchikan lawmaker diagnosed with liver cancer Sep 19, 2005
Jim E lk ins is a freshman lawmaker and a co-chairman of the House Transportation Committee. His chief of staff, Jim Van Horn, says ...
- KTUU,
Liver cancer treatment sans surgery Sep 20, 2005
Lucknow, September 20: A good news for the patients suffering from liver cancer. With the new technology, Radio Frequency Ablation ...
- Lucknow Newsline,
Radiation, Chemotherapy With Liver Transplant Improves Cancer ... Sep 10, 2005
Malignancies (June 4, 1998) -- Research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests patients with advanced liver cancer can tolerate ...
- Science Daily (press release)
New liver cancer treatment offers hope Sep 7, 2005
When doctors found businessman Ken Dawson's liver riddled with tumours while in hospital for bowel cancer surgery, he was given no hope of living longer than a ...
- The Age (subscription),
Fatty Liver Not a Risk Factor for Cancer, Say Doctors Sep 14, 2005
A small study from Australia concludes people diagnosed with steatosis, or fatty liver, do not face a higher risk of developing liver cancer in the future. 1. ...
- Hepatitis Neighborhood,
New liver cancer treatment offers hope Sep 7, 2005
By Janelle Miles. When doctors found businessman Ken Dawson's liver riddled with tumours while in hospital for bowel cancer surgery ...
- Seven.com.au,
Radioactive pellets fight liver cancer Sep 7, 2005
SYDNEY, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Radioactive pellets injected directly into the liver can successfully treat cancer in cases where chemotherapy ...
- United Press International
Study: Coffee Drinking May Lower Liver Cancer Risk Sep 1, 2005
A new epidemiological study conducted in Japan confirmed a previous finding that drinking coffee may lower the risk of death from liver cancer. ...
- Food Consumer,
Matty's Big Pitch Sep 30, 2005
Seven months after being declared cancer-free by Boston doctors, a routine checkup last month revealed the Hudson, NH, boy's liver cancer had spread to his lung ...
- Lowell Sun,
Readers debate the ethics, use of assisted suicide Oct 2, 2005
...from the insurance business and enjoyed an extended 10 years of his life where he died day after his 80th birthday in the hospital from possible liver cancer. ...
- Salem Statesman Journal,
Dr. Lorne Tyrrell of ViRexx Wins Prestigious EnCana Principal ... Sep 30, 2005
Treatment with lamivudine has slowed or prevented the life-shortening consequences of this devastating disease, including cirrhosis and liver cancer. ...
- CCNMatthews (press release),
Coffee Drinking May Keep Liver Cancer at Bay Aug 31, 2005
...yourself a favor. Doctors in a new study claim coffee-drinking may help you lower your risk of developing liver cancer. 1 However ...
- Hepatitis Neighborhood,
September is Liver Cancer Awareness Month Sep 18, 2005
September has been declared Liver Cancer Month to raise public consciousness about this illness that has an unusually high incidence in our country. ...
- Tempo,
Cancer fuels boy's compassion Oct 1, 2005
Beth Robertson says son Cameron, 8, developed concern for other suffering kids while receiving treatment for liver cancer. The Haddon ...
- Cherry Hill Courier Post,
Bloodless Liver Tumor Removal Scrutinized in US Sep 28, 2005
According to Habib, since the resection device first began testing in late 2004, more than 100 patients have undergone liver cancer surgery, and there have ...
- Hepatitis Neighborhood,
12 ways to fight cancer Sep 26, 2005
...that adults be screened for cervical, breast and colorectal cancers, and pregnant women should be screened for hepatitis B, which is linked to liver cancer. ...
- Salem Statesman Journal,
Proven steps to a longer life Sep 26, 2005
...recommends screening adults for cervical, breast and colorectal cancers as well as screening pregnant women for hepatitis B, which is linked to liver cancer. ...
- Chillicothe Gazette,
Playwright Wilson Battling Liver Cancer Aug 30, 2005
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson has sent shockwaves throughout America's theatre community by announcing he has advanced liver cancer and has ...
- Hollywood.com
New treatment gives hope to cancer sufferers Sep 9, 2005
JENNIFER MACEY: In most cases, liver cancer is terminal, and spread to the liver from cancer initially found in the bowel or pancreas. ...
- ABC Online,
Nuclear pellets offer new hope in cancer fight Sep 7, 2005
Injecting radioactive pellets directly into the liver can successfully treat liver cancer where chemotherapy has failed, according to the results of a small ...
- Sydney Morning Herald (subscription),
Doctors warn of hepatitis 'timebomb' Sep 29, 2005
Some 20 to 30 per cent of those with the hepatitis C virus are expected to develop chronic liver disease, including cirrhosis and liver cancer. ...
- Telegraph.co.uk,
Call to save people from Hepatitis-C Oct 1, 2005
...keynote paper revealed that 14 lakh people of the country are infected with Hepatitis-C and most of them are heading towards liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. ...
- The New Nation,
India to observe Hepatitis Awareness Day Oct 1 Sep 30, 2005
The liver swells and if not treated early, one might require a liver transplant or further develop liver cancer," said Sanjay Jain, senior consultant of ...
- NewKerala.com,
Macabre Statistics Show Suicides Double in a Decade Sep 28, 2005
Of those who died of cancer in 2004, 20.6 percent had lung cancer, 17.4 percent stomach cancer, 16.9 percent liver cancer and 9.1 percent colon cancer.
- Chosun Ilbo,
Prolonged Fever Can Be Sign of Some Cancers Sep 28, 2005
28 (HealthDay News) — A fever of unknown origin can sometimes be a sign of cancer, including lymphoma, kidney and liver cancer, according to a new Danish ...
- ABC News
BioSphere Medical, Inc. Announced Launch Plans for HepaSphere(TM) ... Sep 20, 2005
The development of the HepaSphere Microsphere demonstrates BioSphere's commitment to new product development for the treatment of liver cancer. ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Cancer center a dream come true for Edwards Sep 29, 2005
Edwards, who is 86 and visiting Huntington for the Cancer Center's pre-opening dedication celebration Friday, suffers from inoperable liver cancer herself. ...
- Huntington Herald Dispatch,
Thanks to the Edwards family Sep 30, 2005
...celebration of her Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center, something very close to her heart as she is now struggling with inoperable liver cancer, and has lost ...
- Parthenon (subscription),
The medical corner Oct 1, 2005
The medical effects of too much alcohol may include a peptic ulcer, damage to the small intestines, gout, liver cancer and other problems. ...
- A&M Panther (subscription),
Edwards has made tremendous impact on MU, city Oct 1, 2005
...her late husband, James F. Edwards, have done. Joan Edwards, 86, has inoperable liver cancer. It was fitting that she was here for ...
- Huntington Herald Dispatch,
Jerry O’Connor dies of cancer Sep 30, 2005
...has died. According to his daughter Molly O’Connor, Gerry O’Connor died Sept. 25 of esophagus and liver cancer. Molly O’Connor ...
- KTUU,
Flu Sufferers Finding Relief from a Russian Immune Booster; Del ... Sep 30, 2005
...properties. By 1992, it was being used at State Cancer Hospital in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to help treat breast, lung, and liver cancer. ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Low Levels of Enzyme May Make You Prone to Liver Cancer, Study ... Sep 7, 2005
..."Our study indicates that loss of one copy of Plk4 is a major risk factor for primary liver cancer," explained Carol Swallow, MD, PhD, a surgical oncologist at ...
- Hepatitis Neighborhood,
Bioenvision's Phase II Trial of Virostat Very Active in Hepatitis ... Sep 28, 2005
...agent. Hepatitis C (HCV) is a major cause of acute hepatitis and chronic liver disease, including cirrhosis and liver cancer. The ...
- Business Wire (press release),
RI teacher earns ‘A’ for attitude Sep 25, 2005
...for anyone crossing her path. One wouldn't know by looking at her that she's battling colon and liver cancer. This past spring, Mrs ...
- Quad-Cities Online,
Micro-bubbles and CPS technology improve ultrasound cancer ... Sep 3, 2005
The new, patient-sparing method has been used in several European hospitals with the focus on diagnosing liver cancer and other liver lesions. ...
- MTBeurope.info,
The Negative Health Effects of Homosexuality Sep 2, 2005
...cancer in women."[19]. Hepatitis: A potentially fatal liver disease that increases the risk of liver cancer. · Hepatitis A: The ...
- Virtue Online,
Coley Pharmaceutical Group Initiates Second Phase Ib Clinical ... Sep 27, 2005
About Hepatitis C Hepatitis C virus, or HCV, is a blood-borne infectious disease of the liver and the leading cause of cirrhosis and a cause of liver cancer. ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
AVI BioPharma Initiates Hepatitis C Clinical Trial Sep 28, 2005
Chronic HCV infection causes an inflammation of the liver that can result in the development of cirrhosis, liver cancer or liver failure. ...
- Business Wire (press release),
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS WARNED: TAKE ACTION ON HEPATITIS C NOW OR ... Sep 29, 2005
...years. If left untreated, the patient can develop liver scarring (fibrosis), cirrhosis, liver cancer or total liver failure. Due ...
- ITNews,
National Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference Sep 29, 2005
...chronic HBV infection and 2.7 million persons with chronic HCV infection are at risk for developing chronic liver diseases, including cirrhosis and liver cancer ...
- Community Dispatch (press release)
Scotland has worst 'Hepatitis C' rate in UK Sep 29, 2005
...years. If left untreated,the patient can develop liver scarring (fibrosis), cirrhosis, liver cancer or total liver failure. Due ...
- Scotland Today,
Better Outcomes with Liver Transplant for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma ... Sep 14, 2005
Liver cancer is categorized into different types according to the area of the liver in which the cancer began. Cholangiocarcinoma ...
- Cancer Consultants (press release),
Update on Health Issues Related to Mold, Mildew and Mud in ... Sep 29, 2005
...mold. DR. REDD: Yes. Well, ingestion of grains or foods that contain mycotoxins can, over the long term, lead to liver cancer. If ...
- Community Dispatch (press release)
Invitation for the media - 12th International Symposium on ... Sep 29, 2005
Without intervention, 10% to 25% of infected individuals will develop cirrhosis, be at risk for liver cancer or require liver transplantation. ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release),
Four Chinese bishops cannot attend synod in Rome, says news agency Sep 30, 2005
Local religious affairs officials told the 78-year-old bishop, who suffers from liver cancer, that it would be difficult to allow any Chinese bishops to go ...
- Catholic News Service
Opportunity in America Starts with Health Care Sep 29, 2005
...children. Although Latinos are less likely than whites to develop most cancers, they are at a higher risk for stomach and liver cancer. ...
- Center For American Progress,
Special ed parents join forces Sep 28, 2005
The tournament was done in memory of his grandfather, who was diagnosed with liver cancer in February and died three months later. ...
- News & Observer,
InSightec's ExAblate(R) 2000 Receives Frost & Sullivan's ... Sep 26, 2005
...uterine fibroids and are investing in research on future applications that will enable other patients suffering from breast cancer, liver cancer, bone tumors ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
China successful in researching into 1,500 new human genes Sep 27, 2005
As of the researches on liver cancer, relevant research institutions have verified and screened out CYP-J for new medical target. ...
- People's Daily Online,
WWII engineers reunite in Odessa Sep 29, 2005
...life. Last year he was diagnosed with liver cancer, but he was able to avoid treatment when the cancerous tumor shrank. Guerrero ...
- Odessa American,
'I've been through a lot since that night' Sep 30, 2005
Seawright lost her father to a heart attack in 1997, a nephew to liver cancer in 1999 and brother Roderick to a heart attack in 2002. ...
- Jackson Clarion Ledger,
Hepatitis Ca burgeoning problem Sep 27, 2005
...hepatitis C. It's a highly contagious virus with flu-like symptoms of fatigue and nausea, which, if left untreated, can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. ...
- ABC Online,
Dale Huffman: 70-year-old cancer survivor: 'I choose to be OK' Sep 28, 2005
..."I lost my husband, Paul Markley, an engineer at Wright-Patterson, and a great guy, when he died from lung and liver cancer in January of 1999. ...
- Dayton Daily News (subscription),
Valleylab Foresees Big 2006 Sep 25, 2005
...developed microwave ablation machines considered promising after the Food and Drug Administration last year approved the procedure to treat liver cancer lesions ...
- RedNova.com,
OSU's newest complex honors Hall Sep 26, 2005
Hall, who was diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer in 2004, has bled scarlet and gray for 28 years and never stopped caring about the students. ...
- OSU - The Lantern,
Benefit for former Monmouth man to be held Saturday, Oct. 1 Sep 27, 2005
...this weekend. The event is being held for John "Lumpy" Lundeen of Oquawka, formerly of Monmouth, who is battling liver cancer. Born ...
- Monmouth Daily Review Atlas,
Real estate developer Martin Zeitlin dies Sep 25, 2005
...a pioneering real estate developer and homebuilder who built his first house at 17, died yesterday at his home in west Nashville after battling liver cancer. ...
- The Tennessean,
Potent drug vs hepatitis B introduced Sep 2, 2005
Patients who are HBeAg-positive show deterioration of liver function, cirrhosis and liver cancer and account for 25-40 percent of patients who are chronically ...
- INQ7 Interactive, Inc.,
Small Science - Tracking Cancer with Micro-Bubbles Aug 29, 2005
The new, patient-sparing method is used to date in several European hospitals with the focus on diagnosing liver cancer and other liver lesions. ...
- AZoNano.com,
Better Survival but More Complications After Radiofrequency ... Aug 30, 2005
Primary liver cancer starts in the cells of the liver and can spread through blood or lymph vessels to different parts of the body. ...
- Cancer Consultants (press release),
Clean surroundings Sep 1, 2005
..."These chemical ingredients lead to longstanding and acute liver infection, liver cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis and even liver cancer," he added. ...
- Independent-Bangladesh,
Warning of a silent killer Sep 12, 2005
The more serious forms, hepatitis B and C, can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. Many patients will require a liver transplant. ...
- OCRegister (subscription),
'Code Orange' for Sandy Morton: Corrigan-Radgowski Institution ... Sep 16, 2005
She is undergoing an experimental procedure, SIRSpheres (Selective Internal Radiation Therapy), a treatment for advanced liver cancer that utilizes new ...
- TheDay (subscription),
Hepatitis A outbreak may have stemmed from local food handler Sep 27, 2005
...school. Hepatitis B can cause liver cancer later in life, Ward said, and is spread through infected bodily fluids, similar to HIV. ...
- Texas Tech Daily Net,
MIGENIX Completes First Clinical Study of Celgosivir in Chronic ... Sep 27, 2005
...in the United States, causes inflammation of the liver and may progress to more serious complications such as cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer and death. ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Doctors not up to scratch on hepatitis Sep 28, 2005
...of hepatitis B virus, which may lead to a chronic inflammation of the liver, leading to cirrhosis and a greatly increased chance of developing liver cancer. ...
- China Daily,
Rs 234m hepatitis centre to be opened Sep 27, 2005
...suffering from hepatitis. He said that hepatitis can lead to liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, both of which are lethal. He said ...
- Daily Times,
Pharmacists Able to Detect 'Hidden' Hepatitis C in Drug Users Sep 26, 2005
Left untreated it can lead to serious liver disease including cirrhosis and liver cancer and, potentially, can lead to death(1). However, worryingly, symptoms ...
- PR Newswire UK (press release),
Most Chronic Hepatitis C Sufferers Will Develop Cirrhosis In Later ... Sep 6, 2005
Radiologists Offer Non-surgical Treatment For Early-stage Liver Cancer (March 5, 2005) -- Radiofrequency (RF) ablation offers an effective first-line treatment ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Coley up on hepatitis C trial start Sep 27, 2005
...of hepatitis C are diagnosed in the United States each year, with about 8,000 and 10,000 dying annually from virus complications like cirrhosis or liver cancer ...
- BusinessWeek
Seattle Rep plans Wilson play Sep 25, 2005
To honor the achievements of acclaimed Seattle playwright August Wilson, who recently was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, the Seattle Repertory Theatre ...
- Seattle Times,
Major Hospitals Competing to Open Specialized Clinics Sep 23, 2005
...cancer team treatment systems that specializes in cancers mostly diagnosed to Korean patients such as breast cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer ...
- Korea Times,
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