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    [an error occurred while processing this directive] Osteosarcoma Patients with Recurrent Lung Metastases May Benefit ... Nov 16, 2005
    Osteosarcoma frequently spreads to the lungs, and in some cases these lung metastases can be surgically removed. When the lung metastases ...
    - Cancer Consultants (press release),

    UF scientists say stem cells may trigger bone cancer Nov 22, 2005
    Osteosarcoma is the most common bone malignancy in children, most of whom are 10 to 20 years old and in a period of rapid growth when the disease is diagnosed. ...
    - EurekAlert (press release),

    Dogs And Cancer Nov 21, 2005
    This treatment is showing to be more beneficial for canine patients suffering with Osteosarcoma. When Canines develop Osteosarcoma ...
    - Dogflu.ca,

    SFBC Reportedly Threatened Drug Testers with Deportation for ... Nov 21, 2005
    ...professor at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine was accused of covering up data that suggested a link between fluoridated tap water and osteosarcoma, a rare ...
    - Newsinferno.com,

    IDM Confirms Plans to Submit a Marketing Authorization Application ... Oct 31, 2005
    Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) to market Junovan(TM), the Company's investigational immunotherapy for the treatment of osteosarcoma. ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Rockland: Fluoride free for 60 years Nov 21, 2005
    The debate was renewed recently when an unpublished study by a Harvard graduate student suggested a link between fluoridated water and osteosarcoma, a type of ...
    - The Journal News.com,

    Helping handbag Nov 20, 2005
    ...handbag is called the Handbag of Hope, which sounds unusual until you learn the story of a brave girl named Hope Stout, a 12-year-old with osteosarcoma, a rare ...
    - St. Petersburg Times,

    IDM Pharma Reports Financial Results for the Three and Nine Months ... Nov 14, 2005
    ..."We have successfully manufactured the first lot of our lead product candidate Junovan(TM), for the treatment of Osteosarcoma, to support our planned filing ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Clinical Studies in the Pipeline Nov 16, 2005
    Three patients with osteosarcoma and one with malignant fibrous histiocytoma (tumor that consists predominantly of immune cell tissues) achieved confirmed ...
    - Newswise (press release)

    Student group urges people to quit smoking cold turkey Nov 17, 2005
    Jenna Langer, publicity chairwoman for the club and a sophomore mass communications student, is a cancer survivor. She had osteosarcoma, or cancer of the bone. ...
    - Minnesota Daily,

    Benefit for cancer victim set for Nov. 20 Nov 16, 2005
    20, at the Knights of Columbus in Quincy, Ill. Church was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in her left arm in August 2005. ...
    - Hannibal Courier Post,

    They’re still kids, despite cancer Nov 16, 2005
    ...right away. In the emergency room, doctors ruled out an infection. Derick had osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. ‘‘I was just ...
    - Columbus Dispatch (subscription),

    Teen Battles Bone Cancer Nov 2, 2005
    ...to have part of his lung and two ribs removed, as well as a tumor that is growing inside of him - all part of his battle with a cancer called osteosarcoma. ...
    - Sequoyah County Times,

    ... blessed, for real' Nov 5, 2005
    But even though she had an avid reader's vocabulary, RaShonda preferred some words to remain unfamiliar - words like osteosarcoma, amputation, chemotherapy. ...
    - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal,

    IDM Launches Phase II Trial in Europe of its Therapeutic Vaccine ... Nov 9, 2005
    IDM currently has 7 products in clinical development. The most advanced product, Junovan(TM), has completed a Phase III clinical trial in osteosarcoma. ...
    - Biotech Intelligence (press release),

    6th Terry Fox marathon in Hanoi on Nov. 13 Nov 8, 2005
    Terry Fox was first organised in Vietnam in 1996, in memory of Terry Fox, an 18 year-old athlete from British Columbia, diagnosed with osteosarcoma (large bone ...
    - VietNamNet Bridge,

    Cytogen Reports Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results Nov 2, 2005
    ...study was conducted by independent investigators who evaluated the use of high dose QUADRAMET in conjunction with gemcitabine for the treatment of osteosarcoma ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Local cancer survivor rides at Lance's side Oct 27, 2005
    Rounds of chemotherapy, surgeries and scans since being diagnosed with osteosarcoma — which affects bones and cartilage — in April 2004 have not deterred ...
    - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle,

    Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Common in Parents of Children with ... Nov 15, 2005
    ...childhood cancers include neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, rhabdomyosarcoma, retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, and Ewing ...
    - Cancer Consultants (press release),

    Rodents to be replaced with Dogs for cancer Research Nov 10, 2005
    Dr. Chand Khanna, Veterinary Oncologist said, “It turns out that many cancers, such as lymphoma, melanoma and osteosarcoma, are well represented in dogs and ...
    - MedIndia,

    IDM Initiating Third Phase II Trial Of Uvidem In Melanoma Nov 15, 2005
    IDM has six other products in clinical development, the most advanced of which, Junovan, has completed a Phase III trial in osteosarcoma. ...
    - BioWorld Online (subscription),

    IDM Pharma to Present at Rodman and Renshaw Techvest 7th Annual ... Nov 2, 2005
    IDM Pharma currently has 7 products in clinical development. The most advanced product, Junovan(TM), has completed a Phase III clinical trial in osteosarcoma. ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Blood drive will help 11-year-old cancer patient Nov 4, 2005
    ...stay alive. Courtney was diagnosed in April with osteosarcoma, the most common form of bone cancer, after suffering a broken leg. A ...
    - Belleville News-Democrat,

    Community at odds over fluoridation Oct 28, 2005
    ...downplayed research by one of his doctoral students that indicated a link between fluoridated drinking water and an increased risk of osteosarcoma, a rare bone ...
    - Bellingham Herald,

    Local briefs (Norwood) Nov 3, 2005
    Racing for a Cure, a fund-raiser for Michael G. Braverman who was recently diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, will take place Sunday, Nov. ...
    - Daily News Transcript,

    FAMILY LOSES GRANDPA AND GRANDSON IN TWO WEEKS: DAD WILLED HIMSELF ... Oct 30, 2005
    ...looking at Ryan's sore knee.". Ryan had osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer extremely rare in a child his age. It has only ever affected ...
    - Glasgow Daily Record,

    Gutsy girl inspires classmates, community Oct 27, 2005
    In March 2004, the feisty little girl was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, and four months later her left leg was amputated at the knee. ...
    - Monterey County Herald,

    Program aids young cancer survivors Oct 30, 2005
    Male was just 9 years old when he was first diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that led to the amputation of most of his right leg. ...
    - Contra Costa Times,

    Time and the Anti-Fluoride Cause Oct 31, 2005
    ...individual. Time cites a thesis from a doctoral student that shows a sevenfold increase in osteosarcoma from fluoridated water. ...
    - American Council on Science and Health,

    Soccer community rallies to help player in cancer fight Oct 31, 2005
    6, when doctors discovered a tumor in Troy's leg and diagnosed him with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer commonly found in boys during their growth ...
    - North County Times,

    'H' is for hope Oct 27, 2005
    Two years ago, Martin's daughter Andrea, now 18, found a lump on her back that turned out to be a rib cage tumor. Andrea had osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer. ...
    - Indianapolis Star,

    PERMETHRIN IS EFFECTIVE SCABIES TREATMENT FOR OLDER PEOPLE Nov 3, 2005
    It says that osteosarcoma -- bone cancer -- has occurred in lab animals given three to six times the human dose. No cases have been reported in humans. ...
    - Charlotte Sun-Herald,

    Focus for Atanas: Family real estate Looks to plan for properties ... Oct 23, 2005
    ...from 1992-1999 and as vice president of the Detroit Red Wings in the 1990s. He left in 1999 when he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. ...
    - Crain's Detroit Business (subscription),

    Ultrasound to localize pulmonary nodules has advantages Nov 1, 2005
    Childhood cancers that commonly metastasize to the lung include osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, Wilms' tumor, germ cell tumors and hepatoblastoma. ...
    - AAP News (subscription)

    GENOME Express Signs High Throughput Sequencing Collaboration with ... Oct 28, 2005
    ...human cancers. Specific cancers targeted are in particular breast, colon, lung, osteosarcoma and neuroblastoma. Mutacancer will ...
    - PharmaLive.com (press release),

    Teriparatide Relies on More than Bone Mineral Density to Reduce ... 03 Oct 2005
    In two-year studies in rats, FORTEO® caused an increase in the incidence of osteosarcoma, a malignant bone tumor, which was dependent on dose and duration of ...
    - Medical News Today (press release)

    Chemotherapy and Stem Cells Combat Osteosarcoma Sep 20, 2005
    ...autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation is an effective means of treating nonmetastatic high-grade localized osteosarcoma, Turkish researchers ...
    - Cancerpage.com

    Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy May Improve Survival in Osteosarcoma Sep 12, 2005
    Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, intra-arterial chemotherapy prior to surgery may improve survival in young patients with osteosarcoma of the ...
    - Cancer Consultants (press release)

    IDM Successfully Manufactures First Lot of Junovan(TM) to Support ... Sep 22, 2005
    ...as the prior specifications for the product used in the conduct of the Phase III study in patients with high grade non-metastatic osteosarcoma, the indication ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Professor’s Research Reignites Fluoride-Cancer Correlation ... Sep 28, 2005
    ...submitted written testimony to the National Research Council last year claiming that there was no significant link between fluoride and osteosarcoma, a rare ...
    - Harvard Crimson

    EPA Union Writes to US Sen. Inouye About Bone Cancer-Fluoridation ... Sep 2, 2005
    ...which has been hidden since 2001, shows that pre-adolescent boys who drink fluoridated water are at a seven-fold increased risk of osteosarcoma, an often fatal ...
    - Hawaii Reporter

    Positive Clinical Results Allow IDM to Enter Second Stage of Phase ... Sep 27, 2005
    IDM currently has 7 products in clinical development. The most advanced product, Junovan(TM), has completed a Phase III clinical trial in osteosarcoma. ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    Book details a life saved Sep 29, 2005
    I was pretty limited, being 17.". Link is 25 today, and seven years in remission from an aggressive bone cancer, osteosarcoma. He's ...
    - Boston Globe

    RONNIE THOUGHT HE HAD GROWING PAINS..IT WAS A DEADLY CANCER Sep 1, 2005
    ...and Trevor took him to the doctor.He was immediately referred to a specialist oncologist who broke the devastating news that he had osteosarcoma, a rare and ...
    - Glasgow Daily Record

    Associated Press Reports EPA scientists call for moratorium on ... Sep 1, 2005
    Douglass led a seven-year study of fluoride exposure and osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. The study found that the odds ...
    - I-Newswire.com (press release)

    Cruel & Unusual Sep 25, 2005
    ...of Delaware. On March 22, 2002, Pierce died from a "brain tumor, due to osteosarcoma of the skull," an autopsy report stated. A ...
    - The News Journal

    Environmental groups petition EPA to retract fluoride pesticide ... Sep 22, 2005
    Unions, representing over 7000 professionals, are calling for a moratorium on water fluoridation because of its likely role in causing osteosarcoma in young ...
    - Food Consumer

    Area man throws first pitch at Mets game Sep 21, 2005
    Very had been diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone) cancer last November during his freshman year at Springfield College in Massachusetts, according to the ...
    - Asbury Park Press

    Dying teen's plea to help others Sep 22, 2005
    ...off by them.�. Brendan was diagnosed with bone cancer osteosarcoma in June 2002 and lost his leg to the disease. After a course ...
    - Suffolk Evening Star

    Why the EPA Headquarters Union of Scientists Opposes Fluoridation Sep 7, 2005
    ...request. The type of cancer of particular concern with fluoride, although not the only type, is osteosarcoma, especially in males. ...
    - Hawaii Reporter

    Analysis Indicates the Findings in Most Modern Medical Studies are ... Aug 31, 2005
    ...professor at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine was accused of covering up data that suggested a link between fluoridated tap water and osteosarcoma, a rare ...
    - Newsinferno.com

    Local Woman Beats Cancer Twice, Now Takes Aim At Half Marathon Sep 3, 2005
    I'm here.". "Radiation, chemotherapy, surgery," Grant recalled. "They said I was "cured." Three years later, I had osteosarcoma in my jaw. ...
    - WTKR Your NewsChannel 3

    EPA UNIONS CALL FOR NATIONWIDE MORATORIUM ON FLUORIDATION ... Aug 30, 2005
    ...to those in the Harvard study, animal studies, and biological reasons why fluoride can reasonably be expected to cause the bone cancer - osteosarcoma - seen in ...
    - World-Wire (press release)

    Cancer Survivor Reaches Out To Young Patients Sep 16, 2005
    What doctors first thought was a stress injury was really an osteosarcoma -- a tumor on the bone near his left knee. Link was just 17. ...
    - Boston Channel.com

    Support inquiry into fluoride as carcinogen Sep 14, 2005
    ...classification of fluoride as a human carcinogen, including new information from Harvard on the link between fluoride in drinking water and osteosarcoma in boys ...
    - Joplin Independent

    Clean Your Car, Help Raise Funds Sep 8, 2005
    Gauldin. Dakota was diagnosed in October 2003 with osteosarcoma, a type of cancer that developed in the bone around his knee. Two ...
    - Guilford County Northwest Observer

    Cities shrug off concerns over fluoride in water Aug 30, 2005
    The 2001 report, which was part of a thesis by a Harvard doctoral student, indicated a seven-fold increase in osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone found ...
    - Albany Democrat Herald

    Group Calls on NIH to Remove Harvard Professor from Fluoride ...Jul 28, 2005
    Action Network (FAN) has urged that a Harvard Professor be removed from a research group studying the association between fluoride and osteosarcoma because his ...
    - The Open Press

    Beloiter, 23, battles cancer with courage, humorJul 29, 2005
    Lauterbach was diagnosed in January with Chondroblastic Osteosarcoma - a rapidly spreading cancer - which overtook his left leg and hip. ...
    - Beloit Daily News

    Studying dog diseases to help cure peopleJul 27, 2005
    At the Broad Institute, Lindblad-Toh's primary target is finding the genes that cause osteosarcoma, one of the most common types of bone cancer in both canines ...
    - International Herald Tribune

    Did researchers ask right questions about fluoridation?Jul 25, 2005
    ...testimony to the National Research Council last year, Dr. Douglass said he had found no evidence that fluoridation increased risk of osteosarcoma, a rare bone ...
    - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

    Phoenix teen set to begin rehabilitation after cancer surgery in ...Jul 27, 2005
    ..."They were surprised at how well he’s doing.". Adam was stricken with osteosarcoma, or bone cancer, in his upper left leg. Doctors ...
    - Mail Tribune

    Parental instinct helped doctors diagnosis their child’s rare ...Jul 30, 2005
    Jeff Healey, a Canadian blues guitarist who lost both his eyes to retinoblastoma as an infant, had a related osteosarcoma removed from his left thigh last month ...
    - StarPhoenix

    Harvard professor hit over fluoride-study flapJul 15, 2005
    ...will work with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to review Chester Douglass' research into fluoride exposure and osteosarcoma, a rare ...
    - Contra Costa Times

    Cancer can make dogs' bones fragileJul 4, 2005
    Q: My friend's Rottweiler was just put to sleep because she had a kind of cancer called osteosarcoma. ... A: Osteosarcoma is the most common bone tumor in dogs. ...
    - Monterey County Herald

    Fluoride bill left decaying in SalemJul 23, 2005
    In a feature called Science Journal, the paper reported that a 2001 study showed an increased risk of osteosarcoma, described as a rare form of bone cancer. ...
    - Albany Democrat Herald

    Indian doctor in Guinness for removing largest bone tumourJul 28, 2005
    ...surgery. The patient had osteosarcoma in his right calf bone which is conventionally treated through mid-thigh amputation. This ...
    - NewKerala.com

    Friends form cancer support groupJul 29, 2005
    ..."It is a good idea that the group exists," Aecha Vaught, parent of Katie Vaught who had her leg amputated due to Osteosarcoma cancer, said. ...
    - Manteca Bulletin

    Harvard professor investigated in fluoride research flapJul 13, 2005
    ...a $1.3 million grant in 1992 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct a study of fluoride exposure and osteosarcoma, a rare form ...
    - Boston Globe

    Professor at Harvard Is Being InvestigatedJul 12, 2005
    Harvard School of Dental Medicine epidemiologist told federal officials he found no significant correlation between fluoridated water and osteosarcoma, a rare ...
    - Washington Post

    Fluoride Linked to Bone Cancer, Again - Evidence SuppressedJul 5, 2005
    York, July 1, 2005 -- Newly available research, out of Harvard University, links fluoride in tap water, at levels most Americans drink, to osteosarcoma, a rare ...
    - Food Consumer

    Harvard dentist investigatedJul 11, 2005
    Although Bassin's paper is not yet published, a summary on the EWG Web site says that the report showed a nearly 5-fold higher risk of osteosarcoma in boys who ...
    - Scientist

    The fluoride debate:Jul 24, 2005
    ...made news was a 2001 study by a Harvard doctoral student who found that boys in fluoridated communities were more likely to get osteosarcoma, an extremely rare ...
    - Bellingham Herald

    Should we add fluoride to water?Jul 24, 2005
    Anti-fluoridation Web sites have also reported an alleged connection between fluoridated water and osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer in adolescent boys. ...
    - Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)

    Orphan Drug Approvals: CTCE-9908, PEAC, ArimoclomolJul 20, 2005
    July 20, 2005 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved orphan drug status for a cytostatic drug for the treatment of osteosarcoma, an orally ...
    - Medscape (subscription)

    Cricket: A decent spin on lifeJul 23, 2005
    ...got around to writing a letter he wanted to send to Cameron Duncan, another young West Auckland sports star and film-maker who was struck down by osteosarcoma. ...
    - New Zealand Herald

    The Washington PostJul 27, 2005
    In March 1977, what he thought was a minor sports pain in his knee grew until he collapsed. X-rays showed bone cancer — osteosarcoma. ...
    - Seattle Times

    Taking a Closer Look at FluorideJul 21, 2005
    ...among males, exposure to fluoride at or above the target level was associated with an increased risk of developing [the rare form of bone cancer] osteosarcoma. ...
    - AlterNet

    Dental School Begins Investigation of ProfJul 1, 2005
    But parts of the preliminary report show Douglass reported finding no significant connection between fluoride and osteosarcoma, a rare but deadly form of bone ...
    - Harvard Crimson

    The gift of lifeJul 12, 2005
    By January 2003, she had beat it. Then, this April, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, in her right tibia. ...
    - Ventura County Star (subscription)

    Community support helps teen battle rare bone cancerJul 23, 2005
    ...to help him.". Mike, the couple's only child, was recently diagnosed with a form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. His family says ...
    - Brockton Enterprise

    Empiricus: our clinical journal commentatorJul 26, 2005
    Survival rates ranged from 100% for retinoblasttoma, 93% for Hodgkin’s disease and 91% for osteosarcoma to 49% for all central nervous system tumours in ...
    - AustralianDoctor.com (subscription)

    Did prof lie about fluoride-cancer link?Jul 15, 2005
    The school will work with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to review Chester Douglass' research into fluoride and osteosarcoma, a rare ...
    - Chicago Sun-Times

    Duke Children's Hospital gets $50,000 check from HyundaiJul 20, 2005
    Six months and several chemotherapy treatments later, Leslie, who eventually was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, placed her handprint beside dozens of others at ...
    - Durham Herald Sun

    Chemokine Therapeutics' cancer drug granted orphan-drug ...Jul 19, 2005
    The study found that CTCE-9908 dramatically inhibited the spread of cancer to the lung in mice that had an osteosarcoma cell line. ...
    - Canada NewsWire

    Racing runs in the Grove familyJul 17, 2005
    That month brought Silmaril's first major victory, in the $75,000 Jameela Stakes, and Noah's diagnosis of osteosarcoma, a form of childhood bone cancer most ...
    - The News Journal

    Inhibition of urokinase receptor gene expression and cell invasion ...Jul 12, 2005
    ...respectively. They also showed an ability to cleave uPAR mRNA in the human osteosarcoma cell line Saos-2 after transfection. The ...
    - European Journal of Biochemistry

    Palliative Pain Management: When Both Pain and Suffering HurtJul 15, 2005
    A man in his 20s, with relapsed osteosarcoma progressing rapidly in his bones and lungs, was on hemodialysis for ifosfamide-induced end-stage renal failure ...
    - Disabilities.AFreePress.com

    Cancer survival gap: Progress stalls for young adultsJul 6, 2005
    ...the major cooperative group of pediatric cancer institutions in North America, will now enroll patients up to age 40 in trials for osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma ...
    - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

    Public ServiceJul 1, 2005
    Mark Anthony Velasco, 15, from barangay Talamban, Cebu City, has osteosarcoma. Mark’s parents are appealing to the public for ...
    - The Freeman

    Survivor shares experiences in order to help other kidsJul 12, 2005
    ...adults twice her age. Just before she turned 16, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer. After many rounds ...
    - Ventura County Star (subscription)

    Terry Fox Run honours 25th anniversaryJul 8, 2005
    Today, a young person with an osteosarcoma ñ the same tumour that Terry Fox had more than 20 years ago, has a high likelihood of recovery. ...
    - Stoney Creek News

    Nonprofit uses art to give hospital patients chance to healJul 11, 2005
    Katy recovered from stage 1 osteosarcoma and plans to begin her sophomore year this fall at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem. ...
    - dBusinessNews Triad

    Springmill Products, Inc. (SPI) Calls For “Serious Review� of ...Jul 7, 2005
    The most recent study, in June 2005, which was conducted at the Harvard School of Dental Health, found increased bone cancer (osteosarcoma) in boys who had ...
    - Emediawire

    Accepting the Prioritization of Patient ValuesJul 1, 2005
    A seventeen-year-old boy who had had a subtotal femoral reconstruction because of an osteosarcoma in the left femur, and a subsequent revision for hardware ...
    - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery




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