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In patients with locally advanced prostate cancer and negative results on lymph node examination, immunochemical testing of the lymph node cells can spot the spread of cancer cells that are not detected at initial tissue examination, a study shows. Moreover, the presence of hidden prostate cancer cells that have spread (metastasized) to the lymph nodes [...]
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High blood levels of iron coupled with high levels of very low density (VLDL) lipoprotein cholesterol appear to interact to increase the risk of cancer. “Iron and lipids combine to create oxidative stress, and oxidative stress has a role in the development of cancer,” Dr. Arch G. Mainous III, of the Medical University of South [...]
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Biotech company Dendreon Corp. (DNDN.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it plans to seek approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration later this year to market the prostate cancer drug Provenge. The company said results of a Phase 3 study of the drug would appear in the July issue of the Journal of [...]
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Scientists say using DNA testing and conventional Pap smears could prevent cervical cancer in millions of women worldwide, potentially saving hundreds of thousands of lives each year. A study found the combination testing was most effective in identifying women at highest risk of developing cervical cancer. In a perfect world, women would go to their [...]
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A CANCER research team in Dundee are to receive a £1.5 million windfall from a scandal-hit charity. The donation was approved yesterday by a judge at the Court of Session, where three years ago charity watchdogs exposed mismanagement at Paisley-based Breast Cancer Research (Scotland). An accountant appointed to take over the running of the charity [...]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. A Nashville TV reporter who covered Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan has died after a battle with cancer. Dana (DA’-nuh) Kaye had worked at W-T-V-F T-V. She died this morning at age 50. Funeral arrangements are pending. Kaye survived a recent bout with breast cancer and had returned [...]
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Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals is beginning a phase IIb trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the investigational drug seliciclib as a third-line treatment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. The trial is being initiated following FDA and central institutional review board (IRB) approval of the trial protocol. The study builds on the observation of [...]
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A CANCER sufferer planning a gruelling fundraising trek along the Great Wall of China has been left devastated after thieves stole her collection box. Heather Morrison, 40, is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer for the third time. The librarian from Portobello is trying to raise £6000 with her husband Jim, 46, for [...]
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A new study finds that rates of cancer and cancer-related death are especially high among survivors of the Holocaust in Israel. An Israeli research team found that Holocaust survivors who emigrated from Europe to Israel following World War II are at higher risk for cancer compared to European Jews who moved there before the war [...]
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Scottish researchers are reporting that they have developed a method that can identify in a much better manner to see if people are at risk of receiving types of hereditary colon cancer. More than 100,000 new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States alone. Colon cancer is the third most [...]
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Most people would run the other way if faced with scorpion venom. But brain cancer patients might do the opposite one day. According to researchers from the Transmolecular Corporation in Cambridge, Mass., a radioactive version of the venom is showing promise in delivering radiation therapy directly to brain cancer cells in humans. The compound consists [...]
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A New York researcher says frequent exposure to artificial light at night may increase the risk of breast cancer. In a study reported in the current issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, Dr. Cristina Leske of Stony Brook University questioned 576 Long Island women who developed breast cancer, and 585 who never had the [...]
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