Bladder Cancer

Lancaster renews fight with cancer

canoe.ca     11 hrs ago   1 related          

Ron Lancaster is fighting cancer again. The CFL legend, who several years ago beat bladder cancer, has been diagnosed with lung cancer and has started chemotherapy and radiation treatments. The 69-year-old Lancaster is the...                    

Lorus Toxicology Program Supports Novel Route of Administration of the Anticancer Drug LOR-2040...

yahoo.com     Aug 5, 2008   1 related          

Tuesday August 5, 8:00 am ET TORONTO, ONTARIO--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug 5, 2008 -- Lorus Therapeutics Inc. (Toronto: ) ("Lorus"), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the research and development of pharmaceutical products and...                    

Burning joss sticks 'as deadly as traffic fumes or cigarette smoke'

buddhistchannel.tv     Aug 2, 2008   3 related          

by Ian MacKinnon, The Guardian, July 30 2008 Bangkok, Thailand -- Photograph: Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi/ Reuters Burning joss sticks lit as an offering in shrines and temples fill the air with cancer-causing toxins that are...                    

Smoking Causes Half Of All Bladder Cancer Cases

medicalnewstoday.com     Aug 1, 2008   12 related          

Not many people know that smoking causes bladder cancer, according to a new study published in The Journal of Urology® by Drs. Seth A. Strope and James E. Montie of the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor. In...                    

Tikcro Technologies Closes Funding into BioCancell

genengnews.com     Jul 31, 2008   1 related          

News source: Business Wire Tikcro Technologies Ltd. (OTC BB: TIKRF), today announced the closing of the agreement to provide BioCancell Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, with $2.5 million in...                    

Enlarged Prostate Causes and Risk Factors

bharatbhasha.com     Jul 31, 2008   2 related          

oneself as to the indicators and causes of the condition. Knowing what to look for is tantamount to early intervention and, possibly, survival. What is the prostate? The prostate gland is a walnut sized gland that wraps around...                    

Sunitinib Malate Is Active Against Human Urothelial Carcinoma And Enhances The Activity Of...

medicalnewstoday.com     Jul 31, 2008          

UroToday.com - Standard front-line cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy for metastatic transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) with either MVAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, cisplatin) or GC (gemcitabine, cisplatin)...                    

Robotic surgery extends benefits to bladder cancer patients at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

physorg.com     Jul 30, 2008   12 related          

Robotic surgery, largely pioneered for prostate cancer surgery, is rapidly being adapted for use in other areas, including for bladder cancer patients. Urologic surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical...                    

Roswell Park Surgeons Perform 100th Bladder Cancer Robotic Surgery

studentbmj.com     Jul 25, 2008          

The Minimally Invasive Surgical Center at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has performed its 100th robot-assisted radical cystectomy for advanced bladder cancer using the da Vinci®Surgical Robotic System which distinguishes...                    

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Surgical Advances in Robotic Partial Nephrectomies and Prostatectomies

marketwire.com     Jul 24, 2008   4 related          

Live Webcast: From NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital: July 24, 2008 at 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC) NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - That is why the advent of the da Vinci robotic surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.), originally...                    

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