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Doctors Say Usual Course of Treatment Is Radiation and Chemotherapy Sen. Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor after suffering a seizure over the weekend. (David Hume Kennerly/Getty Image) Doctors for the...
By targeting a common virus, doctors may be able to extend the lives of patients diagnosed with the most prevalent and deadly type of brain tumor, according to a study led by researchers in Duke's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center. A type of herpes virus called human cytomegalovirus (CMV)...
NEWTON, Mass.----Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a Company developing carbohydrate-based targeted therapeutic compounds to treat cancer and fibrosis, has completed an important step toward submission of a New Drug Application for DAVANAT® by filing the Drug Master File to the U.S.
Lung Cancer Symptoms and Treatment Patients who have undergone surgical procedures for the removal of lung cancer can tolerate and benefit from exercise regimens started just a month after surgery, according to a new study led by researchers at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. "Previous...
Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. and partner GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday that midstage clinical data showed the addition of their drug, elesclomol, significantly improved progression-free survival in advanced melanoma patients being treated for the first time with chemotherapy.
Posted on: Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 09:01 CDT Calypso Medical has announced that the FDA cleared a new indication for the use of implantable Beacon electromagnetic transponders with the Calypso System in external beam radiation therapy. Known as GPS for the Body, the Calypso System utilizes...
IPSOGEN SA (Marseille and New Haven), a cancer profiler that develops and markets molecular diagnostic assays for blood & breast cancers, announced that researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC, Houston, TX) will present the results of two studies on the Genomic...
Plastic surgeons performed more than five million reconstructive procedures in 2007 -ranging from repairing dog bite wounds and birth defects to removing tumors and reconstructing breasts following mastectomy. Who are these people? What happened to them? How has reconstructive surgery changed...
Skin Cancer Symptoms and Treatment Disabling a protein frequently found in melanoma tumors may make the cancer more vulnerable to chemotherapy, according to a pilot study led by researchers in the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. "We tested a compound that can weaken the tumor by targeting a...
Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) plus diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) can accurately diagnose residual or recurrent prostate cancer in patients treated with high-intensity focused ultrasonic ablation, a new study shows. The study included 27 patients who had increased levels of prostate...
