Lung Cancer

Imperial College London: Drug shrinks lung cancer tumors in mice

A potential new drug for lung cancer has eliminated tumours in 50% of mice in a new study published in the journal Cancer Research. In the animals, the drug also stopped lung cancer tumours from growing and becoming resistant...

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Walk of hope for cancer survivor

A WOMAN whose lung cancer was cured by pioneering treatment is backing a new walk to raise cash to fight the disease. Anona Fallows agreed to take part in a trial of a new treatment which aims to improve survival rates - just...

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A Four-Gene Signature from NCI-60 Cell Line for Survival Prediction in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Authors' Affiliations: Institutes of Statistical Science and Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica; National Taiwan University Research Center for Medical Excellence-Division of Genomic Medicine; Departments of Clinical...

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Opiate Painkillers May Encourage Spread Of Cancer

New research from the US adds weight to the growing body of evidence that opiate-based painkillers like morphine, which has been used to treat postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two hundred years, encourage cancer cells...

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Smoking Vs. Vaporization: Which is Better? (Robert McGregor)

Should you abandon smoking and use a vaporizer now? Unless you live on another planet, the bad effects of smoking are well known. Thirty percent of all deaths from cancer are the result of cigarette smoking. In fact, 11 kinds...

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Positive interim results from Nereus Pharmaceuticals' plinabulin VDA study for advanced NSCLC

Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pioneer in drug discovery from marine microbial sources, today announced positive interim results from a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the vascular disrupting agent (VDA)...

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European Medical Advisory Committee Does Not Recommend Approval Of Avastin For Deadly Form Of...

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), which is responsible for conducting the initial assessment of medicinal products that have been filed for marketing...

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Family matters for Swinney

PELHAM, Ala. | Ervil Swinney holds court just about any day at M&M Hardware, a throwback country gathering place a little south of Pelham where the old guard drinks coffee and solves the world's problems. As they sit on the...

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Merck KGaA: CHMP Opinion For Erbitux In Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), has adopted a negative opinion for the use of Erbitux® (cetuximab) in combination with platinum-based...

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Mother’s milk lowers diabetes risk

Sunday, November 22, 2009 Infants who are on mom’s milk have a reduced chance of developing diabetes later in life, according to a recent study. The new study found that breast-feeding for at least two months cut the risk of...

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