Pancreatic Cancer

GenVec Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

euroinvestor.co.uk     1 hr ago          

GenVec, Inc. (Nasdaq:GNVC) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. For the six months ended June 30, 2008, GenVec’s net loss was $12.8 million ($0.17 per share), compared to a net loss...                    

Injected Vitamin C Shrinks Tumors In Mice

medicalnewstoday.com     13 hrs ago   1 related          

US researchers found that giving mice with rapidly spreading ovarian, pancreatic, and brain cancers high "pharmacologic " dose injections of vitamin C, also known as ascorbate or ascorbic acid, caused the tumors to shrink and...                    

Researchers Publish Findings Of A New Chemoprevention Gene Therapy That Kills Pancreatic Cancer...

medicalnewsblog.info     yesterday   1 related          

Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine have published findings that implicate a new chemoprevention gene therapy (CGT) for preventing and treating...                    

My life was saved by the same robot that treated Patrick Swayze

dailymail.co.uk     yesterday   2 related          

Just over a year ago Alan Bowley was a dying man. Diagnosed with an inoperable tumour on his pancreas, Alan's only option was palliative radiotherapy to buy him a few more months of life. Net gain: Alan's wife Janet about...                    

Vitamin C injections slow cancer in mice: study (AFP)

yahoo.com     Aug 5, 2008   42 related          

WASHINGTON (AFP) - High doses of vitamin C injections reduced the size of tumors and slowed cancerous growths by about 50 percent in laboratory mice, according to US research. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health...                    

Cutting-Edge Care

drugpolicycentral.com     Aug 4, 2008          

Methadone Could Be Promising New Leukemia Treatment (Mon Aug 04 02:18:21 2008 PDT)[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme2(60%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%),...                    

I Had the Same Disease. But I Was Lucky.

washingtonpost.com     Aug 3, 2008   2 related          

Sunday, August 3, 2008; Page B03 It's a dread disease. Last March, Pausch testified before a congressional subcommittee about his struggle with pancreatic cancer. Holding up a picture of his soon-to-be-widowed wife, he pleaded...                    

A Spice That’s Nice for Your Pancreas

451press.com     Aug 2, 2008          

Wake up your taste buds, and protect your pancreas while you're at it, with some Indian food this weekend. Or try a Thai dish. Turmeric -- the spice that gives curry and other Far Eastern fare its strong, distinctive flavor --...                    

Cell Genesys Earnings Call scheduled for 4:30 pm ET today (CCBN)

yahoo.com     Aug 2, 2008   10 related          

Cell Genesys, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the development and commercialization of biological therapies for patients with cancer. It develops cell-based cancer immunotherapies and oncolytic virus therapies. The...                    

Seattle's Swedish Cancer Institute First In U.S. To Treat Cancer Patient With Elekta VMAT

medicalnewstoday.com     Jul 31, 2008   7 related          

A patient with pancreatic cancer recently became the first person in the United States to receive treatment using Elekta VMAT (Volumetric intensity Modulated Arc Therapy) at Seattle's Swedish Cancer Institute. David Shepard,...                    

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