|
Carcinoma Articles
Carcinoma News : Single Institutional Experience With Nephron-Sparing Surgery For Pathologic Stage T3bNxM0 Renal Cell Carcinoma ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:47:55 GMT UroToday.com - The availability of novel and promising targeted therapies for the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), such as bevacizumab plus interferon and sunitinib, has meant important increases in options for patients and physicians treating this deadly disease. It has also meant that patients can take medications, non-curatively, for long periods of time. So ...Carcinoma News : Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy For Renal Cell Carcinoma: Oncological Outcomes At 10 Years Or More Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:42:51 GMT UroToday.com - Key finding: Perioperative and surrogate oncologic outcomes were analyzed in the urological literature. In this study, however, we were able to address the remaining concern of long-term oncological outcomes after laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. In 73 patients with kidney cancer undergoing laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and followed for mean 11.2 years, cancer-specific and ...American gomi yashiki Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:54:32 GMT I was recently asked by a Japanese person if we have gomi yashiki (trash houses) in the United States. In Japan, such houses refer to those whose inhabitants hoard things to the point that their stuff is overflowing onto the streets, sometimes impeding traffic. We do have gomi yashiki in the U.S. I should know â my parents' house used to be stuffed to the brim with junk. Things were not flowing ...Aethlon Capital cautiously optimistic Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:57:30 GMT Itâs going to be a tenuous climb back for the U.S. economy.Risk Factor Analysis In A Contemporary Cystectomy Cohort Using Standardized Reporting Methodology And Adverse Event ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:12:24 GMT UroToday.com - Despite significant improvements in surgical technique, preoperative preparation and perioperative care since the inception of radical cystectomy (RC), the complication rate associated with this operation remains high. Patients requiring RC are elderly with considerable associated comorbidities due to the strong association of cigarette smoking and urothelial bladder carcinoma...Novel Interventional Radiology Treatment With Microspheres Shows Promise For Liver Cancer Patients Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:25:33 GMT An interventional radiology treatment the use of intra-arterial yttrium-90 microspheres for liver cancer (also known as hepatocellular carcinoma) shows promise in prolonging life for many patients with this devastating condition, according to researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla. This is encouraging news for liver cancer patients ...Liver cancer: Treatment with intra-arterial yttrium-90 microspheres promising Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:31:49 GMT An interventional radiology treatment-the use of intra-arterial yttrium-90 microspheres for liver cancer (also known as hepatocellular carcinoma)-shows promise in prolonging life for many patients with this devastating condition, according to researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.Roche to strengthen global leadership position in oncology, to expand therapeutic areas Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:43:44 GMT Roche is set to strengthen its global leadership position in oncology and to expand in therapeutic areas such as metabolism, inflammation and diseases of the central nervous system.Sick as a parrot... Woman says sad farewell to bird after paying Β£50,000 for its cancer treatment Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:56:05 GMT Pet owner thought nothing of shelling out the cash and says she is pleased she bought the bird an extra nine months of life.Boccieri will announce his health care vote Friday Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:16:47 GMT U.S. Rep. John Boccieri has decided that he will no longer be undecided on the health care bill by the end of Friday morning. He plans to announce how heâll vote in a press conference scheduled for 10:40 a.m. at the U.S. Capitol. CantonRep.com is awaiting the announcement and will have it shortly.REMINDER: This Week on ORLive (March 8, 2010): Watch and Learn as Surgeons From Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT WEST HARTFORD, CT--(Marketwire - 03/17/10) - ORLive, your destination for live and on-demand surgery video, will present a life saving Esophageal Atresia correction surgery from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and introduce upcoming broadcasts on the diagnosis and treatment of hepatacellular carcinoma, an aggressive form of liver cancer, and a live reverse shoulder arthroplasty surgery. This ...Avon Walk For Breast Cancer fundraising event this weekend Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:15:33 GMT Candy Canes Breast Friends are hosting a fundraising event Sunday to raise money to participate in the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer in June. The group is comprised of friends and family of Candy Jarigese, who was diagnosed withAbraxis Flies On Drug Test Success Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:14:34 GMT Biotechnology company gains on successful late-stage study for lung cancer treatment.Abraxis Finds The Right Dose Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:44:34 GMT Successful trial of lung cancer drug sends biotech's shares spiraling higher.Novel Interventional Radiology Treatment With Microspheres Shows Promise For Liver Cancer Patients Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:00:43 GMT More than three-fourths of hepatocellular carcinoma patients can't have surgery; intra-arterial yttrium-90 gives patients more time, offers minimally invasive treatmentNovel interventional radiology treatment with microspheres shows promise for liver cancer patients Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:26:40 GMT ( Society of Interventional Radiology ) An interventional radiology treatment -- the use of intra-arterial yttrium-90 microspheres for liver cancer (also known as hepatocellular carcinoma) -- shows promise in prolonging life for many patients with this devastating condition, according to researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.New Data Indicate Effectiveness Of Clarient's Ovotax(TM) Test For Ovarian Cancer Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:40:48 GMT Clarient, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRT), a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, announced that data from a new study shows that Clarient's Ovotax⢠assay may effectively predict which ovarian cancer patients will respond favorably to taxane therapy and could, therefore, be spared the potential side effects of this rigorous and sometimes ...Imaging Response in the Primary Index Lesion and Clinical Outcomes Following Transarterial Locoregional Therapy for ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:36:20 GMT Context Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) (unidimensional), World Health Organization (WHO) (bidimensional), and European Association for Study of the Liver (EASL) (necrosis) guidelines are commonly used to assess response following therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). No universally accepted standard exists. Objectives To evaluate intermethod agreement between these ...St. Baldrick's Foundation: Getting ahead for childhood cancer research Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:38:19 GMT All afternoon, kids paraded into the Winnetka salon with their shaggy hair pointing in all directions. When they came out, every last one was bald.PCI Biotech Reports Successful Completion Of The Third Dose Group In The Phase I/II Amphinex(R) Trial Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:40:50 GMT PCI Biotech reported that it has completed the treatment of the third dose group in the phase I/II study of its proprietary photosensitiser Amphinex® used in combination with the cytotoxic agent bleomycin in cancer patients. Complete clinical regression of all evaluable treated tumours is observed within a few weeks of treatment also on patients at the third dose level, although one patient died ...The Bald woman's Blog: Part Five Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:00:01 GMT Breast cancer survivor Su Candy's moving diary continues. The waiting is the worst and the lack of sleep. The early hour gremlin wakes me at dawn and then sings to me along with the birds so no more sleep for me.Study Finds 'Epidemic' of Skin Cancer Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:26:51 GMT Skin cancer rates are on the rise, despite years of warnings about sunscreen.This Week on ORLive (March 15, 2010): Watch a Live Interactive Presentation of a Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Surgery ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:44:00 GMT WEST HARTFORD, CT--(Marketwire - 03/16/10) - ORLive, your destination for live and on-demand surgery video, will present a live interactive broadcast focused on a reverse shoulder arthroplasty surgery, take you inside the latest research on the diagnosis and treatment of hepatacellular carcinoma, an aggressive form of liver cancer, and give you a preview of upcoming broadcasts featuring an ...Study Documents Increasing Racial Disparities In Access To High Quality Care For Brain Tumors Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:25:44 GMT African Americans and Hispanic patients appear less likely than white patients to have access to high-quality surgical care for brain tumors, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The article is one of several in the issue focusing on cancer, and is being published in conjunction with a JAMA theme issue on cancer...Ghrelin mitigates liver fibrosis in animal models; regulates human fibrosis Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:29:41 GMT Spanish researchers determined that rats treated with recombinant ghrelin displayed a reduction in liver fibrosis. Ghrelin, a stomach hormone, reduced the amount of fibrogenic cells by 25 percent in the treated rodents. Research further showed ghrelin prevented acute liver damage and reduced oxidative stress and inflammation in the animal models.SKMC Organizes the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Update Conference on 20 March 2010 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:06:10 GMT 18 March 2010 Under the endorsement of Abu Dhabi Health Services Company - SEHA, the Laboratory Medicine Department at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), managed by Cleveland Clinic, organizes a joint conference on Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hilton Hotel - Abu Dhabi on 20 March 2010 with the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)/Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA) and the ...MDS Nordion's TheraSphere(R) Highlighted at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT MDS Nordion, a global leader in providing products and services for medical imaging and radiotherapeutics, and sterilization technologies, today announced that TheraSphere, an innovative Yttrium-90 radioembolization treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma , commonly known as primary liver cancer, was the topic of several major presentations at the 2010 Society of Interventional Radiology 35th ...MDS Nordion's TheraSphere(R) Highlighted at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT Use of TheraSphere in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Subject of Several Physicians' Presentations OTTAWA, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - MDS Nordion, a global leader in providing products and services for medical imaging and radiotherapeutics, and sterilization technologies, today announced that TheraSphere(R), an innovative Yttrium-90 radioembolization treatment for hepatocellular ...Possible new drug target for head and neck cancers Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:21:44 GMT Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the most common types of human cancer; it is the name given to a group of cancers that includes cancer of the mouth. While the prognosis for all patients with HNSCC is not good, it is substantially worse for those whose cancer has already spread (metastasized) to their lymph nodes by the time they are diagnosed. Identifying the molecules ...Endo to Present at Barclays Capital Global Healthcare Conference Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:15:17 GMT CHADDS FORD, Pa., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Endo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ENDP) today announced that it will present at the Barclays Capital 2010 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010, at 10:15 a.m. EDT.Michigan mom's letter to Obama nets handwritten response Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:18:33 GMT MONROE An unemployed 27-year-old Michigan mother who scribbled a three-page letter on notebook paper to President Barack Obama received something she never expected: a handwritten response from the commander in chief. Jennifer Cline, who lives about 35 miles south of Detroit in Monroe, said it took about five minutes to write the letter detailing how her family was faring despite job losses and ...How Michigan mom got president's attention Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:31:58 GMT As soon as she saw the bulky package sticking out of the mailbox, Jennifer Cline knew it was from the White House. The Monroe mom found a handwritten note from President Barack Obama.How Michigan mom got president's attention Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:24 GMT The 27-year-old mother of two scribbled her thoughts on three pages of notebook paper. She wrote about how she and her husband lost their jobs in 2007 and how she battled two kinds of skin cancer without health insurance.Michigan mom's letter to Obama nets handwritten response Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:46:59 GMT MONROE â An unemployed 27-year-old Michigan mother who scribbled a three-page letter on notebook paper to President Barack Obama received something she never expected: a handwritten response from the commander in chief.Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Provides Corporate Update and Reports 2009 Audited Results Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:36:59 GMT Vancouver, BC, March 17, 2010--(T-Net)--Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX:TKM), a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today reported its 2009 audited operating results, including a summary of 2009 corporate and product development achievements as well as recent corporate highlights.Lance Mackey wins fourth straight Iditarod Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:34:44 GMT NOME, Alaska â Pumping his fist as he approached the finish line, Lance Mackey won the Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Tuesday afternoon, becoming the first musher to take four straight.REMINDER: This Week on ORLive (March 8, 2010): Watch and Learn as Surgeons From Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:12:09 GMT ORLive -- Your Destination for Live and On-Demand Surgery VideoClarient's Ovotax test may help improve patientsβ response to taxane therapy Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:30:58 GMT Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that data from a new study shows that Clarient's Ovotax⢠assay may effectively predict which ovarian cancer patients will respond favorably to taxane therapy and could, therefore, be spared the potential side effects of this rigorous and sometimes toxic ...Systemic underfunding of CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis puts millions of Americans' health at risk Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:15:58 GMT Warning that systemic underfunding of the Centers for Disease Control's Division of Viral Hepatitis puts millions of Americans' health and well-being at risk, the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable today called on the Administration to work with Congress to take decisive action this year to fix the funding failure for viral hepatitis screening, surveillance, and early intervention programs.Most controversial issues in urology to be discussed in the Annual Congress of EAU Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:01:34 GMT Some of the most controversial issues in urology will be discussed by leading experts during the five-day 25th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology in the Fira Barcelona congress venue in Barcelona (ES). From April 16 to 20, close to 12,000 participants and 3,000 company representatives are expected to gather in one of the world's biggest annual professional meetings in urology.Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers in the Millions and Rising Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:18:58 GMT Title: Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers in the Millions and Rising Category: Health News Created: 3/15/2010 4:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 3/16/2010Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Cases Jump Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:00:07 GMT Dr. Jennifer Ashton Discusses Most Common Cancer, Risk Factors, When to Go to the DoctorLance Mackey wins fourth straight Iditarod Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:00:58 GMT NOME, Alaska - Pumping his fist as he approached the finish line, Lance Mackey won the Iditarod Sled Dog Race on...NCCN Guidelines translated into Japanese Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:02:28 GMT The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology have been further recognized as the global standard in oncology with the announcement that select NCCN Guidelines⢠are being translated into Japanese. The Translational Research Informatics Center Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, under the supervision of the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum, has translated the ...What you need to know about skin cancer Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:38:51 GMT By Dr Derrick Aw, Consultant, University Dermatology Clinic, National University Hospital.Novel procedure opens door to new and future treatment for pancreatic cancer Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:38:08 GMT Pancreatic cancer-known as the most fatal cancer with no known effective treatment-requires a radical new therapy. A promising approach may come in the form of tiny gold nanoparticles-loaded with a therapeutic agent to kill cancer-in a novel procedure called nanoembolization, said researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.Endo to Present at Barclays Capital Global Healthcare Conference Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT Endo Pharmaceuticals today announced that it will present at the Barclays Capital 2010 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010, at 10:15 a.m. EDT. à David Holveck, president and chief executive officer of Endo, will review the company's products and development programs.Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Provides Corporate Update and Reports 2009 Audited Results Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 03/17/10) - Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX: TKM - News ), a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today reported its 2009 audited operating results, including a summary of 2009 corporate and product development achievements as well as recent corporate highlights. Dr. Mark J. Murray, Tekmira's President and CEO, said, In ...Impact of tumor surgery on sexual function Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:37:51 GMT Sexual problems are frequent after operations for carcinoma of the rectum. Christian Schmidt et al. describe the consequences for quality of life in the current issue of Deutsches -rzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107[8]: 123-30). |
Infectious and parasitic diseases |
|
|
< Home > |
||