Industry

Roche Waits for the New Cancer Drug Approval

Roche Waits for the New Cancer Drug Approval »

Recently Roche Holding said it has filed an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a novel cancer drug called trastuzumab-DM1, or T-DM1, the drug hoped could help the Swiss pharma giant replace...

July 7 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »
Bristol-Myers drug shows modest effect in lung cancer

Bristol-Myers drug shows modest effect in lung cancer »

An experimental drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. when used with chemotherapy appeared to keep advanced lung cancer from progressing modestly longer than chemotherapy alone, according to a summary of data from a mid-stage...

May 24 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »

Research

Obesity Linked to Increased Cancer Mortality Risk »

Obesity Linked to Increased Cancer Mortality Risk

According to a new report published online in Lancet Oncology, recently. Individuals who are obese and overweight have a significant increased risk for cancer...

Jul 3 2010 / 6 comments / Read More »

Watch out moms, milk bottles may lead to breast cancer! »

Watch out moms, milk bottles may lead to breast cancer!

Prof Ana Soto is a researcher in cancer development at Ulster University that it has been noted that bisphenol A (BPA) is a risky...

Jun 19 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Lowering breast cancer risk with soy protein intake »

Lowering breast cancer risk with soy protein intake

In her report, Larissa Korde, principal researcher at the Clinical Genetics Branch Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, US, reported that...

Jun 15 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Breast cancer versus immunity »

Breast cancer versus immunity

News of a prototype breast cancer “vaccine” caused something of a stir in the media recently, with flurries of reports on how researchers at...

Jun 15 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »

People

Christopher Hitchens Diagnosed with Throat Cancer »

Christopher Hitchens Diagnosed with Throat Cancer

Author, journalist and public intellectual Christopher Hitchens, made the announcement via a statement posted on Vanity Fair’s website, a publication for which he regularly contributes. He announced Wednesday that he will undergo treatment for cancer of the esophagus, thereby cutting short his current book tour. “I...

Jul 11 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Jennifer Saunders Success in Beats Breast Cancer »

Jennifer Saunders Success in Beats Breast Cancer

A comedy icon in the United Kingom, English actress Jennifer reportedly began treatment for breast cancer after finding a lump in October 2009. The 52-year-old decided to keep her diagnosis private. According to the BBC, Jennifer has now completed treatment and is in remission. Funny lady...

Jul 11 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Alicia Keys and Rihanna, seek help for cancer patient Tavarez »

Alicia Keys and Rihanna, seek help for cancer patient Tavarez

Singers Alicia Keys and Rihanna are calling on fans to register as bone marrow donors to help 11-year-old actress Shannon Tavarez find a match in her battle with cancer. The actress, who played the young Nala onstage in the musical, The Lion King, was diagnosed with...

Jul 11 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Support

Radiation study finds new hope in breast cancer treatment »

Radiation study finds new hope in breast cancer treatmentDoctors are testing a new treatment that could lead to sweeping changes in the fight against breast cancer. Daily doses of radiation can take a...

Jun 10 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
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Breast Cancer

Watch out moms, milk bottles may lead to breast cancer!

Watch out moms, milk bottles may lead to breast cancer!

Prof Ana Soto is a researcher in cancer development at Ulster University that it has been noted that bisphenol A (BPA) is a risky product and that Government should launch a precautionary ban. Bisphenol...

Jun 19, 2010 / More »

Pancreatic Cancer

High carbohydrate diet may links to pancreatic cancer

High carbohydrate diet may links to pancreatic cancer

Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, from the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland and her co-workers did initially find prove of a correlation between a high carbohydrate diet and pancreatic cancer among more than 100,000 older women...

May 21, 2010 / More »

Skin Cancer

Indoor tanning may increase melanoma risk by 74 percent

Indoor tanning may increase melanoma risk by 74 percent

Indoor ultraviolet tanning may increase the risk of melanoma by 74% than those who have never tanned indoors. The more time someone has spent tanning indoors, the higher the risk. Melanoma is a...

Jun 9, 2010 / More »

Lung Cancer

Bristol-Myers drug shows modest effect in lung cancer

Bristol-Myers drug shows modest effect in lung cancer

An experimental drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. when used with chemotherapy appeared to keep advanced lung cancer from progressing modestly longer than chemotherapy alone, according to a summary of data from...

May 24, 2010 / More »
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