Medivation deal to develop prostate cancer drug
San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:55 PM PDT
Prostate drug - San Francisco's Medivation Inc. will receive a cash payment of $110 million from Astellas Pharma Inc. of Japan as part of a global agreement to develop and market MDV3100, Medivation's experimental drug for the treatment of prostate... Sponsored Topics: Cancer - Prostate cancer - San Francisco - Health - Conditions and Diseases |
Cancer patient dies in train stranded due to agitation
Press Trust of India Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:51 PM PDT
Suri (WB), Oct 27 (PTI) A cancer patient from Guwahati had a tragic death in a train, which was taking him to Chennai for treatment, at Sainthia station in Birbhum district after he felt uneasy during a 'rail roko' agitation this morning. |
Battle with breast cancer ends, but woman turns to help her mother
Portland Tribune Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:49 PM PDT
Tonya Ziese was the last woman to think she’d get breast cancer. She had no family history of the disease. Her female problems resided below the belt. Diagnosed with polycystic ovarian disease, she was told she’d never have children. Despite the grim prediction, she and her husband ... |
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The Nassau Guardian Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:48 PM PDT
One month after it was revealed that the percentage of the Bahamian female population found to have an abnormal gene that predisposes them to cancer is among the highest in the world, medical researchers have announced they are preparing for the final round of cancer testing in various Family Islands. |
Liquid-based cytology is not better than Pap tests for detecting cervical cancer
News-Medical-Net Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:46 PM PDT
A Dutch study that included nearly 90,000 women finds that liquid-based cytology, a commonly used alternative to conventional Pap tests, is not superior to Pap tests for the detection of cervical cancer precursors or cancer, according to a study in the October 28 issue of JAMA. |
IU to Establish Faculty Chair in Memory of President Myles Brand
Newswise Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:40 PM PDT
Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (Oct. 28) will announce a campaign to create an endowed faculty chair in cancer research in commemoration of the late Myles Brand, the university's 16th president. |
Mayo Clinic Looks to Enhance Early Detection of Breast Cancer
KSPR Springfield Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:37 PM PDT
Every year about 250,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer. Most of these women were not known to be at high risk. That's why researchers at Mayo Clinic are looking for better ways to identify who's at increased risk in order to enhance early detection and, perhaps some day, help these women prevent the disease. They're finding clues in breast tissue. |
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