Reader-submitted content: Community support for Relay for Life important
Portales News-Tribune Tue, 03 May 2011 17:55 PM PDT
Editor’s note: Each day this week we will be presenting stories by someone affected by cancer and plans to participate in the annual Relay for Life event 6 p.m. Friday at New Houk Park in Clovis: “You have two days to fix it, because we are... |
Neoprobe reports positive results in Lymphoseek clinical trial
MedCity News Tue, 03 May 2011 17:52 PM PDT
A phase 3 clinical trial showed Neoprobe‘s (NYSE Amex:NEOP) radiopharmaceutical Lymphoseek to be superior to the current standard of care in identifying cancerous lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer or melanoma. With the positive results of the trial in hand, Neoprobe CEO Mark Pykett reiterated the Dublin, Ohio’s company’s plans to file for regulatory approval [...] |
Personalized medicine firm MDxHealth gets $1.1M for cancer diagnostics R&D
MedCity News Tue, 03 May 2011 17:50 PM PDT
Molecular diagnostics company MDxHealth and partner NovioGendix have been awarded a $1.1 million grant that will be applied toward research and development of a new bladder cancer diagnostic. Belgium-based MDxHealth (BRU:MDXH), which has its U.S. headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, develops companion diagnostics for cancer treatments. The grant to MDxHealth and Dutch molecular diagnostics ... |
Maybe He Should Have Just Kept Smoking: Man Arrested in String of Nicotine Gum Themfts
LAist Tue, 03 May 2011 17:48 PM PDT
Quitting smoking isn't easy, but thankfully, once you put down the cancer sticks you can swap out your habit for a patch, one of those newfangled air cigs, or chew on some nicotine gum. Unfortunately for one Mission Viejo man, his gum habit was actually a shoplifting habit that has now found him arrested on multiple charges of theft, according to the OC Register . [ more › ] |
Monmouth U. to host Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk
Independent Tue, 03 May 2011 17:47 PM PDT
WEST LONG BRANCH â€" The Monmouth County Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk will be held May 15 at Monmouth University with all net proceeds benefiting The Lustgarten Foundation, the nation’s largest private foundation dedicated solely to funding pancreatic cancer research. read more |
Anything but a flowery cause
Griffith Area News Tue, 03 May 2011 17:42 PM PDT
THEY might look like your run of the mill chrysanthemums, but these pretty blooms are actually very special. Not only do they have the ability to say "I love you mum" by purchasing a bunch, you will also help cancer patients in Griffith. |
The Decemberists - The Decemberists Keyboard Player Diagnosed With Cancer
Contactmusic Tue, 03 May 2011 17:40 PM PDT
Jenny Conlee, the keyboard player with cult indie act The Decemberists, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The musician and band leader Colin Meloy have taken to the group's website to break the bad news to fans - but both remain optimistic.... |
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