Health News: [cancer]

Lung cancer deaths drop by 20 percent when screening done by CT scans, study shows New Haven Register Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:54 PM PDT A national study released today has found that using low-dose CT scans to screen for lung cancer resulted in a 20 percent reduction in deaths from the disease. Dendreon receives FDA approval for Los Angeles cancer immunotherapy manufacturing facility News-Medical-Net Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:50 PM PDT Dendreon Corporation today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its Los Angeles cancer immunotherapy manufacturing facility, allowing the company to continue to increase the availability of PROVENGE across the U.S. to help meet the needs of patients with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. FDA may curb use of Avastin Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:44 PM PDT A Food and Drug Administration panel took a major step Wednesday toward ending use of the best-selling drug Avastin for treating advanced breast cancer in the United States, despite appeals from distraught patients and the company manufacturing the drug. Latest News Wrestling News Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:35 PM PDT -- Roddy Piper updated his Twitter with the following message: I beat cancer again. My Tweeter's are the best.Thanks for your love. Now Indi, here I come. Warn the week of heart.. US panel rejects Avastin for breast cancer use Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:34 PM PDT An expert panel urged the US Food and Drug Administration to strip the Roche-made drug Avastin of its label for use against breast cancer because it is neither safe nor effective. Lapeer Days Lapeer Area View Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:33 PM PDT The Lapeer Days Festival and our major sponsor: Lapeer Regional Medical Center and its McLaren partners, McLaren Medical Group, McLaren Homecare Group, Great Lakes Cancer Institute â€" Lapeer, are pleased to bring another festival of great family fun and entertainment to the streets of downtown Lapeer this August 19-21. read more Experts look to raise radon awareness Carroll County Times Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:27 PM PDT Radon is an odorless, invisible carcinogenic gas that is naturally released but is the second-leading cause of lung cancer behind cigarette smoking. It causes an estimated 20,000 deaths each year in the U.S. Certain Cancer Drugs Don't Interfere With Flu Vaccine: Study MedicineNet.com Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:22 PM PDT Title: Certain Cancer Drugs Don't Interfere With Flu Vaccine: Study Category: Health News Created: 6/28/2011 6:06:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 6/29/2011 Relay raises $86,420! The Harlan Tribune Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:15 PM PDT HARLAN -- The Shelby County Relay for Life event was considered a monumental success Friday, June 3, raising more than $86,000 for Cancer research. On a beautiful night at Swede Johnson Track at Merrill Field, hundreds turned out for the annual event. Shown here, friends and family members of cancer survivors pose for a photo before joining this year’s cancer survivors in a lap around the track ... Roche Loses Avastin Appeal in Third U.S. Panel Rejection in Breast Cancer Bloomberg Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:13 PM PDT Roche Holding AG’s failure to persuade a U.S. panel to back Avastin in breast cancer is the third such loss for the Swiss drugmaker as it looks for new ways to expand sales of the world’s top-selling cancer medicine.

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