Health News: [cancer]

‘Second Chances’ series upcoming The Log Cabin Democrat Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:01 AM PST Manny Hahn will share his story of surviving cancer in the Log Cabin Democrat’s upcoming series, “Second Chances,” slated for the week of Christmas. The series will explore area residents’ successful battles against all odds and the life lessons they learned. Slideshow: TV team make room for a big change for Joshua Cambridge Evening News Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:47 AM PST Tears of joy were shed as a 7-year-old cancer patient and his family had the first look at their new-look home. UGA researchers work on breast cancer vaccine Washington Examiner Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:44 AM PST The Associated Press The Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. Researchers from the University of Georgia and the Mayo Clinic in Arizona say they have developed a vaccine that attacks breast cancer in mice. UGA said in a release Monday that the vaccine dramatically reduces tumors in a mouse model that mimics the majority of human breast and pancreatic cancer cases. The vaccine was described this week in ... Regulus Therapeutics Initiates An Orphan And Rare Disease microRNA Therapeutic Effort In Brain Cancer BioresearchOnline Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:40 AM PST Regulus Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company leading the discovery and development of innovative medicines targeting microRNAs, today announced the initiation of a new discovery effort in microRNA therapeutics for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and aggressive brain tumor in humans. Every Indian to be screened for cancer, diabetes in 5 yrs: Azad rediff.com Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:33 AM PST The government plans to screen the nation's entire population in the next five years for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and strokes for early detection and treatment of the ailments, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Tuesday. He said during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha that a pilot project has been launched in 100 districts of 21 states for prevention and early detection of ... Combination of bortezomib and panobinostat shows promise against advanced MM News-Medical-Net Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:31 AM PST When the targeted drug bortezomib stops working in patients with advanced multiple myeloma, the patients survive only an average of five months longer. But a phase 2 clinical trial has shown that pairing bortezomib with an experimental drug, panobinostat, may be a promising new treatment for such patients, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers say. Scientists create antigenic myeloma peptide 'cocktail' News-Medical-Net Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:31 AM PST Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have created a "cocktail" of immune-stimulating peptides they believe could provoke the body's defenses to attack multiple myeloma in its early "smoldering" phase and slow or prevent the blood cancer. Theodore Otterson, 81 Coeur d'Alene Press Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:24 AM PST Theodore W. Otterson, loving husband and father, passed into eternal life on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, at his home in Post Falls. After a year-long battle with cancer, he passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving wife and both sons. Synta's ganetespib shows potent in vitro and in vivo activity against multiple breast cancer types News-Medical-Net Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:16 AM PST Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. Ganetespib shows potent in vitro and in vivo activity against multiple types of breast cancer including HER2-positive, ER/PR positive, triple-negative, and inflammatory breast cancer according to results presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Brentwood Gazette published William Lancaster - Facing cancer and winning at the age of 5 Essex Chronicle Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:05 AM PST Article

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