Packages of kids' cheer
Leader Community Newspapers Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:56 AM PST
THE Colour Lab in Prahran is rallying to help families who will spend Christmas at children's cancer centres. |
SPOTLIGHT: Mattoon woman highlights poverty
Washington Examiner Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:43 AM PST
DAWN SCHABBING Mattoon Journal-Gazette MATTOON, Ill. As a two-time cancer survivor, Junie Rose sees the world in a different way. And what better way to see things than in the open air of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle long-distance ride, covering territory from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and beyond? Twice she's ridden in the organized event called Hoka Hey Challenge, most recently ... |
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Pendle Today Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:40 AM PST
PUPILS, staff and parents from Bradley Primary School, Nelson, have presented a cheque for £561.87 to cancer victim Shaylee Houghton. |
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PharmiWeb Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:32 AM PST
GlaxoSmithKline has suffered a setback with the news that Tykerb has failed a late-stage study investigating whether adjuvant treatment with the drug will improve disease-free survival in women with early-stage HER2 positive breast cancer.Results have been presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium from TEACH, a Phase III trial designed to evaluate the effects of Tykerb/Tyverb ... |
Breast cancer treatment may impair survivors' mental abilities
New Kerala Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:13 AM PST
Washington, Dec 12 : Experts have revealed that breast cancer survivors may experience problems with certain mental abilities several years after treatment, regardless of whether they were treated with chemotherapy plus radiation or radiation only. |
Study points to novel way to improve outcomes from umbilical cord blood transplants
PhysOrg Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:07 AM PST
A new method to boost the number of immune cells in umbilical cord blood prior to cord blood transplants for cancer patients appears to lead to a quicker rebuilding of a new immune system in the patient's body than with a conventional cord blood transplant procedure, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that will be presented today at ... |
Breast cancer survivors struggle with cognitive problems several years after treatment
PhysOrg Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:07 AM PST
A new analysis has found that breast cancer survivors may experience problems with certain mental abilities several years after treatment, regardless of whether they were treated with chemotherapy plus radiation or radiation only. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that there may be common and treatment-specific ways that ... |
Researchers repair immune system in leukemia patients following chemotherapy
PhysOrg Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:07 AM PST
A new treatment using leukemia patients' own infection-fighting cells appears to protect them from infections and cancer recurrence following treatment with fludarabine-based chemotherapy, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The new process is a step toward eliminating the harsh side effects that result from the commonly prescribed ... |
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