Health News: [cancer]

Gov't Grants Dying Woman Reunion With Family WCVB Boston Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:01 PM PST A Weymouth woman battling terminal cancer will be reunited with her family after a fight with immigration about allowing them to come to the U.S. to see her. US FDA approves Pfizer's Inlyta for kidney cancer Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:58 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pfizer's Inlyta drug for patients with advanced kidney cancer won approval from U.S. regulators, boosting the company's efforts to offset plunging Lipitor sales. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday said the drug, known generically as axitinib, is effective at treating patients who do not respond to another drug for kidney cancer. Advanced kidney cancer starts in the ... Cancer Benefit In Pekin Hoping For Big Turnout WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:58 PM PST EAST PEORIA - When Mary Holmes was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer last summer, her family was shocked. Head & neck cancer in transplant patients: For better or worse? EurekAlert! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:48 PM PST Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Lung Tumor Gene Test Predicts Surgery Outcomes Medical News Today Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:46 PM PST An assay which measures the activity of 14 genes in lung cancer tumors can accurately predict who will respond well to surgery and who will probably die within five years, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported in The Lancet. 80% of lung cancer patients have NSCLC (non-small-cell lung cancer) - their long term prognosis is poor, even after surgical interventions ... FDA clears Pfizer drug for advanced kidney cancer Philly.com Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:43 PM PST Patients with hard-to-treat kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body gained a new drug option Friday, after federal regulators approved a twice-a-day pill from Pfizer for the disease. Clarkston-area men use their beards to fight breast cancer The Oakland Press Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:39 PM PST Editor’s note: Writer Trevor Turner tells what happened when he and his friends decided to make a “Beards 4 Breasts” calendar to sell as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society . He chronicled his experience journal-style. L Factor Salon in Brewer Ready to Launch Calendars in Support of the Fight Against Cancer WABI Bangor Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:36 PM PST The L Factor Salon in Brewer is seeing the end result of their hard work. They put together a calendar, with all the proceeds benefiting Cancer Care of Maine. Friday they picked up those calendars. Four local photographers took the photos of the men, who have all been affected by cancer in . . . Grape seed extract kills head and neck cancer cells, leaves healthy cells unharmed Science Daily Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:27 PM PST In both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed, new research shows. OHSU Team IDs Protein Signature Linked to 'BRCAness' Profile for Ovarian Cancer Recurrence GenomeWeb News Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:25 PM PST Full-text access for premium subscribers only. Existing premium subscribers login here . New to GenomeWeb? Register quickly here . In this video, we speak with Todd Smith , CSO of PerkinElmer, and researchers from Stockholm University on accelerating the GROMACS molecular dynamics software suite with GPUs and CPUs.

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