Health News: [cancer]

Bayer receives priority review designation from FDA for regorafenib NDA News-Medical-Net Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:02 PM PDT Bayer HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review designation to Bayer HealthCare's New Drug Application (NDA) filed end of April 2012 for the oral multi-kinase inhibitor regorafenib, for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) whose disease has progressed after approved standard ... Inquiry finds Cancer treatment hastened death ABC via Yahoo!7 News Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:51 PM PDT WA's deputy coroner has found that alternative treatments given to four terminally ill cancer patients hastened their death. FREEDY LEE, BROTHER OF KUAN YEW, DIES Bernama Media via Yahoo! Malaysia News Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:50 PM PDT SINGAPORE, June 29 (Bernama) -- Freddy Lee Thiam Yew, a younger brother offormer Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, has died, local television Channel NewsAsiareported. He was 85. Channel NewsAsia quoted the family as saying that Thiam Yew had beensuffering from cancer and died at home yesterday evening. Thiam Yew, former chairman of stockbroking firm J Ballas and Company and aformer police officer ... Results from Access’ MuGard Phase 4 trial on oral mucositis News-Medical-Net Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:47 PM PDT ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments in areas of oncology and oncology supportive care, announced that Dr. Ron R. Allison of Carolina Radiation Medicine, Greenville, NC, presented results from its ongoing MuGard Phase 4 clinical trial in oral mucositis (OM) at the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) Conference in New York City. Supreme Court picked people over politics The Arizona Republic Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:45 PM PDT After news broke of the Supreme Court’s health care ruling Thursday I got a call from Tashi King, whose 27-year-old husband, Kevin Pratt, is dying of brain cancer. “This ruling, this law, didn’t happen in time to save my husband but it’s still wonderful,” said Tashi. “It means that maybe now we’ll have a health care system where the ordeal we have been through won’t be allowed to happen to ... A high-energy Relay for Life The Steubenville Herald-Star Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:44 PM PDT August will bring a wrap-up meeting for the the 18th-annual Steubenville Area Relay for Life sponsored by the Jefferson County Unit of the American Cancer Society held June 22-23 in Wintersville. Pacific Edge Builds Platform - Cx bladder Scoop.co.nz Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:37 PM PDT Key customers in the United States are already being primed for the launch of Pacific Edge’s novel diagnostic test for bladder cancer, Cx bladder ® on track for March 2013. No sign of cancer for Keene woman New Hampshire Union Leader Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:19 PM PDT Gail O?Brien of Keene, the first woman in the nation to get insurance through the high-risk pool under the Affordable Care Act, said Thursday she is showing no sign of cancer. Relay nearing fundraising goal Gaffney Ledger Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:17 PM PDT By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com It would seem May’s Relay for Life of Cherokee County festivities would mark the end of fundraising by local teams determined to find a cure for cancer. In actuality, it is just the beginning. Keeping their pedal to the metal in regard to fundraisers and seeking donations, this year’s local Relay campaign is officially nearing the ... Don Grady dies at 68, played Robbie on 'My Three Sons' Portland Press Herald Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:15 PM PDT Grady, who was a Mouseketeer and later a songwriter, dies of cancer at home in California.

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