Health News: [cancer]: India board revokes GSK patent on breast cancer drug Tykerb

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Health News : cancer - News from other sources.   India board revokes GSK patent on breast cancer drug Tykerb Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:56 PM PDT MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's patent appeals board has revoked a patent granted to GlaxoSmithKline Plc's breast cancer drug Tykerb, which is a salt form of the original compound, lapatinib. Continue reading Breast cancer gene tests may treble Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:54 PM PDT The number of women being offered a breast cancer genetic test on the NHS in Wales could treble within the next few years, a genetics expert says. Continue reading Devoted Scholar Green husband 'hit hard' by death of wife Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:52 PM PDT AN 83-year-old man was found hanged after struggling to cope with his wife's death.Leslie Pierpoint became depressed after his wife Irene died of cancer in September 2011.The former labourer, a great-grandfather of two, was found dead at his home in Station Road, Scholar Green, on January 9 by his daug... Continue reading ROBBINSVILLE: Cancer takes the life of Melissa Ferrono Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:42 PM PDT ROBBINSVILLE — Melissa Ferrono,19, a 2012 graduate of Robbinsville High School who was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma two years ago, has passed away. Continue reading Dave Thacker, Long Beach Christmas tree lot / pumpkin patch owner, dies of cancer Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:39 PM PDT Dave Thacker loved the lushness of fir trees. That love led to his settlement on a fir tree farm in Oregon, so that he could provide choice Christmas trees for his Long Beach customers at the lot known as Pa's Pumpkin Patch. Continue reading Study: New therapeutic approach to treat prostate cancer Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:34 PM PDT A study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry identifies a new therapeutic approach to treat prostate cancer. Conducted at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the research shows that expression of the FoxM1 protein is essential for prostate cancer to develop in mouse models. The stud... Continue reading Ailing sex teach avoids jail Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:30 PM PDT A tattooed Brooklyn English teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 16-year-old football player — and is battling cancer — was sentenced yesterday to 10 years' probation.Erin Sayar, 37, of Park Slope, must give up her teaching license, register as a Level 1 sex offender and avoid contact with..... Continue reading Relay for Life meeting tonight Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:22 PM PDT The American Cancer Society (ACS) is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer. Continue reading Research aims to provide physicians more targeted approach to treating ER+ breast cancer Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:19 PM PDT The most commonly diagnosed form of breast cancer, termed estrogen receptor positive or ER+, accounts for the largest percentage of breast cancer deaths each year. Research by scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive C... Continue reading Race for Life in St Albans: with galleries Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:19 PM PDT THOUSANDS of women looked pretty in pink on Sunday when they ran, jogged or walked 5km around Verulamium Park in aid of Cancer Research. Continue reading

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