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    Hungry Cells: Tumor Metabolism Discovery Opens New Detection And Treatment Possibilities For Rare Form Of Colon Cancer  Jul 2, 2009
    The LKB1 gene also is also mutated in 20 percent of cervical carcinomas and 30 percent of non-small cell lung carcinoma, one of the world's most widespread and lethal cancers. During earlier work, Shaw had discovered that LKB1 activates a metabolic master switch. (Science Daily)

    Diagnosed with cancer, Lodi man eventually discovers blessings he never imagined  Jun 30, 2009
    Of course, after living with Stage Four Squamous Cell Carcinoma for nearly three years, I understood this fact quite well ... If it was just a cyst, why the warnings about something called Squamous Cell Carcinoma. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)

    Pancreatic Cancer  Jun 27, 2009
    Page last updated at 11:06 GMT, Friday, 30 January 2004. The pancreas is a gland in the abdomen which performs a variety of roles. (BBC News -- Health)

    A survivor's story  Jun 26, 2009
    A few days later, Dr. Wilcox called me with the news-I had invasive ductal carcinoma, focused ductal carcinoma in-situ, and other microcalcifications-in other words- Stage 2, estrogen positive, breast cancer. I didn't know how to feel, I was worried, but I didn't feel like I had lost control of my life. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)

    Link Between Light Touch And Merkel Cells Solves 100-year Mystery  Jun 25, 2009
    25, 2008) Scientists are uncovering more evidence that a virus they recently discovered is the cause of Merkel cell carcinoma, an aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer ... (June 17, 2009) A polyomavirus known as MCPyV is associated with clinical outcomes, including fewer metastases and better survival, in patients with a rare form of skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma, according ... 19, 2008) Painstaking screening of DNA sequencing data has revealed a previously unknown virus that... (Science Daily)

    Curb A Cancer's Deadliness? Potent Metastasis Inhibitor Identified  Jun 24, 2009
    Indeed, isolated splenic metastasis from colorectal carcinoma is not a common occurrence. Its. (Science Daily)

    Hancock County Relay for Life raises over $86,000  Jun 24, 2009
    Weiland talked about her battle against Stage 4 Squamous Cell Carcinoma and her struggle to fight the illness and fight for the chance to grow old with her family. As she spoke about her journey, a light rain began to fall. (Forest City Summit, IO)

    History: 1918 influenza pandemic strikes North Andover  Jun 23, 2009
    The 1917 listing by cause reported: heart disease 13; pneumonia 10; apoplexy 9; carcinoma 8; phthisis [tuberculosis] 7; old age 3, diphtheria 2; typhoid 1. Although there was no separate listing for influenza, some of the pneumonia deaths could have easily been caused by the common flu. (North Andover Citizen, MA)

    New Skin Cancer Patch: Possible Alternative To Surgery  Jun 19, 2009
    ScienceDaily (June 18, 2009) A new study shows that a radioactive skin patch can safely and successfully treat basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common types of skin cancers, according to researchers at the SNM's 56th Annual Meeting ... "While basal cell carcinoma is rarely fatal, it can be a painful and disfiguring disease," said Priyanka Gupta, a nuclear medicine technologist in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and lead author of the... (Science Daily)

    A Woman with Carcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction  Jun 18, 2009
    NEJM -- Case 19-2009 -- A 63-Year-Old Woman with Carcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction ... Case 19-2009 A 63-Year-Old Woman with Carcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction ... Dr. Stephanie Heon (Hematology Oncology): A 63-year-old woman was seen in the Cancer Center at this hospital for management of adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction. (New England Journal of Medicine)

    Faith Propels New Milford Woman To Victory in Komen's Race for the Cure  Jun 16, 2009
    "In the pathology report, there were three more cancer sites." It was, she said, very site specific-"DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ"-and she elected to undergo radiation treatment rather than further, "exploratory" surgery at this point. "My daughter only had one question: 'Was it hereditary?'" she added, noting that there was no history of it in her family. (Brookfield Journal, CT)

    Common skin cancer drug smoothes wrinkles: study  Jun 16, 2009
    They said Valeant Pharmaceuticals' cream Efudex, which is used to treat actinic keratoses, a precancerous form of squamous cell carcinoma, improved the appearance of skin, smoothing out rough spots and wrinkles, improving skin color, and erasing brown spots ... Actinic keratoses are caused by years of sun damage and can lead to squamous cell carcinoma, one of the two most common types of skin cancer that represent more than 1 million new cases each year. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)

    Skin lesion leads to new cancer forms  Jun 4, 2009
    They found that two-thirds of the patients who had developed squamous-cell carcinomas, a form of treatable skin cancer, could trace their cancer to actinic keratoses. And one-third of patients who ended up with basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer could also trace their cancers to actinic keratoses ... Scientists had previously been able to connect squamous-cell carcinomas to the lesions, but not basal cell. (India Times, India)

    SoCal 10-Year-Old Copes With Unusual Cancer  Jun 4, 2009
    Hannah Powell-Auslam Diagnosed With Invasive Secretory Carcinoma ... Her family said she was diagnosed with invasive secretory carcinoma, a type discovered in children in the 1960s. (Click2Houston, TX)

    Paclitaxel Poliglumex (OPAXIO(TM)) Added to Cisplatin and Radiation Produces 45% Pathologic Complete Remissions in Patients With Esophageal Cancer  Jun 3, 2009
    4:376-9 (2006)), patients with pathologically confirmed, locally advanced adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus or gastro-esophageal junction with no evidence of distant metastasis received weekly paclitaxel poliglumex (50mg/m2) and cisplatin 25mg/m2 for six weeks with concurrent 50. 5Gy of radiation. (PR Newswire)

    Portrait: Gina Martin has enjoyed her roles in Relay for Life  Jun 3, 2009
    Martin was diagnosed with medullary carcinoma, a very aggressive and rapidly growing cancer. Her oncologist suggested three months of chemotherapy, a mastectomy, then three more months of chemotherapy. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)

    Enhancing The Effects Of Platinum-based Anti-cancer Drugs  Jun 3, 2009
    Specifically, human squamous cell carcinoma cells resistant to the toxic effects of cisplatin became sensitive to the drug when it was combined with an adenoviral vector that drove expression of a dominant-negative RAD50 protein in the cancer cells. Importantly, the combination therapy had potent anti cancer cell effects in vitro and in mice transplanted with human squamous cell carcinoma cells resistant to cisplatin. (Science Daily)

    The Dangers of Tanning  Jun 2, 2009
    Basal cell carcinoma, the most common form in Caucasians, Hispanics, Chinese, and Japanese populations (Gloster & Neal, 2006). Squamous cell carcinoma, the most common form among African Americans and Asian Indians (Gloster & Neal, 2006). (Suite101.com)

    Study Showed Lilly's GEMZAR(R) (gemcitabine HCl for injection) Improved Progression-Free Survival in Cervical Cancer Patients  Jun 1, 2009
    The 515 patients had a median age of 46 years and had either stage IIB, III, or IVA carcinoma of the cervix ... GEMZAR is indicated as a single agent (given alone) as the first-line treatment for patients with locally advanced (Stage II or Stage III when surgery is not an option) or metastatic (Stage IV) adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. (PR Newswire)

    2-drug combination appears safe and active in metastatic kidney cancer  Jun 1, 2009
    Twenty-five patients enrolled in the trial, including 20 patients with renal cell carcinoma ... Abstract #5111: A phase I study of temsirolimus (TEM) and bryostatin (BRYO) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). (EurekAlert!)

    To Spread, Skin Cancer Attacks Immune Dendritic Cells  Jun 1, 2009
    Their research shows that dendritic cells taken from squamous cell carcinomas have most of the known genetic and physiologic hallmarks of their able-bodied fellows in healthy skin tissue ... Curucci is an expert in surgical treatment of aggressive carcinomas and an immunologist who focuses on tumor biology ... Lowes, whose usual focus is psoriasis, an inflammatory skin disorder in which dendritic cells are implicated, helped Carucci and colleagues adapt her methods for the detailed study of... (Science Daily)

    Encouraging First Data on New Targeted Treatment for Patients With Melanoma - the Deadliest Form of Skin Cancer  Jun 1, 2009
    In addition to a new and important chapter in the story of targeted therapy development in cancer, we are especially excited for our melanoma patients for whom there are few treatment options (Canada Newswire)

    Biological Markers That May Indicate Poor Breast Cancer Prognosis Identified  May 31, 2009
    Preoperative levels of SAA have been associated with survival of patients with gastric cancer and those with renal cell carcinoma. Likewise, clinical and experimental data suggest that chronic inflammation promotes mammary tumor development. (Science Daily)

    Skin cancer is colorblind -- no 'free pass'  May 31, 2009
    She had basal cell carcinoma, the most common skin cancer. Wilson spent long hours as a child in the summer sun at Lake Nokomis in Minnesota and went to the tanning bed before visiting relatives in the Caribbean, she said. (CNN -- Health)

    Bayer Announces New Data on Novel Anti-cancer Compound BAY 73-4506  May 31, 2009
    Preliminary data from the Phase II, open-label study in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) demonstrated a 27 percent partial response (PR) rate according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) and a disease control rate of 79 percent ... Additional data presented on BAY 73-4506 include a Phase I study of patients with advanced refractory colorectal carcinoma (CRC). (PR Newswire)

    Induction Chemotherapy Followed by ChemoRadiotherapy Increased Time-to-Treatment Failure Compared to ChemoRadiotherapy Alone in Patients With Unresectable Locally Advanced Head & Neck Cancer  May 31, 2009
    Head and neck cancer is a group of tumors that mostly arise in the cells that line the mucosal surfaces, giving rise to squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck area, such as the mouth, tongue, tonsils, voice box and throat. "This trial showed that adding Induction Chemotherapy to ChemoRadiotherapy increased failure-free survival while significantly increasing local control in patients with advanced unresectable head and neck cancer," said Fadlo Khuri, MD, Professor and Roberto Goizueta... (PR Newswire)

    Proteolix Presents Phase 1b/2 Clinical Data for Carfilzomib in Advanced Solid Tumor Patients at the 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting  May 31, 2009
    In Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials, carfilzomib has demonstrated single-agent activity in hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, including multiple myeloma, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, mantle cell lymphoma, and renal cell carcinoma. Proteolix is conducting a comprehensive clinical development program evaluating carfilzomib for the treatment of multiple myeloma, including an ongoing accelerated approval study in heavily pre-treated relapsed/refractory patients and a Phase 2 clinical... (PR Newswire)

    Second time around  May 30, 2009
    The diagnosis was infiltrating ductal carcinoma cancer of the breast. She endured eight months of chemotherapy treatments, a lumpectomy, the removal of all lymph nodes under her right arm and then 35 radiation treatments. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)

    Scientists at The Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit Identify Potential New Target for Breast Cancer Therapy  May 30, 2009
    Karmanos scientists tested 84 cases of hormone receptor negative human breast carcinomas and discovered that the protein EZH-2 was expressed in 74 percent of those cases. Hormone receptor negative breast carcinoma is considered an aggressive cancer and one that is hard to treat. (PR Newswire)

    Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Reports Single Agent Phase 2 Data of KRX-0401 (Perifosine) Further Demonstrating KRX-0401's Activity in the Treatment of Advanced Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer  May 30, 2009
    NEW YORK, May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) today announced data on the clinical activity of KRX-0401 (perifosine), the Company's Akt-inhibitor for cancer, as a treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma. Abstract #5034, entitled, "Phase II study of perifosine in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) progressing after prior therapy (Rx) with a VEGF receptor," was presented earlier today in a poster session at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American... (PR Newswire)

    First comprehensive guidelines for managing medullary thyroid carcinoma published in Thyroid journal  May 28, 2009
    New Rochelle, NY, May 27, 2009New guidelines designed to standardize and optimize the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC), an uncommon and challenging form of thyroid cancer, have been developed by the American Thyroid Association and published online ahead of print in Thyroid, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. () ... "Following careful peer review, Thyroid has published the first comprehensive set of clinical... (EurekAlert!)

    Video: Data on More Than 15 Novartis Oncology Compounds at ASCO Highlight Progress Toward Targeted Therapies for Diverse Tumor Types  May 28, 2009
    Phase I data (abstract #4587) demonstrated that 61% of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who received daily treatment with Afinitor(R) (everolimus) tablets had tumors that stabilized or reduced in size(3) ... Abstract #3563: TKI258 (dovitinib lactate) in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients refractory to approved targeted therapies: a Phase I/II dose finding and biomarker study ... This study of heavily pre-treated metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients... (PR Newswire)

    Cancer Drug Causes Patient To Lose Fingerprints And Be Detained By US Immigration  May 28, 2009
    Dr Eng-Huat Tan, a senior consultant in the medical oncology department at the National Cancer Centre, Singapore, described how his patient, a 62-year-old man, had head and neck cancer that had spread (metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma), but which had responded well to chemotherapy. To help prevent a recurrence of the cancer the patient was put on a maintenance dose of capecitabine, an anti-metabolite drug. (Science Daily)

    Protein Predicts Development Of Invasive Breast Cancer In Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ  May 27, 2009
    ScienceDaily (May 27, 2009) Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who exhibit an overexpression of the protein HER2/neu have a six-fold increase in risk of invasive breast cancer, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ... 25, 2005) Since 1980, the incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, one of the most common kinds of early stage breast cancer, has increased more than sevenfold ... 12, 2008) Elevated levels of anxiety may cause women with... (Science Daily)

    Producer disputes Farrah Fawcett's TV special  May 27, 2009
    My fiance has been battling stage III Invasive Ductal Carcinoma with Focal Lobular Features T-3 N1 breast cancer for over a year now. Seeing the feelings and emotions that Farrah felt at milestones in the battle against this persistent terrorist to their bodies, helped her feel that she had not battled alone. (Multichannel News)

    Yumans have greater risk for skin cancer  May 25, 2009
    LOANED PHOTOSQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA is the second most common skin cancer ... " According to the AAD, Actinic keratoses or solar keratoses are considered the earliest stage in the development of skin cancer. They are small, scaly spots most commonly found on the face, ears, neck, lower arms, and back of the hands in individuals who have had significant sun exposure. The AAD said there are three types of skin cancer. Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type and appears frequently on the head,... (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)

    A novel marker of colorectal carcinoma  May 23, 2009
    A research team led by Dr Jian-Wei Zhu from Nantong University, China, investigated the association between TSPAN1 and human colorectal adenocarcinoma ... In this study, total RNA was extracted in 20 human adenocarcinoma tissues for TSPAN1 mRNA assay by RT-PCR. Eighty-eight specimens of human colorectal adenocarcinoma were surgically removed ... 30 in adenocarcinoma by gel-image system. (EurekAlert!)

    A potential drug for liver carcinoma  May 23, 2009
    This finding may provide a molecular basis for the clinically observed cancer-preventive effects of ADFMChR and new clues for research about pharmaceutical prevention and cure of human liver carcinoma ... Reference: Tan XW, Xia H, Xu JH, Cao JG. Induction of apoptosis in human liver carcinoma HepG2 cell line by 5-allyl-7-gendifluoromethylenechrysin. (EurekAlert!)

    Impact Of The Sun While Sailboardin...  May 23, 2009
    Basal cell carcinoma is the most common. Squamous cell carcinoma is an ulcer or lump. (Suite101.com)

    Why the thumb of the right hand is on the left hand side  May 23, 2009
    "This is evidence for the notion that cells use various molecular mechanisms for interpreting different Hedgehog concentrations." This fact may also be of importance for the diagnosis and treatment of certain cancers (basal cell carcinoma), where the constant up-regulation of the Hedgehog signal is responsible for uncontrolled cell growth. Aanstad published the findings together with her colleagues from the University of California, San Francisco in the journal Current Biology. (EurekAlert!)

    Annual Melanoma walk set for May 30  May 22, 2009
    The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that, during 2009, about 1 million new cases of basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma and about 68,720 new cases of malignant melanoma will be diagnosed. Skin cancer will likely claim the lives of approximately 11,590 Americans in 2009. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)

    Study links cigarette changes to rising lung risk  May 21, 2009
    And intriguingly it found the increase in a kind of lung tumor called adenocarcinoma was higher in the U.S. than in Australia even though both countries switched to so-called milder cigarettes at the same time ... Smokers once tended to get lung cancer in larger air tubes, particularly a type named squamous cell carcinoma ... Then doctors noticed a jump in adenocarcinoma, which grows in small air sacs far deeper in the lung. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)

    Ten-Year-Old Bravely Battles Breast Cancer  May 20, 2009
    She has secretory carcinoma, a slow-growing cancer. "The mass consists of both the solid component and also the fluid component, (which) we call the cystic component," surgical oncologist Dr. Helena Chang explained. (CBS News -- Early Show)

    LUNG CANCER: Rise in 1 type linked to change in cigarettes, study says  May 19, 2009
    Although both the USA and Australia sell lower-tar cigarettes, Australian cigarettes contain less of the carcinogen nitrosamines -- and fewer there get the lung cancer type adenocarcinoma ... And intriguingly it found the increase in a kind of lung tumor called adenocarcinoma was higher in the U.S. than in Australia even though both countries switched to so-called milder cigarettes at the same time ... Smokers once tended to get lung cancer in larger air tubes, particularly a type named... (USA Today -- News)

    Are cigarettes more deadly today?  May 19, 2009
    And intriguingly it found the increase in a kind of lung tumor called adenocarcinoma was higher in the U.S. than in Australia even though both countries switched to so-called milder cigarettes at the same time ... Smokers once tended to get lung cancer in larger air tubes, particularly a type named "squamous cell carcinoma." Then doctors noticed a jump in adenocarcinoma, which grows in small air sacs far deeper in the lung ... The risk of squamous cell carcinoma stayed about the same over those... (MSNBC -- Health)

    10-Year-Old California Girl Battles Breast Cancer  May 15, 2009
    girl is battling stage IIA breast cancer, also known as invasive ductal carcinoma, KCAL-TV reported ... It's even rarer for a child to develop invasive ductal carcinoma, which is considered to be an adult cancer ... (Invasive ductal carcinoma) is the type we see in adults because it s from estrogen stimulation. (Fox News)

    May 14, 2009: Biodesix Announces VeriStrat(R) Data in Head and Neck Cancer to be Presented at ASCO  May 15, 2009
    Results from a 314 patient study indicate that VeriStrat is predictive of survival benefit in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) treated with epidermal growth factor inhibitors (EGFRIs). According to the data, VeriStrat provides information to help oncologists identify patients most likely to benefit from EGFRI therapy. (PR Newswire)

    Bayer and Onyx Announce Nexavar Data Presentations at 45th American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting  May 15, 2009
    "Nexavar has a proven track record in two cancers - in the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, and in the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), or kidney cancer," said Laura Brege, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Onyx Pharmaceuticals ... Hepatocellular Carcinoma ... Effect of Macroscopic Vascular Invasion, Extrahepatic Spread, and ECOG Performance Status on Outcome in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma... (PR Newswire)

    Tewksbury cancer survivor takes on the State House  May 14, 2009
    The Tewksbury resident discovered a lump and was diagnosed with stage 2B infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Her treatment through January 2007 included a radical mastectomy, reconstruction, chemotherapy and radiation. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)

    File: Hospital ordered to pay Rs 1 lakh for needless tests  May 14, 2009
    In one of the cases, Dr Gopi Chand Ram, deputy director (health) in Bihar government was admitted to the hospital with tests suggestive of lymphoma and anaplastic carcinoma (both cancers) on June 11, 1999. On July 2 1999, he was referred to the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute for treatment as Apollo didn't have adequate arrangements for treating cancer. (India Times, India)

    Hypothyroidism In Women Associated With Liver Cancer  May 9, 2009
    Researchers, led by Manal Hassan of Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas, designed a case-control study to better understand the association between hypothyroidism and the development of liver cancer, also known as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in the U.S. ... Association Between Hypothyroidism and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: USA Case-Control Study. (Science Daily)

    Rexahn Pharmaceuticals see positive results for Zoraxel  May 6, 2009
    Rexahn (NYSE AMEX: RNN) is running second-phase trials on two other drugs in its pipeline, Serdaxin for major depressive disorder and Archexin for renal cell carcinoma and pancreatic cancer. On the financial front, the company has been struggling to remain listed on the NYSE Amex LLC exchange due to its net losses in its five most recent fiscal years with equity falling below $6 million. (Washington Business Journal, DC)

    How to avoid skin cancer  May 5, 2009
    There are three types: basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas and melanoma ... At 41, she's had all three types of the condition: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma ... Divided into two groups, and carcinomas are the most common. (CNN -- Health)

    New Diagnostic Advance Seen For Head, Throat Cancer  May 5, 2009
    In the newest study, published April 28 in PLoS One, scientists found for the first time that levels of CTIP2 were more than five times higher in the "poorly differentiated" tumor cells that caused the most deadly types of squamous cell carcinomas in the larynx, throat, tongue and other parts of the head ... Ganguli-Indra et al. CTIP2 Expression in Human Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Is Linked to Poorly Differentiated Tumor Status. (Science Daily)

    Suppressor Of Cytokine Signaling (SOCS)-1 Inhibits Prostate Cancer Growth  May 5, 2009
    In future studies they will address "other possible aspects of SOCS-1 action in carcinoma of the prostate, such as regulation of the immune response.". Journal reference. (Science Daily)

    Improved Detection Of Bladder Tumors Reduces Cancer Recurrence  May 2, 2009
    There was also a 46 percent increase in detection of high-risk bladder cancers known as carcinoma in situ (CIS), using the blue-light technique, Dr. Mynderse says. The researchers then looked at 402 patients with Ta/T1 tumors who completed the study, and found a significant reduction in tumor recurrence in patients diagnosed with fluorescence cystoscopy (36 percent), compared with patients in the white-light group (46 percent). (Science Daily)

    New Study Indicates Changes in Cigarette Design Have Increased Lung Cancer Risk and Tobacco Regulation Can Greatly Reduce Lung Cancer  May 2, 2009
    3) This increase in risk of smoking over time is not evident for squamous cell carcinoma (one type of lung cancer) of the lung and is driven largely by changes in the risk of adenocarcinoma (another type of lung cancer). The increase in adenocarcinoma as a proportion of all lung cancers is much less evident in Australia ... One major known difference in cigarettes between the two countries is the lower levels of tobacco specific nitrosamines (a lung specific carcinogen for adenocarcinoma) in... (PR Newswire)

    Cancer Survivor Avoids Foreclosure at 11th Hour  May 2, 2009
    Kontarinis, meanwhile, just finished two weeks of intensive IL-2 therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In a few weeks, he'll undergo tests to determine if his tumors have responded to the treatment. (Fox News)

    Walker-Catoosa Relay for Life brings together 400 cancer survivors  Apr 30, 2009
    She was diagnosed with inflammatory carcinoma in 1999. Because this type of cancer is very aggressive and fast-spreading, she had two different chemotherapy treatments at the same time. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)

    Vitamin K With Sorafenib Showed Anti-tumor Effects In Pancreas Cancer, Hepatocellular Carcinoma  Apr 30, 2009
    29, 2009) A combination of sorafenib and vitamin K had an effect in vitro on both human pancreas cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma, according to researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson ... Although sorafenib has demonstrated success at extending survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, or primary liver cancer), hand-foot syndrome is a common adverse effect that affects approximately 20 percent of patients who receive the drug ... 7, 2007) Researchers have... (Science Daily)

    Experimental Drug Shows Promise Against Head And Neck Cancer  Apr 30, 2009
    The title of the paper is "The histone deacetylase inhibitor LBH589 inhibits expression of mitotic genes causing G2/M arrest and cell death in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines.". Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)

    New Treatment Shows Promise Against Recurrent Gynecologic Cancers  Apr 29, 2009
    13, 2008) Recurrent low-grade serous carcinoma, a rare type of ovarian cancer, is less sensitive to chemotherapy and therefore more difficult to treat than more common high-grade ovarian cancers, according to. . (Science Daily)

    Antibody Targeting The Protein FGFR3 Inhibits Cancer Cell Growth  Apr 29, 2009
    Qing et al. Antibody-based targeting of FGFR3 in bladder carcinoma and t(4;14)-positive multiple myeloma in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2009; DOI. (Science Daily)

    Does A Person's Insurance Coverage Affect Their Access To Quality Cancer Care?  Apr 28, 2009
    Kutikov et al. Patients With Medicare As The Primary Payer Are Less Likely To Undergo Nephron Sparing Surgery (NSS) For Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) Than Their Privately Insured Counterparts. The Journal of Urology, 2009; 181 (4): 77 DOI. (Science Daily)

    Cancer brings life into perspective  Apr 28, 2009
    I have squamous cell carcinoma. Last week, doctors removed two cancerous lymph nodes, one cancerous tonsil and a mass of cancer along the base of my skull. (News & Observer -- Sports)

    Eating red meat may hike kidney cancer risk  Apr 28, 2009
    Studies, to date, on diet and renal cell carcinoma which accounts for 85 percent of kidney cancers have had "inconclusive" results. Grieb and her colleagues investigated whether certain types of foods or food groups might influence the risk of renal cell carcinoma by comparing 335 people with renal cell carcinoma with 337 healthy controls ... White bread also increased the cancer risk in study participants, with the strongest association seen in women; those who ate white bread five or... (MSNBC -- Health)

    Boone Co. Relay for Life Ambassador familiar with loss  Apr 28, 2009
    "She started the Cancer Symposium in Ogden, is a great speaker about her fight and is a big volunteer in Ogden and with their Relay events." Bauer was diagnosed in December of 2007 with Stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma with lymph node involvement - a very aggressive form of breast cancer. "I had a mastectomy, eight rounds of chemo and 30 days of radiation," Bauer said. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)

    Concert to benefit local cancer patient  Apr 17, 2009
    Andrews is a 28 year old woman diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma with triple negative receptors in December. At the time of her diagnosis she was 15 weeks pregnant. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)

    Cequent tkRNAi Technology to be Presented at the Centennial Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research  Apr 16, 2009
    Here, Professor Lage demonstrates the effectiveness of using tkRNAi against an important multidrug resistance mechanism seen in solid cancers such as gastric carcinoma, ovarian cancer, and others. About Cequent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (). (PR Newswire)

    Sharp Increase In HPV-positive Tonsil Cancer Found  Apr 14, 2009
    "The number of cases of tonsillar carcinoma is rising throughout Sweden, but the link to HPV has so far only been studied in Stockholm," says Professor Tina Dalianis, one of the researchers behind the study ... Tonsillar carcinoma is the most common form of oropharynx cancer in Sweden ... sman et al. Incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) positive tonsillar carcinoma in Stockholm, Sweden: An epidemic of viral-induced carcinoma. (Science Daily)

    More Women With Early-stage Breast Cancer Choosing Double Mastectomies  Apr 11, 2009
    The rate of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) surgery among U.S. women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) increased by 188 percent between 1998 and 2005, according to Todd Tuttle, M.D., lead researcher on this study ... Increasing Rates of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Among Patients With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. (Science Daily)

    Cancer Survival: Pretreatment Alcohol, Tobacco, Fruit, Exercise Habits Linked To Head And Neck Cancer Survival  Apr 11, 2009
    Duffy et al. Pretreatment Health Behaviors Predict Survival Among Patients With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, March 16, 2009; DOI. (Science Daily)

    FDA approves cancer drug studied at Norton  Apr 9, 2009
    The drug, Afinitor, targets patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma for whom certain other treatments, such as Sutent or Nexavar, proved ineffective. According to a news release, the Norton Cancer Institute was a key site in the phase three clinical trial, which included a total of 416 patients. (Louisville Business First, KY)

    Breakthrough model for human cancer may improve development of cancer drugs; study in PNAS  Apr 7, 2009
    D., member, Whitehead Institute and professor of biology, MIT. "In contrast, tumor development in the HIM model proceeds through defined histological stages of hyperplasia, from ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) to invasive carcinoma. Moreover, HIM tumors display characteristic responses to a targeted therapy known to be effective in humans, specifically Herceptin. This represents a big step forward in developing xenograft models that will accurately predict patient responses to agents that are in... (EurekAlert!)

    Cancer survivors share stories of hope (9)  Apr 7, 2009
    He was sent to Dr. David Congdon, who biopsied the lump and diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil --- Stage 4, Hoth said, "as high as you can go." Congdon immediately sent Hoth to see a surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester ... More than 41,00 Americans are diagnosed with oral cancer each year, according to the Oral Cancer Foundation, and about 90 percent are squamous cell carcinomas. (Waterloo Courier, IO)

    Could Stem Cells Help?  Apr 7, 2009
    "Squamous cell carcinoma of the anus is very rare," Dr. Peter Kozuch, director of gastrointestinal medical oncology at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, told FOXNews. com. (Fox News)

    OXiGENE Begins Phase 1b/2a Trial of OXi4503, a Novel Second-Generation Vascular Disrupting Agent  Apr 6, 2009
    The study is open to patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as patients with secondary hepatic tumor involvement ... Once MTD is determined, and depending upon the results of the Phase 1b portion of the trial, a subsequent Phase 2a portion of the trial would evaluate overall response rate to OXi4503 in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma or other advanced cancers with hepatic tumor involvement ... Based on preclinical animal models evaluating OXi4503 in hepatocellular... (Primezone Releases)

    'Green Chemistry' Could Ease Manufacture, Boost Usefulness Of Cancer Drug  Apr 5, 2009
    Green Chemistry' Could Ease Manufacture, Boost Usefulness Of Cancer Drug. Green Chemistry' Could Ease Manufacture, Boost Usefulness Of Cancer Drug. (Science Daily)

    High Prevalence Of Infection With Three Recently Discovered Human Polyomaviruses  Apr 4, 2009
    MCV was discovered in Merkel Cell carcinomas, a rare skin cancer ... 19, 2008) Painstaking screening of DNA sequencing data has revealed a previously unknown virus that appears to be strongly associated with a rare but deadly skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma ... 25, 2008) Scientists are uncovering more evidence that a virus they recently discovered is the cause of Merkel cell carcinoma, an aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer. (Science Daily)

    Blood Protein May Hold Key To Stopping Tumor Growth In Cancer Patients  Apr 4, 2009
    (May 21, 2002) Researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) reported today that the molecularly targeted drug bevacizumab slowed tumor growth in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, the most. . (Science Daily)

    Erbitux May Help Some with Colorectal Cancer  Apr 3, 2009
    Cetuximab was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2006 for use in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Since then, it's been increasingly used by doctors to treat colorectal cancer that has spread or recurred after other chemotherapy. (MEDLINEplus)

    New Test May Predict Spread Of Breast Cancer  Apr 2, 2009
    TMEM in Human Breast Carcinoma: A Potential Prognostic Marker Linked to Hematogenous Dissemination. Clinical Cancer Research, March 24th, 2009. (Science Daily)

    Effect of Aspirin or Resistant Starch on Colorectal Neoplasia in the Lynch Syndrome  Apr 2, 2009
    To the Editor: In their report on the Colorectal Adenoma/Carcinoma Prevention Programme 2 (CAPP2) study, Burn et al. (Dec. 11 issue)1 conclude that the use of aspirin, resistant starch, or both had no effect in reducing the risk of adenoma and carcinoma among carriers of the Lynch syndrome, on the basis of Cox proportional-hazards models adjusted for age and sex. (New England Journal of Medicine)

    Donna Weiland is named 2009 Relay Ambassador  Apr 2, 2009
    Her official diagnosis: Stage 4 Squamous Cell Carcinoma. She spent her 20th wedding anniversary having surgery to remove a lemon-sized tumor wrapped around the nerves and artery on the right side of her neck. (Forest City Summit, IO)

    News from the April 2009 Journal of the American Dietetic Association  Apr 1, 2009
    " Other studies published in the April 2009 Journal of the American Dietetic Association include: Diet Quality of Preschoolers in Greece Based on The Healthy Eating Index; The GENESIS Study Underreporting of Food Intake among Mexican/Mexican-American Women: Rates and Correlates Dietary Intake, Eating Habits and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Men Assessing Dietary Variety in Children: Development and Validation of a Predictive Equation Food Groups and Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results from a... (EurekAlert!)

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