OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) today announced that enrollment has been completed in Borealis-1™, a company-sponsored, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial of OGX-427 in combination with first-line gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with metastatic bladder cancer...
The Gorlin Syndrome Group, campaigning to help people with a rare genetic skin cancer, today launched new research highlighting the significant impact of multiple surgeries on patients' wellbeing...
Link Discovered Between Intestinal Bacteria And White Blood Cell Cancer
7/18/2013
Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that specific types of bacteria that live in the gut are major contributors to lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells...
Reducing Obstacles To Much Needed Cervical Cancer Screenings Via STD Clinics
7/18/2013
A new study found that STD clinics could provide important access to cervical cancer screenings for women who traditionally have trouble receiving these screenings because of lack of insurance or other obstacles. Cervical cancer can be painful and deadly but can be effectively treated if caught soon enough. Yet in the U.S...
Ovarian Cancer Metastases Influenced By Factors In Target Tissues
7/18/2013
Cancer researchers have wondered why ovarian cancer cells are so attracted to the abdominal cavity, especially the omentum, with the hope that such an understanding could lead to better disease management or even prevention...
CV Screening Every 5-10 Years Recommended For Chest Radiation Cancer Patients With Risk Factors
7/18/2013
Cancer patients who receive chest radiation should be screened for heart disease every 5-10 years, according to the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)...
Walnut-Enriched Diet Leads To Fewer, Smaller Prostate Cancers
7/18/2013
New research from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio indicates that eating a modest amount of walnuts can protect against prostate cancer. The study is described in the journal Cancer Investigation. Researchers at the UT Health Science Center injected immune-deficient mice with human prostate cancer cells...
Breakthrough prostate cancer treatment
7/18/2013
Researchers have developed a new treatment for advanced prostate cancer that has spread to the bones, which delivers a "high-energy" burst of radiation to cancer cells, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine...
What is breast augmentation? What are breast implants?
7/18/2013
Augmentation mammoplasty, or breast augmentation is a surgical procedure to increase the size, shape or fullness of a woman's breasts. The surgeon places silicone, saline or alternative composite breast implants under the chest muscles or breast tissue. Breast augmentation is done to: Enlarge breasts that are naturally small...
Lung Cancer Diagnosis Improved By RNA Diagnostic Test From Paraffin
7/18/2013
Knowing what type of lung cancer a patient has is critical to determine which drug will work best and which therapies are safest in the era of personalized medicine. Key to making that judgment is an adequate tumor specimen for the pathologist to determine the tumor's histology, a molecular description of a tumor based on the appearance of cells under a microscope...