Scientists Find Crucial Molecule Involved In Spread Of Breast Cancer
6/08/2011
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified a key player in the spread of breast cancer. The findings, published today in the online edition of Nature, identify a critical molecule that helps cancer spread beyond the primary tumor. The research highlights a potential new strategy against metastatic disease...
Researchers Advocate National Strategic Approach To Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines
6/08/2011
Vaccines that save lives by preventing disease have been around for centuries. Now, new vaccines that treat cancer are being developed, but how they will be combined with existing treatments is not clear...
Turning Off Cancer's Growth Signals
6/08/2011
One hallmark of cancer cells is uncontrollable growth, provoked by inappropriate signals that instruct the cells to keep dividing. Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have now identified a new way to shut off one of the proteins that spreads those signals - a receptor known as HER3...
Frog Skin Could Help Treat Cancer And Other Diseases
6/08/2011
Scientists have discovered two proteins secreted from the skin of frogs that could help treat cancer and other diseases by disrupting the growth of blood vessels: one switches the process of "angiogenesis" on, and the other switches it off. The researchers say the discovery has the potential to transform cancer from a terminal illness to a chronic condition...
Roche And Merck Collaborate To Develop Diagnostic Tests For Merck's Investigational Cancer Therapies
6/08/2011
Merck (NYSE:MRK), known outside the United States and Canada as MSD, and Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that they have entered into a collaboration focused on the application and development of diagnostic assays for use with Merck's investigational cancer therapy portfolio. Financial details were not disclosed...
IsoRay, Inc. (Amex: ISR) announced today that it has completed a license agreement with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (NYSE: RDY) for exclusive worldwide licensing rights to Iotrex®, a liquid iodine radiation, for use in brain cancer treatment...
Data presented at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, USA, has demonstrated positive progression free survival (PFS) benefits associated with the use of Abraxane across metastatic breast cancer,1 unresectable melanoma2,3 and overall response rate in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...
A Decade Dedicated To Breast Cancer Care Advocacy Garners ASCO Award For Researcher
6/08/2011
Benjamin Anderson, M.D., a researcher in the Public Health Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and director of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance's Breast Health Clinic, is the 2011 recipient of the Partners in Progress award given by the American Society of Clinical Oncology...
Mixed Results For Natural Supplement In Female Cancer Survivors
6/08/2011
New findings reveal that a nutritional supplement intended as a sexual enhancement aid does not boost sexual function in female cancer survivors. However, the data, announced at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, show that L-arginine/Korean ginseng/gingko biloba/damiana-based supplement appears to significantly enhance quality of life in this population. Kathryn M...
Lung Cancer Consortium Headed By TGen, Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center Scientist
6/08/2011
Dr. Glen Weiss, who holds joint appointments at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare, is the new Chief Medical Officer of an international lung cancer research consortium. In this new position, Dr...