Industry News
ESMO delivers on dynamic force strategy to improve cancer research in Europe
1/27/2015
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) has created a new website section dedicated to research funding opportunities as part of its new determination to be 'a dynamic force of forward...
A study led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) found that attaching chemotherapy drug Epirubicin to nanodiamonds effectively eliminates chemoresistant cancer stem cells.
Early diagnosis of oesophago-gastric cancers crucial - Be Clear on Cancer campaign launched, UK
1/27/2015
Latest figures released by Public Health England (PHE) reveal that around 10,200 people in England die from oesophago-gastric (OG) cancers every year[1] - this equates to 28 people each day.
A new breast imaging technique pioneered at Mayo Clinic nearly quadruples detection rates of invasive breast cancers in women with dense breast tissue, according to the results of a major study...
FDA approves Natpara to control low blood calcium levels in patients with hypoparathyroidism
1/27/2015
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Natpara (parathyroid horomone) to control hypocalcemia (low blood calcium levels) in patients with hypoparathyroidism, a rare disease that affects...
FDA approves a second vaccine to prevent serogroup B meningococcal disease
1/27/2015
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Bexsero, a vaccine to prevent invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B in individuals 10 through 25 years of...
Smoking may increase risks for patients being treated for prostate cancer
1/27/2015
Among patients with prostate cancer, those who smoke have increased risks of experiencing side effects from treatment and of developing future cancer recurrences, or even dying from prostate cancer.
African-American patients are less likely than whites to survive colon cancer and now researchers have found that those disparities are linked more to the quality of care received than previously...
Patients dismissing 'trivial' symptoms could delay cancer diagnosis
1/27/2015
People who dismiss their symptoms as trivial or worry about wasting the doctor's time may decide against going to their GP with red-flag cancer warning symptoms, according to a Cancer Research UK...
Researchers identify efficient methylating enzyme for cancer development
1/27/2015
A recent study may help begin to explain how cancer develops though the abnormal turning on and off of genes.