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If It Works for Breast Cancer... Studies are under way to see if promising strategies used against breast cancer can be used to fight other killers, such as lung, colon, and prostate cancer. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010 |
Fusion genes that drive solid tumors are a new target for cancer therapies The success of Gleevec and related drugs has inspired researchers to step up their hunt for the molecular defects underlying other cancers. |
Wired August 2003 Jennifer Kahn |
The End of Cancer (As we Know it) Diagnosis. Chemotherapy. Radiation. Slow painful death. No more. A new era of cancer treatment is dawning. Meet three scientists who are using the revelations of the Human Genome Project to reshape medicine. |
Scientific American January 2009 Charles Q. Choi |
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly? The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process occurs, John Pawelek thinks, when tumor cells fuse with white blood cells -- an idea that, if right, could yield new therapies |
Chemistry World July 22, 2013 Kirsty Muirhead |
Circulating cancer cells spiral towards separation A new biochip developed by researchers in Singapore can isolate tumor cells from blood samples, and may one day be an alternative to more invasive methods for tracking later stage cancers. |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
Biotech, Finally The past 30 years of biological discoveries, insights into the human genome, and exotic chemical manipulation have unleashed a wave of biological drugs, many of them reengineered human proteins. |
AskMen.com Harold Russell |
The Truth About Lung Cancer Read this article to find out about the causes, symptoms, treatments, and preventive measures of lung cancer. |
Managed Care June 2007 Thomas Morrow |
Dendritic Cell Vaccine Hits FDA Roadblock Questions about study design and analysis prompted the FDA to postpone action on Provenge, a treatment for advanced prostate cancer. |
Bio-IT World February 18, 2004 |
Pathology Goes Molecular New technologies are enabling clinical diagnostic laboratories to pave the way toward more personalized cancer therapies |
Managed Care January 2004 Thomas Morrow |
Choking Off a Tumor's Blood Supply Angiogenesis blockade is a 30-year-old concept, but it will soon make the leap from lab bench to pharmacy shelf. |
American Family Physician September 15, 2003 Perkins et al. |
Serum Tumor Markers Because family physicians are assuming a greater role in caring for patients with cancer, an understanding of tumor markers is becoming increasingly important. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2010 Walter Armstrong |
Cancer: On Target Once More Over the past year or two, a handful of Phase III failures, including megablockbusters like Avastin and Sutent in trials for all kinds of common tumors, indicate that targeted therapy is generally a blunt instrument. |
Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 |
Minority Report With Iressa, the AstraZeneca drug approved by the FDA last year, there is a small group, maybe 10 to 20 percent of lung cancer patients, who get an almost miraculous response. Mutations may explain patient responses to the drug. |
Managed Care March 2007 Martin Sipkoff |
Managing Cancer Treatment Begins Before Diagnosis Health plans are increasingly involved in promoting the lifestyle changes that help their members avoid cancer, and are increasingly involved in clinical trials if prevention fails. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Renee Twombly |
A New Take on Retinoblastoma Basic research findings upend old thoughts on this childhood tumor. |
BusinessWeek March 8, 2004 Arlene Weintraub |
And When ImClone's Drug Doesn't Work... Physicians have greeted ImClone Systems Inc.'s (IMCL ) cancer drug, Erbitux, with a mixture of glee and grim realism. The drug dramatically shrinks colon tumors in some patients. But in others, it has little effect -- and no one knows why. |
Chemistry World June 12, 2012 Nina Notman |
Three pronged approach puts brakes on US breast cancer The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of anti-HER2 therapy Perjeta (pertuzumab) to treat patients with previously untreated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. |
American Family Physician May 15, 2005 |
Early Prostate Cancer: What You Should Know A patient hand-out on the disease, who is at risk, diagnosis and treatment options. |
The Motley Fool April 29, 2005 Tim Hanson |
Genentech's Promising Future Cancer drug Avastin is finding new uses. How will outside forces affect its potential? Investors take note. |
Chemistry World January 21, 2011 Jennifer Newton |
Early lung cancer diagnosis Patients with lung cancer have elevated levels of a specific protein in their blood that could be used as a biomarker for the disease, say scientists from South Korea. |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2004 David Nierengarten |
Cell Genesys Boosted Cell Genesys's shares jump a day late and a dollar higher. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
New Cancer Therapies As cancer research explodes, the availability of new and innovative interventions is expanding almost daily. |
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Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer By getting regular blood tests, doctors may be able to diagnose cancer early, giving the patient a 90 percent chance of survival. |
Chemistry World April 13, 2011 Kate McAlpine |
Microrockets aim at cancer diagnostics Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have made self-propelled microtube rockets that can find and capture cancer cells from blood samples. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010 Amy Maxmen |
Driving the Immune System to Attack Cancer A researcher's longtime efforts to drive T cells to attack tumors hits pay dirt. |
Scientific American May 2009 Christine Soares |
Cancer Clues from Embryonic Development Rethinking cancer by seeing tumors as a cellular pregnancy. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011 Richard Saltus |
T-Cell Booster Kits A bioengineer remodels cell surfaces to prod the immune system. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
Prostate Cancer Overview Everything you wanted to know and more about prostate cancer in this three-part prostate cancer guide. |
The Motley Fool June 6, 2011 Luke Timmerman |
Exelixis Zeroes In on Lead Drug, Sees Activity in the Bones of Prostate Cancer Patients Is Exelixis' risky bet about to pay off? |
BusinessWeek April 30, 2007 Catherine Arnst |
Teaching The Body To Fix Itself Cancer vaccines still in trial stages may be able to prolong life with few side effects, but the FDA has yet to be convinced. |
Fast Company Christina Farr |
Bill Gates, Illumina To Fund $100M Blood Test For Cancer Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos's venture fund Bezos Expeditions, and Arch Venture Partners will also contribute to the venture. Grail will be based in San Francisco, and Illumina will retain majority control. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2013 William Looney |
Pathways to Progress Cancer is increasingly understood as a collection of rare and mostly treatable conditions rather than the impregnable, monolith portrayed in popular culture. Industry experts review current and pending efforts to turn great science into good practice. |
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Training the Immune System to Fight Cancer Bristol-Myers' new melanoma drug may be a "game changer." |
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Inside Judah Folkman's Lab The pioneering cancer researcher, Dr. Judah Folkman, talks about the path that led to his discoveries and about how much remains to be done |
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Falling Into the Zaltrap Lung cancer out, colon cancer in phase 3 clinical trial for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' new drug. |
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Nanotech and the War on Cancer New imaging advances in nanotechnology will help speed cancers' end. What does it mean for investors? |
Scientific American November 2008 Jessica Wapner |
Cancer Vaccine: Looking Beyond Tumor Size Proponents see hope in changing cancer vaccines' bad reputation |
Chemistry World July 2010 Anna Lewcock |
Medicine made to measure Healthcare tailored to suit the genetic makeup of the patient is finally coming to fruition. |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2007 Brian Orelli |
The Phase 2 Blues Drug developer Cytokinetics disappoints investors with failed clinical trials. |
Bio-IT World August 13, 2003 Malorye Branca |
Targeting Tumors Next-generation cancer drugs will take aim with unprecedented certainty, but making them requires a new discovery and development paradigm. |
BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 Tom Randall |
Cocktails Are Next For Cancer-Drug Makers Taking a cue from the cocktails of drugs that have made AIDS survivable, drugmakers are pursuing combination therapies against cancer. |
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Catherine Arnst |
Cancer Superdrugs, Costly Side Effects New therapies are extending lives, but the prices could weigh down the nation. Oncologists, pharmaceutical companies, and the government will have to focus on the best way to lower prices for these drugs. |
AskMen.com Sabrina Rogers |
Can Men Get Breat Cancer? Breast cancer isn't just a chick thing. Although it is about 100 times more common among women and is a rare cause of death in men, the American Cancer Society estimates that, in 2004, approximately 1,450 American men will be diagnosed with this disease. |
Chemistry World June 4, 2015 Thadchajini Retneswaran |
Microfluidic approach to personalised cancer treatment US scientists have developed an innovative microfluidic assay that can accurately predict how patients with a certain type of blood cancer will respond to an anticancer drug. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 |
Thoughtleader: Stephen Sherwin, Cell Genesys Cell Genesys has been able to raise enough capital to gamble on what it CEO believes could be the future's most promising therapies, including gene activation, immunotherapy, and oncolytic virus therapy. |
American Family Physician February 1, 2004 |
Penile Cancer What is cancer?... How does my doctor check for cancer?... How is penile cancer treated? |
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BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Michael Arndt |
Fine-Tuning the Attack on Breast Cancer Genentech's Herceptin, the first drug approved for a specific group, helps patients who are genetically susceptible to a virulent form of the disease. |
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A Basic Approach to Chemotherapy Chemists have found a way to attack malignant cells with an anticancer drug, while sparing healthy cells. |