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Modified tobacco may hold key to lymphoma vaccine
WASHINGTON, DC – Aug. 15, 2008 (VOA News) – Researchers are developing personalized vaccines with the help of a special tobacco plant virus modified to trigger an immune response against a type of lymphoma.
Experimental combo shows promise for advanced lung cancer
PHILADELPHIA – Aug. 12, 2008 (cancerfacts.com) – A combination of chemotherapy agents that has been tested in other tumor types appears to be a promising alternative to standard treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Methadone may treat forms of leukemia
PHILADELPHIA – Aug. 8, 2008 – Researchers in Germany have discovered that methadone, an agent used to break addiction to opioid drugs, has surprising killing power against leukemia cells, including treatment resistant forms of the cancer.
Task force finds no screening benefit for men over 75
PHILADELPHIA – Aug. 6, 2008 (cancerfacts.com)– New guidelines recommend against routine prostate cancer screening for men over the age of 75, and more evidence needed for men under 75, a government report says.
Removing H. pylori bacteria cuts risk of stomach cancer
LONDON – Aug. 4, 2008 – Removing the bacteria long known to cause stomach ulcers in a stomach cancer patient may slash the risk of the cancer coming back, say Japanese researchers.
New test for unidentified tumors approved
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 31, 2008 (cancerfacts.com) – The FDA today approved a new test to help diagnose hard-to-identify tumors, which could benefit more than 200,000 cancer patients per year in the United States.
New treatment for advanced prostate cancer
ADELAIDE, Australia – July 30, 2008 – A new combination of drugs for treating advanced prostate cancer may be more effective and have fewer side effects say researchers at the University of Adelaide who developed the new approach.
Hormone therapy may slow thinking
NEW YORK – July 29, 2008 – Hormone blocking therapies commonly used to treat prostate cancer may have subtle adverse effects on cognition in patients, such as in the ability to recall and concentrate, a review of recent studies shows.
New treatment option for kidney cancer
NEW YORK – July 24, 2008 – Patients treated for kidney cancer that has spread to other organs live longer without the cancer advancing when treated with a new drug, researchers say.
Gene test may predict lung cancer survival
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – July 21, 2008 (cancerfacts.com) – An analysis involving a set of genes can be used to predict which lung cancer patients will have the poorest likelihood of survival, researchers say.
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FDA Warns individuals and firms to stop selling fake cancer 'cures'
Warning Letters have been sent to 23 U.S. companies and two foreign individuals marketing a wide range of products fraudulently claiming to prevent and cure cancer, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today. Full story.
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