Friday, November 16, 2018

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Daily update November 16, 2018
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It was just below the port embedded in my chest that has been used for years of ovarian cancer treatment and above the scar from a previous ...
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At many cancer hospitals, administrators may not even know basics like how many patients have breast or pancreatic cancer. Flatiron's solution is to ...
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Last June, I almost wrote about a drug called AZD5363. It's an AKT inhibitor, the sort of chemical we studied to see if it killed cancer cells in the lab, ...
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Pancreatic cancer cells are known for their ability to thrive under extreme conditions of low nutrients and oxygen, a trait known in the cancer field as ...
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1 in 41 men will die of prostate cancer. But sticking a needle through your rectum into your prostate to screen for cancer brings along a ton of bacteria ...
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What's New The world's longest-running study on radiation therapy for thyroid cancer patients shows that patients with a low risk of a relapse can ...
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14, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity in the teen years may increase the risk of developing deadly pancreatic cancer in adulthood, researchers report ...
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Cancer continues to be one of the top causes of death in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, there will be 1,735,350 new ...
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Every November as I stand alongside thousands of patients to observe Lung Cancer Awareness Month, it is tempting to dwell on the uphill battle ...
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Scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified sodium glucose transporter 2, or SGLT2, as a mechanism that lung ...
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Researchers investigating new treatments for neuroblastoma—one of the most common childhood cancers—have found that a combination of two ...
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Volunteers went to the James Graham Brown Cancer Center on Wednesday to offer a little pampering to some of the women battling cancer. WDRB ...
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Researchers have just discovered that a giant fungus first found 25 years ago in a forest on Michigan's Upper Peninsula has gotten much, much larger ...
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New research finds that the cancer cells in a particularly aggressive form of pancreatic cancer rely heavily on a key protein to grow and spread.
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It was supposed to be a routine six-month checkup after a mastectomy for breast cancer. When the nurse came back with blood work results, she ...
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This is a letter I wrote to a dear friend from the 1970s who has been diagnosed recently with colon cancer. She had surgery last summer to remove the ...
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Cancer scientists led by principal investigator Dr. Daniel De Carvalho at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have combined "liquid biopsy," epigenetic ...
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That option is now a reality thanks to the work of Dr. Khaled and Dr. Jason Chandler, a partnership between Methodist Healthcare and West Cancer ...
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Immunotherapy can cure some cancers that until fairly recently were considered fatal. In addition to developing drugs that boost the immune system's ...
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Cancer is costly. What if I did not have health insurance or a steady paycheck? Would I have fallen through the cracks and died of metastatic breast ...
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Researchers recently conducted a study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine journal, to explore data that suggests cancer will surpass heart ...
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Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new antibody that could hold the key to unlocking cancer's defence against the body's ...
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Former Purdue student Tyler Trent, who has a rare form of bone cancer, became such a national sensation during the Boilermakers' victory over Ohio ...
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An oncologist shares memories of a terminally ill patient's journey to "sweet surrender." (Journal of Clinical Oncology). Lung cancer treatment ...
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Researchers have gained a new understanding of the link between obesity and cancer. In the presence of excess fat, the immune surveillance system ...
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But a new study out this week is the latest to suggest that it's only a matter of time before the second leading cause of death—cancer—becomes more ...
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In Haiti, where there is no radiation therapy or access to the HPV vaccine, women are dying from cervical cancer, a disease that's both preventable ...
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Dublin, Ireland: Patients with rare, but incurable cancers of the digestive tract have responded well to a combination of two drugs that block the MEK ...
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10-year-old Derek Gerlach found out last Tuesday, Election Day, that he had medulloblastoma, a brain tumor at the base of his skull. It's a rare cancer, ...
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Patients with blood cancers are burdened with higher costs than other cancers, and spending in blood cancers does not return to precancer levels, ...
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A recent study by the National Toxicology Program/National Institutes of Health (NTP/NIH) shows clear evidence of a causal link between cancer and ...
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The charity hosted a field day at Southern Methodist University, where more than 100 student athletes came out to play with young cancer fighters and ...
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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center announced the new volunteer leaders elected to its board of directors. The Cancer Center's mission is to improve ...
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In early 2016, a few months after Elfreda Spencer, a 71-year-old Jamaican widow, came to London to visit her daughter, Barbara Wright, and her ...
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A drug increasingly used in combination with radiotherapy to treat a type of cancer that forms in the tonsils or the base of the tongue is inferior to a ...
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In South Florida's Haitian-American community, a simple, self-testing kit for cervical cancer is increasing the percentage of women being screened for ...
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A blood pressure medication is voluntarily being pulled from the shelves due to impurity concerns which may lead to a cancer risk. The Food and Drug ...
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A bloated stomach, tummy pain and cramps are usually a result of trapped wind, which happens when the digestive system struggles to digest certain ...
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Dragonfly Therapeutics said today it has doubled to eight the number of its natural killer (NK) cell engager cancer immunotherapy candidates ...
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STEVENSVILLE, Mich. (WNDU) - When you're battling cancer, the last thing on your mind should be trying to figure out how to pay for treatment.
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A local woman has owned a health store here in Joplin for 26 years, but when she found out she had cancer she was faced with the difficult decision, ...
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Radiation oncologist Dr. Timothy Showalter and breast cancer surgeon Dr. Shayna L. Showalter are leading an interdisciplinary effort to evaluate a ...
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SAN DIEGO -- For patients with cancer, shortages of intravenous and other parenteral opioids led to lower rates of pain control, each hospitalization ...
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Murdock then heard about a local fitness program called "Breast Cancer 2 Bikini," where breast cancer survivors join a free fitness program and ...
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Purdue University researchers have developed a technology aimed at making it easier to deliver cancer treatment to the right "address" in the body ...
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Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death world wide.
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Kevin Mwachiro describes himself as a writer, a poet, a podcaster, a journalist, an activist, a brother, an uncle, a son of Africa, a cancer fighter, ...
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WEB
Cancer
Findings from the recent Australian Burden of Disease Study showed that cancer as a disease group was the leading cause of burden in Australia in ...
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CTD chemotherapy
It is best to read this information with our general information about chemotherapy and the type of cancer you have. Before you start treatment with ...
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Blood pressure medication recall due to cancer concerns
A blood pressure medication is voluntarily being pulled from the shelves due to impurity concerns which may lead to a cancer risk.
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Waikato Breast Cancer Research Trust
The Waikato Breast Cancer Research Trust engages in evidence-based breast cancer research. Based in Hamilton, the team also works on ...
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Yoga for Cancer Survivors
MUST HAVE PHYSICIANS NOTE. Locations. Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute of Central CT. 183 North Mountain Road New Britain, CT 06050 ...
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Pancreatic cancer's addiction could be its end
Researchers have discovered that an inappropriately-produced protein may be why some pancreatic cancer patients die exceptionally early.
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Cancer Virology and HIV Think Tank
Each year the Center of Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Cancer Virology (CEHCV) hosts a Fall "Think Tank" Meeting. A primary goal of the meeting is to ...
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UH Seidman Cancer Center
UH Seidman Cancer Center. Shannon Burke Director Senior Principal Gift Officer 216-844-0423 shannon.burke@UHhospitals.org. Leslie Piovesan
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Hampton Roads
The 2018 ZERO Prostate Cancer Run/Walk - Hampton Roads features a 5K run/walk, 1 mile walk, Kids' Superhero Dash for Dad, and virtual Snooze ...
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Want to lower your risk of ovarian cancer? Don't reach for the baby aspirin yet
A study published last month offers some new hope for helping prevent ovarian cancer — in the form of a baby aspirin — and may add to the growing ...
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Finding the Right Words to Talk About Cancer
Cancer patients themselves can sometimes struggle with how to talk about the disease or how to describe the challenges of a diagnosis or treatment.
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Mayo Clinic receives National Cancer Institute grant to help cancer...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has received a supplemental grant from the National Cancer Institute to ensure that all cancer ...
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Cancer Patients' Charter of Rights: Good Nutrition During Cancer Care is a Right
ESMO 2018: the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) has chosen to highlight the rights of cancer patients to good nutrition. The Cancer ...
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Cancer care
Cancer treatments offered through the Northwell Health Cancer Institute at Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health in Westchester, NY.
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Blood pressure medication recalled over possible cancer risk
The pharmaceutical company Sandoz announced the voluntary recall of the drug Losartan after trace amounts of a possible cancer-causing chemical ...
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College Is Cancer: Special Report
College Is Cancer: Special Report. Learn what "higher education" is doing to America's youth. The Alex Jones Show - November 13, 2018. College Is ...
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Prediction and Prevention of Treatment-Related Complications in Cancer Survivors
Smita Bhatia, MD, PhD, Gay and Bew White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology, Professor, Pediatric Oncology, Vice Chair for Outcomes and ...
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Understanding anti-cancer activity of malaria treatments
15 Nov 2018. Anti-malaria drugs known as chloroquines have been repurposed to treat cancer for decades, but until now no one knew exactly what ...
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Clinical trial tests customized treatment for ovarian cancer and peritoneal mesothelioma
Ovarian cancer includes cancer of the ovaries, fallopian tubes or abdominal lining (peritoneum). Peritoneal mesothelioma is a type of cancer that ...
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A tale of two cancers
experiences of having both breast cancer and pancreatic cancer]
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PPT1 promotes tumor growth and is the molecular target of chloroquine derivatives in cancer.
Vito W Rebecca, Michael C. Nicastri, Colin Fennelly, Cynthia I Chude, Julie S Barber-Rotenberg, Amruta Ronghe, Quentin McAfee, Noel P ...
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Support group search
If there are no groups for the specific cancer type you are looking for, consider whether a group without a specific cancer focus would suit you or call ...
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Lymphedema after Breast Cancer Treatment
Clinical Practice from The New England Journal of Medicine — Lymphedema after Breast Cancer Treatment.
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Wilton
2018 American Cancer Society, Inc. All rights reserved. The American Cancer Society is a qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Any links to ...
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Fish Oil Increases Prostate Cancer Risk
The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil pills may increase men's risk of developing prostate cancer, according to a large study published in the ...
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What to Know about the Leading Cause of Cancer Deaths
By LEENA KAMAT, MD. November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and ...
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Colorectal Cancer
Serum – Colorectal Cancer. Cancer; Colorectal Cancer. View Product. Showing all 4 results. ABOUT. Company · Careers · Blog · Contact Us.
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Lung Cancer
Last week they did a needle biopsy and today they said I have cancer. I am hoping since they were looking at one nodule when the other one ...
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ENA NEWS: Difficult-to-treat bowel cancers respond in first study of new drug combination<br/>
Dublin, Ireland: Early results from a phase I trial in a small group of patients with advanced cancer using two drugs (nivolumab and pixatimod) that ...
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Partner
Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation provides comfort to children with a cancer diagnosis by providing simple acts of kindness through our ...
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You Have Cancer
A few months ago, a dear friend of mine heard those terrifying words…"You have cancer." As that diagnosis settled in, she, like many others, felt that ...
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Researchers evaluate efficacy of salivary biomarkers for early detection of oral cancer
Source: www.news-medical.net. Author: staff, reviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. Over 90% of malign tumors in the head and neck are originated from ...
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Shine A Light On Lung Cancer
Join the Stephenson Cancer Center to raise awareness around lung cancer as we honor those impacted by the disease. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 ...
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Research Funding Opportunities
The following four Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) under the Cancer MoonshotSM Program have been published and are currently ...
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Environmental risk factors for cancer – review paper
Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and lung cancer by histological type: a pooled analysis of the International Lung Cancer Consortium (ILCCO) ...
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'It's An Amazing Time To Be A Radiation Oncologist'
Targeting Cancer is raising awareness of radiation oncology in Australia and New Zealand, but what is life like for radiation oncologists in other areas ...
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Capivasertib Active against AKT1-Mutated Cancers
Capivasertib Active against AKT1-Mutated Cancers. DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2018-153. Article; Info & Metrics. Loading. Article Information.
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Undertreatment of High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer in the California Latino Population
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed noncutaneous malignancy in men in the United States. Although most cases of PCa in the ...
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12-mile York County hike helps fight childhood cancer
Hikers will lace up their boots to trek 12 miles at Baxter Village Trail in Fort Mill to honor and remember local children affected by childhood cancer.
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Cost of Treating Pediatric Cancer at the Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence in Rwanda
Improvements in childhood survival rates have been achieved in low- and middle- income countries that have made a commitment to improve access ...
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Energy-Dense Diets Linked to Obesity-Related Cancers Among Women
A recent study, suggests that energy-dense diets may increase the risk of obesity-related cancers in women, even among those of normal weight.
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New Report Demonstrates Cost of Blood Cancer Care
The costs to treat blood cancer are higher than costs for other cancers, and the costs incurred by a patient diagnosed with a blood cancer do not return ...
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