Archive for the 'Cancer' Category
Cancer Patients In Kent Gain Access To Advanced RapidArc(R) Radiotherapy Treatments From Varian
Cancer patients in Kent will gain access to advanced radiotherapy treatments with the decision by the Kent Oncology Centre to acquire two fully-equipped treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR)…Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsLeading Varian-Equipped Proton Therapy Center Treats 100th Patient
Clinicians at the Rinecker Proton Therapy Center (RPTC) in Munich have treated their 100th patient using advanced proton therapy systems supplied by Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). The landmark treatment comes just three months after a second treatment gantry was commissioned at the center, which offers advanced pencil-beam proton scanning to cancer patients…Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsCan Multimedia Lead To More Informed Decisions On Prostate Cancer Treatment?
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is leading a study of patients newly-diagnosed with prostate cancer to determine if providing them with multimedia materials can help them make more informed treatment decisions. Michael Diefenbach, Ph.D…Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsArk Therapeutics Ltd Withdraws Its Marketing Authorisation Application For Cerepro (sitimagene Ceradenovec), Europe
The European Medicines Agency has been formally notified by Ark Therapeutics Ltd of its decision to withdraw its application for a centralised marketing authorisation for the advanced therapy medicinal product Cerepro (sitimagene ceradenovec). Cerepro received an orphan designation on 6 February 2002 and was intended for the treatment of patients with high-grade operable glioma…Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsMayo Clinic Receives Unique Philanthropic Gift For Cancer Research
Mayo Clinic is forming a new permanent professorship to augment cancer research that will focus on finding new treatments and preventive measures to reduce the incidence of cancer. This professorship is made possible by a $2 million gift from The Vasek and Anna Maria Polak Charitable Foundation, and the recipient, Keith Stewart, M.B., Ch.B., has been approved by the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees…Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsBioAlliance Announces Positive Preliminary Results In The First Phase I Clinical Trial Of Fentanyl Lauriad(R)
BioAlliance Pharma SA (Paris:BIO), a company dedicated to the treatment and supportive care of cancer and AIDS patients, announced positive preliminary results from the first Phase I trial of fentanyl Lauriad®…Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsCPRIT Funds First Cancer Prevention Grants
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) today awarded over $6.8 million to fund twelve new cancer prevention programs through local clinics, health districts, community-based organizations, and academic institutions across the state of Texas. This is the very first round of prevention grants awarded in CPRIT’s 10-year, $3 billion mission…Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsNICE Publishes First Evidence-based Draft Guidelines On Barrett’s Oesophagus - Ablative Therapy
NICE has published a draft clinical guideline on the use of ablative therapies for the treatment of Barrett’s oesophagus. Ablative therapies destroy the abnormal cells within the oesophagus caused by the condition, without removing an entire section of oesophagus…Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsDestroying Cancers By Exploiting Their Architecture
After making a diagnosis of cancer, clinicians have a number of treatment options. Most of these involve coordinating multiple attacks on the tumor using an arsenal of cancer-killing therapies. Chemotherapy, where toxic drugs are used to specifically kill cancer cells, is a very powerful weapon in this arsenal…Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsMBL Scientists Identify Driving Forces In Human Cell Division
If you can imagine identical twin sisters at rest, their breath drawing them subtly together and apart, who somehow latch onto ropes that pull them to opposite sides of the bed - you can imagine what happens to a chromosome in the dividing cell…Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
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