Global market expected to drive cancer drug growth
Found on 15 May 2008 06:04 GMT
The global market for cancer drugs will grow twice as fast as that for all other pharmaceuticals as the developing world spends more on health care, a new report says.
Cancer drug sales could hit $80 billion by 2011: IMS
Found on 15 May 2008 06:04 GMT
Sales of cancer drugs will grow at nearly double the rate of the global pharmaceutical market and could reach $80 billion by 2012, according to IMS Health, which tracks prescription drug sales.
Celtic's Burns succumbs to cancer
Found on 15 May 2008 07:38 GMT
Celtic first-team coach, and former Scotland international, Tommy Burns has died of cancer at the age of 51.
Exercise may protect girls from future breast cancer
Found on 14 May 2008 20:19 GMT
Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen yearsstarting as young as age 12can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown. Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause.
Woman accused of faking cancer to avoid work
Found on 14 May 2008 20:27 GMT
A former Washington state social worker has been accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work. Theft charges were filed Tuesday against Sandra Dee Martinez, 40, formerly of Mountlake Terrace, who was employed by the Department of Social and Health Services in Arlington.
Young people with cancer studied
Found on 15 May 2008 04:59 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 15 (UPI) - A U.S. study is trying to understand what makes young people vulnerable to cancer and how it changes their life.
Vitamin D may prevent prostate cancer
Found on 15 May 2008 05:09 GMT
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 15 (UPI) - Vitamin D not only can be used as a therapy for prostate cancer, it can prevent prostate cancer, a University of Rochester Medical Center suggests.
Physical activity's effect on breast cancer varies
Found on 14 May 2008 16:43 GMT
The results of a literature review of published studies confirm that while all women are likely to reduce their risk of breast cancer with regular physical activity, certain subgroups benefit more than others.
Global market expected to drive cancer drug growth
Found on 15 May 2008 06:25 GMT
The global market for cancer drugs will grow twice as fast as that for all other pharmaceuticals as the developing world spends more on health care, a new report says. China, Brazil, Russia and other emerging countries are becoming bigger customers for...
Researchers find smoking-lung cancer culprit
Found on 14 May 2008 13:53 GMT
A protein responsible for repairing damaged DNA may be a vital link to explaining how smoking causes lung cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
Types of cancer and the measures you can take to reduce the risk of becoming a victim.
PREVENTING BREAST CANCER BREAST CANCER is the most common cancer in the UK. Each year more than 44,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, that's more than 100 women a day, according to Cancer Research UK. Cut back on alcohol - drinking as little as one pint of beer or one glass of wine a day
ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Announces Completion of Proof-of-Principle Studies Demonstrating Efficacy of Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine in Preclinical Model.
IMUC Cancer Stem Cell Product Candidate Mentioned in Nature Biotechnology LOS ANGELES - ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. (OTC:IMUC) (IMUC), a biotechnology company, today announced that recently completed proof-of-principle studies demonstrate efficacy of its cancer stem cell vaccine technology
Amid gains on cancer, uninsured left behind
Amid gains on cancer, uninsured left behind - Less likely to receive screenings, early care By MARY JO LAYTON, STAFF WRITER Date: 05-20-2008, Tuesday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions By the time Elissa Johnson found an oncologist to treat her, the golf-ball-sized tumors had broken through the
A soldier in the war on cancer
Headline: A soldier in the war on cancer Byline: JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Edition; Daily Section: Health Page: 06 Sunday, May 18, 2008 - Prof. Ben-Ami Sela has made a habit of shaking things up. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, the director of Sheba Medical Center's institute of chemical pathology and a
Seven common myths about cancer debunked.
ZURICH - Recent advances in cancer genetics have fueled the push for targeted therapeutics-and are standing the field of oncology on its head, Dr. Levi A. Garraway said at the annual meeting of the European Society for Dermatological Research. Think of cancer as a disease of the genome leading to
Use of the published Lance Armstrong Cancer Story: to teach Health Science content to High School Students.
Lance Armstrong (2000) authored a book titled It's Not About the Bike-My Journey Back to Life, regarding his battle with testicular cancer. It became a New York Times Bestseller and was selected by the School Library Journal as one of the Best Adult Books for High School Students for 2001. The
BRCA1 carriers need more frequent MRI, study suggests.
SAN ANTONIO - Annual breast cancer screening by mammography plus MRI is insufficient for BRCA1 mutation carriers, according to the midterm results of the Dutch MRI Screening Study. It's clear the interval cancer rate is much higher in BRCA1 carriers than in any other group, so I think we'll have
Cancer vaccines may work best in combination: vaccines hold great potential for synergy with other cancer therapies, such as radiation and chemo.
NEW YORK - Vaccines to treat cancer have so far failed to live up to their potential, but researchers are beginning to understand more about why they fail, and this is leading to better vaccine strategies, reported Jeffrey Schlom, Ph.D., at the 25th annual Chemotherapy Foundation symposium. One
VIGIL SEEKS TO PREVENT CANCER RESEARCH CUTS.
Byline: Tony Cook Post staff reporter Cancer researchers, cancer survivors and others who want to prevent cuts in cancer research funding held a candlelight vigil Sunday night outside the downtown Cincinnati office of U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine. About 25 people braved below-freezing temperatures to
NEW METHOD PROPOSED FOR DETERMINING WHICH PATIENTS SHOULD GET TREATMENT FOR COLORECTAL CANCER
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Cancer Institute issued the following press release: * A new study being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago (Abstract #4020), may change treatment practice in about 25 percent of patients with colon
