FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer

A Genentech drug received federal approval on Friday to treat breast cancer, a surprise decision that could represent a shift in standards for assessing the effectiveness of cancer medicines.

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Cancer Drug Ruling Will Have Wide Impact

A decision expected Friday on federal approval for Genentech's Avastin cancer drug could have ramifications for all companies developing cancer medicines.

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The complete genetic codes of two human cancers have been mapped for the first time. The move could herald a medical revolution in which every tumour can be targeted with personalised therapy.

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Morgan is hot. And bored. And tired. It's a sweltering Saturday and she has been at this bake sale for more than an hour.

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Dual Citizen Forced Back to Canada to Save His Life

Keven Drews was born in the USA to Canadian parents living in Washington state but maintains dual citizenship in the US and Canada.

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If destroying stem-cell natives in cancer cells that avoid chemotherapy destruction is the root of finally finding a new class of cancer treatments, then families throughout the world with love ones suffering from cancer can rejoice. Cancer patients now have a new lease on life.

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A true story about Ethan Zohn, the 2002 winner of the reality show,"Survivor, Africa" facing staggering bills for chemotherapy treatment even with his health insurance. This points to the rising costs of health care argument.

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have developed a "trojan horse" therapy to combat cancer, using a bacterially-derived nano cell to penetrate and disarm the cancer cell before a second nano cell kills it with chemotherapy drugs.

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A US doctor who diagnosed and treated herself for breast cancer while stationed in the South Pole during the winter of 1999, was then rescued and survived, has died.

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The Milk Of Human Kindness: Uses For Human Breast Milk

Every year, the citizens of the United States drink on average 21 gallons of milk. Most of this milk is from cows. Ever since I heard that PETA wanted Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream to use human milk, I have been researching about the advantages and uses of it.

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Cancer treatment with radio waves theories proven to hold hope, will receive further study.

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The giant new particle collider at Europe's centre for nuclear research, which is due to start work on Wednesday, is being linked to spectacular spin-offs including improved cancer treatments, systems for destroying nuclear waste and insights into climate change.

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An injection of a high dose of vitamin C may be able to hold back the advance of cancers, US scientists claim.

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Oregon Woman Denied Cancer Treatment by Government, Offered Suicide Instead

Whenever I write an article about the dangers of universal health care, I get usual mantra from the socialist defenders of the plan. Two great examples taken from my Newsvine additions include:

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Are you at Risk for Inflammatory Breast Cancer?

Inflammatory Breast Cancer, known as IBC, is a highly aggressive form of cancer often misdiagnosed or missed on mammograms. Thankfully the disease is rare, but because so little is known about it, even within the medical community, awareness is critical.

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Scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are about to embark on a human trial to test whether a new cancer treatment will be as effective at eradicating cancer in humans as it has proven to be in mice.

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Ted Kennedy's Cancer Treatment Under Socialized Medicine

When it was revealed that Sen. Ted Kennedy's seizure was caused by a malignant brain tumor, I posted a short post on it, offering my prayers to him and his family. One of my readers asked an interesting question following that post. "Randy" wrote:

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Many women of today's biggest fear is breast cancer. With staggering statistics of over a million women each year being diagnosed each year, it is not hard to understand why there is this shadow of worry.

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Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized "nanoworms" that can travel through the bloodstream and — like tiny anti-cancer missiles — zero in on tumors.

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ScienceDaily (Mar. 27, 2008) — Rochester researchers showed for the first time that a natural antioxidant found in grape skins and red wine can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells by reaching to the cell's core energy source, or mitochondria, and crippling its function.

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Tiny magnets made by bacteria could be used to kill tumours, say researchers. A team at the University of Edinburgh has developed a method of making the nanomagnets stronger, opening the way for their use in cancer treatment.

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A new study reveals that Medical Marijuana can be an effective treatment for cancer, that is the word announced by doctors in Germany who concluded that this clarification of the mechanism of cannabinoid action may help investigators to further explore their therapeutic benefit.

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Scientists have discovered why a treatment for ovarian cancer only works in half of the patients who have it. Paclitaxel shrinks ovarian tumours - but Cambridge University researchers found that patients lacking a specific type of protein tend to be immune.

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The only way for doctors to verify that cancer drugs are reaching a patient's tumor is to scan patients after weeks of treatments to see if the tumor has shrunk.

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Researchers at New York University's Clinical Cancer Center and several other U.S. medical colleges believe they may have found a breakthrough vaccine to treat the most deadly form of brain cancer.

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Mrs. Platt is part of a study aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer in people who are at high risk for it, by finding precancerous growths and removing all or part of the pancreas to get rid of them.

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If you have been diagnosed with cancer, there are a number of cancer treatment centers located throughout the country.

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