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Medicare Adds Third Recognized Source To Help Determine Coverage For Anti-Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs
7/4/2008 2:49:02 PM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced additional updates to the information it uses in determining which drugs may be covered under Medicare Part B when used to treat patients undergoing cancer treatment through chemotherapy. CMS will add Elsevier Gold Standard's Clinical Pharmacology compendium to the list of Medicare anti-cancer treatment compendia. >> More
3rd ESU Masterclass Presents Insightful Updates On Urological Oncology
7/4/2008 2:49:02 PM
Insightful updates on onco-urological issues were the focus of the 3rd ESU masterclass, which started in Barcelona on Friday 27 June. There were 150 participants who listened to a faculty of 12 internationally renowned experts in urological cancers. The European Board of Urology (EBU) organised a written examination following the masterclass which is accredited within the EU-ACME programme. >> More
Blood Vessel Inhibitor Shows Promise Against Metastatic Thyroid Cancer
7/4/2008 2:49:02 PM
Thyroid cancer that has spread to distant sites has a poor prognosis, but an experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel formation can slow disease progression in some patients, a research team led by investigators from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the July 3rd edition of The New England Journal of Medicine. >> More
Advanced Thyroid Cancer Investigational Drug Shows Promise
7/4/2008 2:49:02 PM
A study by an international team of researchers found that an experimental drug that stops blood vessels that feed tumors from forming was able, in a small number of patients, to slow down the progression of advanced thyroid cancer that has spread to other sites. >> More
Fourth Annual Symposium On Liver-Directed Microsphere Therapy Raises Awareness Of The Latest Advances For Treating Metastatic Liver Tumors
7/4/2008 2:49:02 PM
More than 170 physicians and health care professionals specializing in the treatment of liver metastases gathered May 2-3 in Chicago for the fourth annual clinical symposium on liver-directed microsphere therapy. The symposium, sponsored by the Goshen Center for Cancer Care, was supported by an educational grant provided by Sirtex Medical. Sirtex manufactures SIR-Spheres microspheres, the only FDA-approved microsphere therapy for colorectal liver metastases. >> More
Oncolin Therapeutics Announces The Discovery Of A New More Effective Anti-Cancer Treatment In Experimental Brain Tumor Models
7/4/2008 2:49:02 PM
Oncolin Therapeutics, Inc., (OTCBB:OCOL) announces that a team of scientists supported by an Oncolin Sponsored Research Agreement (SRA) and lead by Professor Waldemar Priebe from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) has discovered a new inhibitor of glycolysis, which is superior to the other known inhibitors. These results were confirmed both in vitro as well as in vivo brain tumor models. >> More
Targeted Therapies To Lead New Wave Of Breast Cancer Treatments
7/4/2008 2:49:02 PM
Rising public awareness about breast cancer and the treatments available has greatly improved revenues in the overall breast cancer therapeutics market. To thrive in this highly competitive market, drug developers must offer drugs that improve survival rates and the quality of life. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, U.S. >> More
Potential New Ways To Treat Metastatic Cancer Following Discovery Of Gene Mechanism
7/4/2008 2:49:02 PM
Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered how a gene, melanoma differentiation associated gene-7/interleukin-24 (mda-7/IL-24), induces a bystander effect that kills cancer cells not directly receiving mda-7/IL-24 without harming healthy ones, a discovery that could lead to new therapeutic strategies to fight metastatic disease. >> More
Researcher Using Computers To Hone Cancer Fighting Strategies
7/4/2008 2:49:02 PM
A Florida State University faculty member who uses computational techniques to evaluate a new class of cancer-killing drugs is attracting worldwide attention from other researchers. Kevin C. >> More
Doctor Knowledge Of Cancer Treatment Options, Costs Key To Advising On Proper Medical Care
7/4/2008 2:49:02 PM
The growing number of cancer treatment options and their widely varying costs suggest an increased need for oncologists to understand economic issues in cancer care and be able to discuss these issue with their patients, according to a study by researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and RTI International. >> More

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