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Developed by Oxford BioMedica (UK) Ltd. in partnership with Sanofi-aventis, the therapeutic vaccine called modified vaccinia Ankara-encoding 5T4 (TroVax®) has been found to shrink metastatic colorectal cancer in a Phase II study when administered in combination with standard chemotherapy.
Unlike preventative vaccines, such as the human papillomavirus vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, TroVax is a therapeutic […]
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been found to detect tumors missed by mammography and ultrasound in women at high-risk for breast cancer.
Such were the findings of a multi-center study that compared the three breast-cancer screening methods.
According to the study’s lead author, Constance Dobbins Lehman, M.D., Ph.D., professor of radiology at the University of Washington School […]
Vadim Backman, a Northwestern University biomedical engineer has developed an optical technology which has been found effective in the early detection of colon cancer and is now showing promise in the detection of pancreatic cancer.
Known as a silent killer, with no method of early detection, pancreatic cancer spreads rapidly and seldom is detected in its […]
Earlier, I wrote about the implication of two glasses of wine daily to colon cancer in a UK study.
Now a Japanese study suggests that drinking three or more cups of coffee a day may reduce the risk or colon cancer in women (sorry guys, there was no significant benefit found in men!).
On the other hand, […]
According to a study by Cancer Research UK, drinking two large glasses of wine a day increases the risk of getting bowel cancer by a quarter while even one large glass can increase the risk by 10 percent.
The warnings will come as a huge worry to millions of middle class Britons who enjoy a […]
Elizabeth Edwards said to Washington Post’s Dan Balz:
“I feel good and honestly, the campaign is more helpful. I don’t sit at home and worry about what’s going to happen to me a year from now, two years from now, 10 years from now. I take a pill in the morning and that’s when I think […]
Compared to either agent alone, the combination of interferon alpha and sorafenib has been found to work better for patients with renal cell carcinoma –the common form of kidney cancer.
Such were the findings of a pilot study led by Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers.
According to Jared Gollob, M.D., an oncologist at Duke and lead […]
Cancer therapies, healing, and society.
Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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