Entries from July 2008

Imagine a day when cancer isn’t such a threatening word

Date July 31, 2008

nospam@example.com (Clear the Smoke) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe day will come when a patient with cancer can beat it with a pill – and that’s it. No chemotherapy. No surgery. 
Just a little more than 100 years since the organization of the American Association for Cancer Research, that is the [...]

China Medical Systems gets SFDA approval for Phase II trial for cancer treatment

Date July 31, 2008

Debi wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptChina Medical System Holdings Ltd. said it has received approval from the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) to begin the Phase II clinical trial for CMS024-02 (Tyroservatide), a drug for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
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10 Tips To Quick Smoking

Date July 31, 2008

Debi wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFrom the CAMH site we bring you the first five of their 10 Tips To Quit Smoking!
Make your car, home and office completely smoke free.  Write down the pros and cons of smoking for your health, your family, [...]

Therapeutic vaccines said to hold big promise

Date July 31, 2008

nospam@example.com (Clear the Smoke) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptGlaxo is conducting late-stage trials of a therapeutic vaccine meant for cancer patients after their tumors have been surgically removed, Witty said. The therapeutic vaccine is meant to destroy any surviving cancer cells and prevent recurrence of the disease.
Called MAGE-A3, the vaccine [...]

What happens after your doctor says, “You have cancer?”

Date July 31, 2008

Debi wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptCancer patients will have a new resource for information next Monday.
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and the Wyoming chapter of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation created a resource library and boutique to assist patients, families and caretakers after a doctor says, “You have [...]

Clarifying Enrollment Procedures in the Trial of CT Screening for Lung Cancer

Date July 31, 2008

nospam@example.com (Clear the Smoke) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe New England Journal of Medicine published a third correction to a contentious medical study on the advisability of screening for lung cancer, weakening one of the study’s findings.
Unlike for colon cancer and breast cancer, regular screening isn’t common for lung cancer, [...]

Less cancer in Cotswolds

Date July 30, 2008

nospam@example.com (Clear the Smoke) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIts figures also show there are more lung cancer diagnoses and deaths in Gloucester than anywhere else in the county, although the city has the lowest breast cancer rate.
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Stand Up To Cancer

Date July 30, 2008

nospam@example.com (Clear the Smoke) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBreslin, the 12 year old star of “Little Miss Sunshine,” lost her grandfather to lung cancer, and will be in a movie called “My Sisters Keeper” with Cameron Diaz about a family struggling with cancer.
“We’re trying to get people to come together [...]

Networks team up to take on cancer

Date July 30, 2008

Debi wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt ”If you put a headline on the front of the New York Times, ‘1,500 Americans Dead Today,’ that would get everyone’s attention,” Ziskin says. “We’d say, ‘This is a terrorist in our midst. Why aren’t we doing something about it?’ “
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Fundraiser to assist lung cancer patient

Date July 30, 2008

Debi wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptReinbeau, 48, developed a bad cough in April and was so short of breath in May that he was not able to continue working for his company, Rainbow Roofing. Doctors at Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville discovered the stage three cancer in the lymph nodes [...]