http://en.redtram.com/ cancercompass.com Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:47:33 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 21376 | New Program to Help Promote Good Bone Health In Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients On Long-Term Androgen Deprivation Therapy http://en.redtram.com/go/236282269/top100/ 236282269 Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced a new program encouraging health professionals to help maintain the bone health of prostate cancer patients who are on long-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Nearly two million men are receiving ADT, a palliative treatment for Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:48:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236282269/top100/ 21376 | Revolutionary Colon Cancer Screening Test Makes Way through Approval Process http://en.redtram.com/go/236282263/top100/ 236282263 Embarrassing and sometimes uncomfortable colonoscopies may soon be a thing of the past. National researchers are taking note of a new screening test that is making its way through the approval process. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:47:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236282263/top100/ 21376 | Mayo Changes Up Breast Cancer Treatment http://en.redtram.com/go/236282257/top100/ 236282257 A relatively minor change in treatment of some breast cancers may save thousands of lives yearly, a Mayo Clinic researcher is announcing this weekend. About 25 percent of breast cancers make too much of the protein known as HER2. Dr. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:47:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236282257/top100/ 21376 | Study Showed Trastuzumab-DM1 Shrank Tumors in Women With Highly Advanced HER2-Positive Breast Cancer http://en.redtram.com/go/236282251/top100/ 236282251 Genentech, Inc., a wholly owned member of the Roche Group, today announced positive results from a Phase II study of trastuzumab-DM1 (T- DM1). As assessed by independent review, T-DM1 shrank the tumors (also known as objective response) in 33 percent Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:47:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236282251/top100/ 21376 | New Breast Cancer Treatment Recommended http://en.redtram.com/go/236282244/top100/ 236282244 Doctors at a San Antonio symposium found a new protocol for treating breast cancer shows possibly paradigm-shifting results, they say. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:47:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236282244/top100/ 21376 | Positive Results from Phase 2 Study of the Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) Product Candidate CDX-011 In Advanced Breast Cancer http://en.redtram.com/go/236282236/top100/ 236282236 Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the results of a positive Phase 2 study of CDX-011 (formerly CR011-vcMMAE), in patients with heavily pre-treated, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancers. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:47:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236282236/top100/ 21376 | Nanosensors Detect Early Signs Of Cancer http://en.redtram.com/go/236282231/top100/ 236282231 Nanosensors, a blood-based technology, can spot early signs of cancer, according to a new study. By taking everyday blood samples from patients, the device can lead to quicker detection and treatment, said the study, whose findings were published online Dec. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:46:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236282231/top100/ 21376 | Scientists Improve Results Of Chemo Drug http://en.redtram.com/go/236282227/top100/ 236282227 U.S. scientists say they've found adding a small molecule to the chemotherapy drug Temozolomide hikes its effectiveness at a much smaller dosage. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:46:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236282227/top100/ 21376 | Drug Kills Breast Tumor Cells After Chemo http://en.redtram.com/go/236282220/top100/ 236282220 U.S. medical researchers say they've developed an experimental cancer drug that kills breast tumor cells that survive chemotherapy. Dr. Jenny Chang of the Baylor College of Medicine and a lead investigator of the research, along with scientists from the University Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:46:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236282220/top100/ 21376 | Coverage Of Orally Delivered Oncology Drugs To Shift More Cost Responsibility To Patient http://en.redtram.com/go/236282209/top100/ 236282209 HealthLeaders-InterStudy and Fingertip Formulary find that over the next five years, a greater percentage of health plans will transition orally delivered oncology drugs from a copayment structure to a reimbursement model that incorporates a coinsurance payment, thereby shifting more costs Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:46:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236282209/top100/ 21376 | Carnegie Mellon Researchers Receive Grant To Develop Computerized Tools To Train Surgeons for Cryosurgery http://en.redtram.com/go/236225351/top100/ 236225351 Carnegie Mellon University's Yoed Rabin and Kenji Shimada have received a four-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop computerized training tools for cryosurgery, which is the destruction of undesired tissue, such as cancerous tumors and organs, Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:07:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236225351/top100/ 21376 | Rituxan Is The First Treatment To Show Improved Overall Survival In Previously Untreated Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia http://en.redtram.com/go/236225347/top100/ 236225347 Roche announced today at the 51st Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in New Orleans, LA (USA) that the pivotal Phase III study CLL8 showed that patients with previously- untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) survived their disease longer Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:07:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236225347/top100/ 21376 | Asthma/Cancer Correlation Study Conducted By Cancer Prevention & Cure http://en.redtram.com/go/236225344/top100/ 236225344 Lung diseases affect an increasingly growing sector of the population. Almost 20 million Americans suffer from asthma. The disease may predispose sufferers to lung cancer, which strikes over a quarter million new victims each year. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:07:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236225344/top100/ 21376 | Repeat Negative CT Scan For Lung Cancer Does Not Encourage Ex-Smokers To Resume The Habit http://en.redtram.com/go/236225341/top100/ 236225341 Assurance of a cancer-free status did not prompt people participating in a long-term computerized tomography (CT) lung-cancer screening program to pick up their cigarettes again, researchers wrote in a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:07:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236225341/top100/ 21376 | Penn Study Describes Novel Model Of Skin Cancer, Providing Insights Into The Second-Most Common Type Of Cancer http://en.redtram.com/go/236225339/top100/ 236225339 Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have developed a new model of skin cancer based on the knowledge that a common cancer-related molecule called Src kinase is activated in human skin-cancer samples. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:07:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236225339/top100/ 21376 | Algeta Announces First US Patient Randomized In ALSYMPCA Phase III Study http://en.redtram.com/go/236225336/top100/ 236225336 Algeta ASA, the cancer therapeutics company, announces that the first clinical center in the US, the Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, has started randomizing patients in the phase III clinical study of Alpharadin in men with castration-resistant (also known as Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:06:50 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236225336/top100/ 21376 | Growth Factor May Govern Metastasis http://en.redtram.com/go/236225332/top100/ 236225332 A British study suggests the spread, or metastasis, of breast cancer cells into the bloodstream of mice is governed by a growth factor. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:06:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236225332/top100/ 21376 | Major New Study Finds Soyfoods Safe And Beneficial For Women With Breast Cancer http://en.redtram.com/go/236225328/top100/ 236225328 A major new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that women with breast cancer would be well- served by including soyfoods in their daily diet. Soyfood consumption was significantly linked to a decreased risk Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:06:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236225328/top100/ 21376 | Osteoporosis Drug May Help Fight Breast Cancer http://en.redtram.com/go/236225322/top100/ 236225322 Several promising studies have researchers excited about the possibility that some osteoporosis drugs could play a role in reducing breast cancer. In one large study discussed at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on Thursday, women who were taking bisphosphonates Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:06:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236225322/top100/ 21376 | Study Finds Possible Explanation For The Link Between Infertility And Breast/Ovarian Cancer Risks http://en.redtram.com/go/236225319/top100/ 236225319 Westchester Medical Center Physician and Fertility Preservation Expert leads study examining the association of breast cancer genes, breast cancer and infertility. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:06:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236225319/top100/