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KCC's geriatric oncology symposium to take place on March 9
Approaches to treating elderly cancer patients are evolving as more of the population ages and the need for specialized care becomes more evident. To address these issues and others, national thought leaders in geriatric oncology will gather at a unique symposium at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson (KCC) in Philadelphia on Friday, March 9, 2012, where they will present an overview of the latest advances in the understanding and treatment of cancer in older adults in an effort to impact patient care. Continue reading
Posted in Oncology
Tagged community, department, departments, family, geriatric, geriatrics, medical, oncology-center, population, senior-adult, society, together-during
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Biologicals in Oncology Drug Pipeline Update 2012
NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Biologicals in Oncology Drug Pipeline Update 2012 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0379872/Biologicals-in-Oncology-Drug-Pipeline-Update-2012.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Drug_and_Medication This drug pipeline update covers a wide array of biological drugs, such as: antibodies, proteins, peptides, DNA, RNA and cellular therapies. There are today 669 companies plus partners developing 1071 biological drugs in 2294 developmental projects in cancer Continue reading
Posted in Oncology
Tagged a-new-market, a-wide-array, accumulated, developing-1071, dna, oncology, oncology-drug, over-the-last, pipeline-update, plus-partners, research-report, right-on-top, starting-point, suspended-drugs, york
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2010 Ethel Fleming Arceneaux Outstanding Nurse-Oncologist Award – Video
10-01-2012 15:35 Her peers describe her as knowledgeable, compassionate and dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care. Continue reading
Posted in Oncologist
Tagged clinical-trials, delivering-the, department, division, fields-fields, gynecologic, harris-county, highest-nursing, life, light, light-at-the, oncology-at-lbj, recipient, with-the-ease
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Prostate Cancer Treatment Update – Dr. Anthony D’Amico The International Prostate Cancer Symposium – Video
28-02-2012 17:32 For more information visit: www.nycrobotics.com Email ash.k.tewari@gmail.com Dr. Anthony D’Amico delivers a Prostate Cancer Update at the Weill Cornell Medical College International Prostate Cancer Symposium. Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Treatment
Tagged harvard-medical, identification, institute, lynch-professor, management, medical, medical-college, oncology, post, professor, serves-as-chair, surgery-at-new, surveillance, weill, weill-cornell
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OVC Profs Get Grant to Improve Cancer Treatment
February 29, 2012 – News Release University of Guelph scientists working to solve a cancer treatment challenge have received nearly $200,000 from the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS). Brenda Coomber and Alicia Viloria-Petit, professors in U of Gs Department of Biomedical Sciences, are studying the effectiveness of the drug Avastin in treating colorectal cancer Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Treatment
Tagged a-problem-for, alicia-viloria-, approach-earned, effectiveness, institute, investigation, potential, society, university
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Kleybanova plans to return to court after cancer treatment
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Kleybanova to return after cancer treatment
LONDON Former top-20 player Alisa Kleybanova says she has completed her treatment for cancer and will play at the Sony Ericsson Open next month. The 22-year-old Russian announced in July that she had contracted Hodgkin’s lymphoma and would undergo treatment in Italy, where she has a training base. She said in a posting on the WTA website on Wednesday that the “treatments were successful, my doctors are happy with my health and I’m feeling great!” Kleybanova is training in Florida and says she has been given a wild-card entry into the Sony Ericsson Open, which begins March 20 Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Treatment
Tagged a-and-says, a-says-she, doctors, ericsson, florida, had-contracted, has-completed, italy, treatments-were
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Kleybanova returning after cancer treatment
Updated: February 29, 2012, 11:27 AM ET LONDON — Former top-20 player Alisa Kleybanova says she has completed her treatment for cancer and will play at the Sony Ericsson Open next month. The 22-year-old Russian announced in July that she had Hodgkin’s lymphoma and would undergo treatment in Italy, where she has a training base Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Treatment
Tagged a-says-she, doctors, ericsson, florida, health, her-treatment, into-the-sony, italy, play-at-the, russian, sony, top-20-player, training-base-, treatments-were, wild-card-entry
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Canadian First: Early-Stage Lung Cancer Gets New Surgical Treatment with Robot
Newswise In a Canadian first, thoracic surgeons at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network used a robotic surgical system to treat early-stage lung cancer by removing the cancer, along with a lobe of the lung. The use of this system improves outcomes after surgery and will expand the numbers of patients who can benefit from this type of minimally invasive surgical treatment Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Treatment
Tagged development, director, home, images, interventional, lake, numbers, patient, princess, robotic, stanley-skorpid, tokyo, toronto
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Colon Cancer Alliance Makes National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month One to Remember
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Getting people to talk about colon cancer can be difficult, but the Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) aims to do just that during National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month this March. From running a 5K in underwear to turning the White House blue, innovative events scheduled throughout the month will bring colon cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., into the national spotlight Continue reading