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Rare Cancer Presentations: Intraspinal Metastasis of Lung Cancer …

January 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Author: Barry C. Mirtsching, MD (Center for Oncology Research & Treatment, PA, Dallas, TX). Spinal column metastasis of solid tumors are not uncommon. Most of these tumors are extrdural in location.

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How do cancer cells die - a way forward for new cancer treatments?

January 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Most cells in the body have a finite lifespan and eventually die, a process known as programmed cell death or apoptosis. Cancer cells, on the other hand, do not commit suicide and thus continue to divide and create new cells, leading to the development of a tumor mass as seen in breast, lung prostate cancers, for example, or over production e.g. of white blood cells in leukemia. When chemotherapy or radiotherapy is administered, the goal is often to try and induce apoptosis, thereby leading to

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Assessing the Standard of Care for Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Disclosure: James O. Armitage, MD, has disclosed that he has served as a consultant for Ziopharm Oncology , Inc. Bruce D. Cheson, MD Disclosure: Bruce D.

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Impact of Cancers and Cardiovascular Diseases in Chronic …

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Internal Medicine · Lab Medicine · Nephrology · Neurology & Neurosurgery · Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health · Oncology · Ophthalmology · Orthopaedics · Pathology & Lab Medicine · Pediatrics · Psychiatry & Mental Health …

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Oncology 101 and Colon Cancer in 2008 | Get Colon Healthy

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Dr. Andrew Ko of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center explores how research and advances in technologies are impacting clinical care of colon cancer. Ko’s.

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Pharmatech, Inc. Introduces Pharm - News, Search Jobs, Events

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

5 /PRNewswire/ — Pharmatech, Inc. announces the launch of a new campaign, Pharmatech 2.0, to highlight the company’s focus in oncology , along with other key company developments that will take place in early January 2009. …

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URMC Welcomes New Chief of Hematology/Oncology - URMC Press Room

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Innovative and respected hematologist Jonathan Friedberg, M.D., has been appointed chief of the Division of Hematology/ Oncology of the Department of Medicine and the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical …

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Pharmatech 2.0: Introducing Pharmatec… ( DENVER Jan. 5 …

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

The leadership team at Pharmatech Oncology will also be undergoing… Pharmatech Oncology will also introduce a new web sitea href …,Pharmatech,2.0:,Introducing,Pharmatech, Oncology ,biological,advanced biology technology,biology …

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OVARIAN CANCER and US: Conference abstracts of a new oncology drug …

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

ScienceDirect - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology : Conference abstracts of a new oncology drug do not always lead to full publication: Proceed with caution. Posted by Sandi Pniauskas at Monday, January 05, 2009 …

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OVARIAN CANCER and US: Predictors of Referral for Specialized …

January 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Predictors of Referral for Specialized Psychosocial Oncology Care in Patients With Metastatic Cancer: The Contributions of Age, Distress, and Marital · Predictors of Referral for Specialized Psychosocia…[J Clin Oncol. …

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