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The branch of medicine devoted to cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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Type Of Breast Reconstruction Impacts Radiation Therapy Outcomes

Published November 21, 2008, 4:10 am, Medical News Today

For breast cancer patients who underwent a mastectomy who undergo radiation therapy after immediate breast reconstruction, autologous tissue reconstruction provides fewer long-term complications and better cosmetic results than tissue expander and implant reconstruction, according to a study in the N

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Amgen, Takeda And Millennium Provide Update On Phase 3 Trial Of Motesanib In Patients With Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Published November 21, 2008, 3:10 am, Medical News Today

Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) and Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4052), announced that enrollment in the Phase 3 MONET1 trial evaluating motesanib (AMG 706) in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin for the first-line treatment of adva

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Pediatric Cancer : Alteration Of A Gene Causes Neuroblastoma

Published November 21, 2008, 3:10 am, Medical News Today

Olivier Delattre's team (Inserm Unit 830 "Genetics and Biology of Cancer") of the Institut Curie reveal in an article in the 16 October issue of Nature that alteration of the ALK gene is closely associated with the most frequent solid extracerebral tumor in children neuroblastoma.

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Portuguese Scientists Discover New Mechanism That Regulates Formation Of Blood Vessels

Published November 21, 2008, 3:09 am, Medical News Today

Researchers in one of the external groups of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), in Portugal, have discovered a novel mechanism which regulates the process whereby new blood vessels are formed and wounds heal, including chronic wounds, such as those found in diabetic patients and those suffering from morbid obesity.

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Ortho Biotech Announces NDA Submission For Trabectedin For The Treatment Of Relapsed Ovarian Cancer

Published November 21, 2008, 3:08 am, Medical News Today

Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. announced the submission of a new drug application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for trabectedin when administered in combination with DOXIL(R) (doxorubicin HCI liposome injection)for the treatment of women with relapsed ovarian cancer (ROC).

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Lytix Presents LTX-109 Anti-Microbial Data At ICAAC

Published November 21, 2008, 3:08 am, Medical News Today

The Scandinavian-based drug development company Lytix Biopharma has announced results of studies on its lead antimicrobial candidate LTX-109. Presented at ICAAC in Washington, DC, the studies showed that the novel lytic peptidomimetic has an ultra-rapid bacteriocidal effect, significantly better towards killing Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes than marketed gold standard drugs.

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Nevada Cancer Institute receives donation from Kennametal employees

Published November 21, 2008, 2:12 am, Reno Gazette-Journal

The Nevada Cancer Institute received a generous donation from Kennametal Inc., a global market leader in tooling for the mining and highway construction industries, with operations in Fallon.

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COPING

Published November 21, 2008, 1:38 am, The Scranton Times-Tribune

Sundays Surviving the Holidays After Loss: today, 2 p.m., Our Lady of the Snows, 301 S. State St., Clarks Summit. 586-1741.

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Bradford Regional Medical Center sees plenty of changes over past year

Published November 21, 2008, 1:15 am, The Bradford Era

There have been plenty of changes to Bradford Regional Medical Center in the past year, many of which can be seen by visiting the hospital’s campus.

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Patients honored, future envisioned

Published November 21, 2008, 1:13 am, The Springfield News-Leader

The lights made a huge tree at St. John's glow, but gratitude was lighting up the foyer at the C.H. "Chub" O'Reilly Cancer Center, too.

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