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WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Community Oncology Alliance (COA), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and fostering community cancer care, today announced details of their national conference that brings together all members of the cancer community: cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, nurses, oncologists, cancer center practice administrators and industry partners. The conference will be held March 22 and 23, 2013 at the Swan & Dolphin...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance for Access to Cancer Care -- Legislation aimed at increasing access to life-saving, orally administered cancer treatments has gained the support of numerous co-sponsors as it works its way through the Florida House of Representatives and Senate. The bill, titled The Cancer Treatment Fairness Act, would protect patients from having to pay higher out-of-pocket costs for a cancer medication that is taken by mouth than for a...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been named one of the best cancer care hospitals in the country by Parents magazine. The results, based on the magazine's survey of more than 60 children's hospitals, appear in the March 2013 issue. "Being recognized is always a great honor, especially since our focus on some of the toughest pediatric cancers often makes comparisons difficult," said Dr. William E. Evans, St. Jude...
ATLANTA and STOCKHOLM, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At an exclusive event scheduled March 1, 2013, Elekta will reveal a leap forward in radiation oncology and the care of individuals with cancer worldwide. Founded in 1972, Elekta was the first to bring a completely digital linear accelerator to the market, as well as the first to fully integrate imaging technology in the treatment system. Elekta is a market-leading developer of cancer care and neuroscience solutions, including a...
Kim and Mark Reuss to Chair Karmanos Cancer Institute's 31st Annual Dinner April 20 DETROIT, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The General Motors Foundation donated $400,000 for the second straight year to support cancer research at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. This generous gift, which will help recruit highly specialized cancer researchers, celebrates Karmanos' 31st Annual Dinner and brings the combined contribution from the GM Foundation and General Motors to...
ATLANTA, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (NSE: EKTAb) and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced today that The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, Texas) has signed an agreement to join a research group to advance the development of an innovative image-guided treatment technology for cancer care. The technology merges radiation therapy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology in a single system. MD Anderson is the second member of...
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: AEMD), today released the following note authored by its Chairman and CEO, Jim Joyce. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090325/LA88762LOGO-b) In 2012, researchers published the discovery that small particles known as exosomes are secreted by tumors to seed the creation and spread of cancer metastases. These same tumor-secreted exosomes have also been implicated in death of immune cells necessary to...
Kim and Mark Reuss Chair Signature Event DETROIT, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Join the celebration and help save lives by participating in the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute's 2013 Annual Dinner, Saturday, April 20, at the General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center in Detroit. Annual Dinner Chairs are Mark Reuss, president, General Motors North America, and his wife Kim. This signature event continues the great partnership between GM, the GM Foundation and...
Cancer treatment network welcomes new physician to Las Vegas facility LAS VEGAS (PRWEB) December 10, 2012 21st Century Oncology – the nation’s premier cancer treatment network and largest radiation therapy provider – announces the addition of a new physician in Las Vegas. We welcome B. Kevin Shamloo, M.D., a medical oncologist, who is now treating patients at 21st Century Oncology’s recently acquired Cancer Consultants location near University Medical Center. “We are proud to...
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, UK, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer patients in the north-east of England will be able to receive modern radiosurgery treatments without having to travel for up to two hours for treatments. The Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne is acquiring two TrueBeam(TM) STx medical linear accelerators from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) to begin offering advanced stereotactic radiosurgery treatments for the first...
