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College Hunks Hauling Junk and College Hunks Moving West Palm Beach, South Florida’s premier moving and junk removal service, has become the official logistic’s sponsor for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in West Palm Beach West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) February 03, 2013 The Susan G. Komen is well-known as a symbol of hope to women struggling with and surviving breast cancer. They are currently the largest non-government funding source of breast cancer research. Their Race for the...
World Cancer Day: GENEVA, Switzerland, February 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On World Cancer Day, UICC and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reveal real-life impact of achieving goal The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today announced that 1.5 million lives which would be lost to cancer, could be saved per year if decisive measures are taken to achieve the...
Strides for Life Colon Cancer Foundation, a Bay Area colon cancer education and support organization, is holding its 10th anniversary dinner and auction event on March 2. Burlingame, CA (PRWEB) February 02, 2013 Strides for Life Colon Cancer Foundation, a non-profit colon cancer support organization in the Bay Area, is hosting a 10th anniversary dinner and auction in memory of Dylan Lawrence Cappel. The event will take place on March 2 at the Junipero Serra High School Gym, located at 451...
ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Cuomo announced yesterday that a strategic biotechnology project in Western New York, initially funded through the Regional Economic Development Councils, is expanding successfully, leveraging additional private investments for further growth and strengthening the regional economy. The Center for Personalized Medicine (CPM), an extension of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), has leveraged $18.5 million in additional investments...
OSLO, January 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 18-24 patients will be included in the clinical Phase I/II study. Results from the Phase I part are expected in first half of 2013. Principal investigator and oncologist Svein Dueland states: "It is exciting that we now recruit patients for this study, which originates from collaboration between Oslo University Hospital and Norsk Hydro. Participation in clinical trials is an important part of the treatment we can offer cancer...
SEATTLE, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (NASDAQ and MTA: CTIC) today announced that the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) informed CTI that an independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) recommended continuation of the GOG-0212 Phase 3 clinical trial of OPAXIO(TM )(paclitaxel poliglumex) as maintenance therapy in ovarian cancer with no changes following a planned interim survival analysis. CTI remains blinded to the interim analysis results....
Renowned international architectural firm, WD Partners, dedicates annual holiday “Toy Drive With A Twist” to the International Society for Children with Cancer, which donated all gift cards to teen patients at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange, California. ISCC also holds favorable open house, which introduces new businesses and donors to organization that supports children with cancer. Irvine, CA (PRWEB) January 30, 2013 January 26, 2013 – In late November, the...
MESA, Ariz., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Banner Children's at Cardon Children's Medical Center has partnered with Banner Research to be approved as a Children's Oncology Group (COG) Institution. This designation partners both groups to provide infrastructure to conduct pediatric clinical cancer trials at Cardon Children's. This affiliation will provide children and their loved ones access to cutting edge treatments that may otherwise not be available. This prestigious...
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Organovo Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: ONVO) ("Organovo"), a creator and manufacturer of functional, three-dimensional human tissues for medical research and therapeutic applications, and the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), a national leader in translational oncology research, have formed a collaboration to develop more clinically predictive in vitro three dimensional cancer models which will ultimately...
Nation's largest lung cancer-focused nonprofit encourages lung cancer survivors to participate WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LUNGevity Foundation, the nation's largest lung cancer-focused nonprofit, is inviting lung cancer survivors from across the nation to register for the 2013 LUNGevity Hope Summit taking place May 3-5, 2013 in Arlington, VA. The two day conference, taking place during Lung Cancer Hope Month, is designed for lung cancer survivors of all ages...
