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BOTHELL, Wash. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announced today the initiation of PACIFIC, an investigator-sponsored, randomized Phase 2 study evaluating OGX-427 in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who are experiencing a rising PSA while receiving Zytiga (abiraterone acetate). The aim of the study is to determine if adding OGX-427 to Zytiga treatment can reverse or delay...
Dr. Stacy Childs, a Board Certified Steamboat Springs, CO physician specializing in Urology, has been selected for America's Top Doctors® for Cancer by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has published its 8th annual edition of America's Top Doctors® for Cancer and Steamboat Springs's Stacy Childs, MD has been selected for inclusion....
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...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers from the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) reported an encouraging increase in progression-free survival (PFS, the length of time a patient is on treatment without tumor growth) for patients with breast cancer that was estrogen receptor positive (ER+), HER2-negative who were given a combination of the standard anti-estrogen treatment, letrozole, and a new experimental...
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On March 1, 2013, leading cancer center administrator and nationally recognized hematology/oncology expert Richard I. Fisher, MD, will assume a set of vital leadership roles at Fox Chase Cancer Center, a member of the Temple University Health System, and Temple University School of Medicine. Currently, Fisher is vice president for strategic and program development at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he is also...
Dr. Eugene Fine, a Board Certified New York, NY physician specializing in Urology, has been selected by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. for inclusion in its authoritative guide to the top primary care and specialty care doctors in the tri-state metropolitan New York area. NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has published the 15th edition of Top Doctors: New York Metro Area and has selected...
BALTIMORE, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second consecutive year, four urologists from Chesapeake Urology Associates, PA have been named to the Super Doctors® 2012 List for the Maryland/Washington, D.C., area. These physicians are among just five percent in the region to be honored with inclusion on the Super Doctors 2012 List. Each year, Key Professional Media undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a survey of doctors, independent evaluation of...
Phase III study results show improvement in overall survival compared to standard treatment SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new cancer drug combination demonstrated significant improvement in overall survival of late-stage pancreatic cancer patients compared to those receiving standard treatment, according to results of a Phase III clinical trial led by physicians from Scottsdale Healthcare's Virginia G. Cancer Center Clinical Trials, a partnership with...
BALTIMORE, Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chesapeake Urology Associates, PA is pleased to announce that six of its urologists and two of its radiation oncologists have been selected by their peers as 2012 Top Doctors in Baltimore magazine. Nearly 10,000 physicians in the region were surveyed to find out where they would send a member of their own family in dozens of specialties, including urology and radiation oncology. "We are proud of all of our physicians who work tirelessly to...
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quilts are made for dozens of reasons - for warmth, decoration and remembrance - but for a college professor from Utah, quilting became a form of healing. It was something Judy Elsley, Ph.D., had enjoyed doing for years, but it took on new meaning after she heard these words, "You have breast cancer." In fact, it helped bring back normalcy to a life that had been uprooted by her diagnosis, a cancer journey she conveyed in a mixed media...
