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May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity to increase public understanding of the prevalence, prevention and treatment of the most common type of cancer diagnosis. Rolling Meadows, Ill. (PRWEB) May 01, 2013 More than 1 million Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer each year – more than cancers of the prostate, breast, lung, colon, uterus, ovaries and pancreas combined. As warm and comforting as the sun feels on the skin in the moment, it’s just as dangerous in the long...
Complete Results from UCSF-Led Validation Study to be Presented Earlier that Day at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting in San Diego REDWOOD CITY,Calif., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Genomic Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GHDX) today announced that it will host an investor webcast and conference call to discuss the positive development and clinical validation study results of its biopsy-based Oncotype DX prostate cancer test on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at...
Pancreatic Cancer Becomes the Fourth Tumor Type Evaluated as Part of the OGX-427 ORCA(TM) Program, In Addition to Bladder, Lung and Prostate Cancers BOTHELL, Wash. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) today announced plans for the initiation of the Rainier(TM) trial, an investigator-sponsored, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial evaluating OGX-427 in combination with ABRAXANE(®) (paclitaxel protein-bound...
Cancer cells are wily, well-traveled adversaries, constantly side-stepping treatments to stop their spread. But for the first time, scientists at the University of Michigan have decoded the molecular chatter that ramps certain cancer cells into overdrive and can cause tumors to metastasize throughout the body. Researchers have long known that tumors recruit healing cells, which is a major reason why cancer is so difficult to thwart. This is the first known study to explain the molecular...
SmartTarget Offers a Clinically Tested and Practical Solution for MRI-Ultrasound Fusion CHARLOTTE, N.C. and LONDON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SonaCare Medical, a global leader in minimally invasive High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) technologies, and UCL Business PLC (UCLB), a leading technology transfer company that supports and commercializes research and innovations from UCL (University College London), today announced a partnership to integrate SmartTarget image...
Industry Veteran to Lead Metamark Genetics in Commercialization of Novel Prognostic Tests for Prostate and Other Cancers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Metamark Genetics, Inc., a leader in the discovery of novel molecular prognostic and diagnostic tests for cancer, today announced that industry veteran Shawn M. Marcell has been named the company's new president and chief executive officer. Mr. Marcell succeeds interim executive Michael Kauffman, M.D., who will...
'This study confirms that VEGF is not a path forward to tackling this disease' The well-studied protein VEGF does not appear to have any prognostic or predictive value for men with locally advanced prostate cancer, researchers from the Department of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and other institutions found in a retrospective study published online April 25 in the journal BMC Radiation Oncology. VEGF, or vascular endothelial growth factor, induces blood...
The OGX-427 ORCA(TM) Program Continues to Expand with Patient Enrollment Now Open for Second Phase 2 Trial of OGX-427 in Advanced Bladder Cancer BOTHELL, Wash. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) today announced initiation of the Borealis-2(TM) clinical trial, an investigator-sponsored, randomized Phase 2 trial evaluating OGX-427 in combination with docetaxel in patients with advanced or metastatic bladder...
Additional validation data of Decipher(TM) prostate cancer test to be presented at AUA 2013 SAN DIEGO, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GenomeDx Biosciences announced today that it has expanded an existing research agreement with the Mayo Clinic. The expanded agreement includes exclusive license to certain Mayo developed intellectual property along with exclusivity covering co-developed intellectual property. The agreement also includes continued access to the clinical data...
Dennis R. HIll MD, Radiation Oncologist at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, CA discusses the latest in prostate cancer treatments. Oakland, CA (PRWEB) April 27, 2013 Dennis R. Hill MD, Radiation Oncologist at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, CA, who specializes in HDR Prostate Brachytherapy, a prostate cancer treatment option with less risk of side effects than external beam radiation methods, discusses a newer treatment now available, called the Calypso...
