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Neotropix(R), Inc., a clinical-stage development company focused on neuroendocrine cancer treatments, announced today exciting data from an extensive pediatric preclinical study performed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program on the use of NTX-010 (Seneca Valley Virus-001), a tumor-selective naturally-occurring oncolytic virus. The results support the initiation of clinical development of Neotropix's lead candidate, NTX-010 for the treatment of...
The mother of a boy who survived cancer has abseiled 85ft down the side of a hospital and raised pounds600 in the process. Jackie Orton, of Twyford Road, Willington, took part in the July challenge to help boost funds for children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent. The 55-year-old abseiled off Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre, where her son, John Harbord, now 15, was treated in 2001. John, a pupil at John Port School, Etwall, was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that forms in...
The mother of a boy who survived cancer is preparing to abseil 85ft down the side of a hospital. Jackie Orton, of Twyford Road, Willington, will be taking part in the challenge on Sunday in aid of children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent. The 55-year-old will abseil from the roof of Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre, where her son, John Harbord, now 15, was treated in 2001. John, a pupil at John Port School, Etwall, was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that forms in the...
CAGE-FIGHTER Ian "The Machine" Freeman helped raise pounds 3800 for a young cancer sufferer through a screening of his new movie. Ian's new film Sucker Punch has just been released on DVD, and the ultimate fighter used the opportunity to raise money for his friend's son Lewis, 11, who us battling rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. He invited his co-stars Danny John Jules and Gordon Alexander to the special screening of the film at the Lamplight Theatre, in Stanley, County Durham....
By Dishop, Megan K Kuruvilla, Supriya * Context.-Primary lung neoplasms are rare in children, but they comprise a broad and interesting spectrum of lesions, some of which are familiar from other tissue sites, and some of which are unique to the pediatric lung. Objective.-To determine the relative incidence of primary and metastatic lung tumors in children and adolescents through a single-institution case series, to compare these data to reports in the medical literature, to discuss the...
ImClone Systems has announced that a Phase II clinical trial of IMC-A12, the company's fully human, IgG1 anti-insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor monoclonal antibody, in adolescents and adult patients with several types of soft tissue sarcoma has opened for patient enrollment. This multinational Phase II study will evaluate the efficacy of IMC-A12 in adult and adolescent patients with several types of previously treated, advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma, which were selected based...
ImClone Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMCL), a global leader in the development and commercialization of novel antibodies to treat cancer, today announced that a Phase 2 clinical trial of IMC-A12, ImClone's fully human, IgG1 anti-insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) monoclonal antibody, in adolescents and adult patients with several types of soft tissue sarcoma has opened for patient enrollment. "This Phase 2 study of IMC-A12 builds on a biological rationale that suggests that the...
The loss of function of a gene called FOXO1a plays an important role in the development of the most common cancer of soft tissues in children, and restoring the function of that gene in cancer cells suppresses that cancer, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The cancer, called alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS), arises from immature skeletal muscle cells that remain partially differentiated (do not acquire all the characteristics of a mature muscle cell). The...
