Lung Cancer Research News Today Jul 21 2010
Title: Lung Cancer Alliance Calls for Participants in Next Endurance Team Event
Summary:Team Lung Love to Run Philadelphia Marathon during Lung Cancer Awareness Month WASHINGTON, July 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) opened registration for the next Team Lung Love event. Members of Team Lung Love can participate in the Philadelphia Marathon, Half-Marathon and 8K this November. Team Lung Love is LCA’s endurance sports training program is focused …
Published on : Mon Jul 19 16:17:24 2010 GMT
Last updated : Mon Jul 19 16:17:26 2010 GMT
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Title: Lung Cancer Alliance Calls for Participants in Next Endurance Team Event
Summary:Team Lung Love to Run Philadelphia Marathon during Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Published on : Mon Jul 19 13:14:00 2010 GMT
Last updated : Mon Jul 19 13:17:33 2010 GMT
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Courtesy:PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
Title: Few feel sorry for lung cancer patients, survey finds
Summary:A recent survey finds that many Canadians have little sympathy for lung cancer patients, mistakenly believing that they brought the disease upon themselves.
Published on : Wed Jul 21 14:26:13 2010 GMT
Last updated : Wed Jul 21 14:26:16 2010 GMT
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Courtesy:CTV.ca
Title: Avastin Largely Safe for Patients With Type of Advanced Lung Cancer
Summary:TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) — The cancer drug Avastin, when used in combination with standard chemotherapy, is safe and can effectively treat an advanced form of one of the most common lung cancers, researchers report.
Published on : Tue Jul 20 18:02:24 2010 GMT
Last updated : Tue Jul 20 18:05:35 2010 GMT
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Courtesy:HealthDay via Yahoo! News
Title: Research and Markets: Lung Cancer: Global Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality to 2015
Summary:DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Lung Cancer: Global Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality to 2015″ report to their offering.
Published on : Tue Jul 20 08:58:00 2010 GMT
Last updated : Tue Jul 20 08:59:05 2010 GMT
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Courtesy:Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Title: Cancer will become No. 1 cause of death by 2010
Summary:Cancer is on pace to supplant heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death worldwide in 2010, with a growing burden in poor countries thanks to more cigarette smoking and other factors.
Published on : Wed Jul 21 13:50:11 2010 GMT
Last updated : Wed Jul 21 13:50:13 2010 GMT
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Courtesy:Abbotsford Mission Times
Title: Geron Initiates Randomized Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of Imetelstat In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Summary:Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) announced enrollment of the first patient in a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial of its telomerase inhibitor drug, imetelstat (GRN163L), as maintenance therapy following platinum-based induction therapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). “Initiating our first randomized Phase 2 clinical trial of imetelstat is a major milestone for Geron’s …
Published on : Wed Jul 21 10:27:39 2010 GMT
Last updated : Wed Jul 21 10:27:42 2010 GMT
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Courtesy:Medical News Today
Title: UPDATE: Study Confirms Safety Of Roche’s Avastin In Lung Cancer
Summary:UPDATE: Study Confirms Safety Of Roche’s Avastin In Lung Cancer
Published on : Tue Jul 20 11:05:22 2010 GMT
Last updated : Tue Jul 20 11:09:28 2010 GMT
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Courtesy:FOX Business
Title: Personalized Medicine For Lung Cancer More Likely With New Method Of Tissue Banking
Summary:Analyzing the genes expressed by cancer cells allows for a better understanding of that patient’s specific disease and in turn, a more personalized approach to treatment. But obtaining the RNA from a tumor in the lungs in order to conduct the genetic analysis is a challenging prospect. Currently, lung cancer researchers are limited to using RNA extracted from early-stage tumors removed during …
Published on : Mon Jul 19 10:43:41 2010 GMT
Last updated : Mon Jul 19 10:43:45 2010 GMT
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Courtesy:Medical News Today
Title: New Study Confirms Safety Of Roche’s Avastin In Lung Cancer
Summary:New Study Confirms Safety Of Roche’s Avastin In Lung Cancer
Published on : Tue Jul 20 08:54:42 2010 GMT
Last updated : Tue Jul 20 09:05:11 2010 GMT
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