7th February 2010

Combination of three drugs is a step forward in myeloma treatment

The study results have led to the approval of the use of Bortezomib for myeloma patients by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The Cancer Center The University of Salamanca Spanish today introduced a new treatment for myeloma, based on the combination of three drugs for patients newly diagnosed over 65 years that until now could only be treated with chemotherapy. Read the rest of this entry »

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7th February 2010

Latin America must be protected against cervical cancer

Spanish doctor felt the need to implement prevention programs in Latin America overwhelmingly to prevent the spread of cervical cancer

The Head of the Epidemiology Research Program at the Catalan Institute of Oncology, Xavier Bosch, warned of the need to implement prevention programs in Latin America overwhelmingly to prevent the spread of cervical cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

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7th February 2010

Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused thyroid cancer

The scientists who conducted this study say it is likely that those who developed this cancer has suffered a “redistribution chromosomal” known RET / PTC

The atomic bombs dropped by U.S. against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 altered chromosomes in some survivors who developed thyroid cancer, according to a study by Japanese scientists. Read the rest of this entry »

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7th February 2010

World Cancer Declaration sets out targets for combating disease

Participants in the twentieth World Cancer Congress adopted a joint declaration on establishing a number of objectives to be achieved before 2020 in the fight against the disease.

The Declaration, which closed Congress, is an appeal to governments, international governmental organizations, the donors, development agencies, industry and civil society in which they give guidelines on how fight against cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

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7th February 2010

They publish a comprehensive genetic analysis of glioblastoma

The Research Network Cancer Genome Atlas published today in the British science journal “Nature” a “comprehensive” analysis of the genetic causes of glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive brain tumors.

In this study, one that will compose the “pilot project” of the Atlas data are detailed genetic information from individuals with this cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

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7th February 2010

Decode genetic map of two deadly forms of cancer

This brain cancer and pancreatic cancer. This study tumor is the most comprehensive assessment to date

Scientists have completed a genetic map of a type of brain cancer and other pancreatic cancer, both considered among the deadliest of the disease. Read the rest of this entry »

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