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Malignant Tumor Defined

A tumor made up of cancer cells of the type that can spread to other parts of the body.

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Hungry Cells: Tumor Metabolism Discovery Opens New Detection And Treatment Possibilities For Rare Form Of Colon Cancer

Published July 1, 2009, 10:21 am, Science Daily

People who suffer from Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, a rare inherited cancer syndrome, develop gastrointestinal polyps and are predisposed to colon cancer and other tumor types. Carefully tracing the cellular chain-of-command that links nutrient intake to cell growth (and which is interrupted in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome), allowed researchers to exploit the tumors' weak spot.

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ABRAXANE Approved For Advanced Breast Cancer Patient Treatment In Quebec

Published July 1, 2009, 6:24 am, Medical News Today

Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), an integrated biotechnology company, announced the listing of ABRAXANE® for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) 100 mg in Quebec for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer with a recommendation from the Quebec Conseil du Médicament and approval from the Quebec Ministry of Health.

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Personalized Anti-Cancer Vaccine, BiovaxID(R), Targeting B-Cell Lymphomas Available In Europe On A Named-Patient Basis

Published June 30, 2009, 6:08 am, Medical News Today

Biovest International, Inc. (Other OTC:BVTI), a majority-owned subsidiary of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Other OTC:ABPIQ), today announced that BiovaxID®, Biovest's personalized therapeutic anti-cancer vaccine, is available on a named-patient (compassionate-use) basis in Europe.

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Novel Epigenetic Markers Of Melanoma May Herald New Treatments For Patients

Published June 30, 2009, 5:08 am, Medical News Today

Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer, diagnosed in more than 50,000 new patients in the United States annually. While the rate of incidences continues to rise, survival rate has not improved and the race is on to find the genetic and cellular changes driving melanoma and to devise new means of detection and treatment.

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Local lung cancer survivor turns her fight to fundraising

Published June 29, 2009, 10:30 pm, The Findlay Courier

Louann Cummings, a business professor at the University of Findlay, did not know much about lung cancer for much of her life, but then she noticed a pain in her foot.

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Novel Epigenetic Markers Of Melanoma May Herald New Treatments For Patients

Published June 29, 2009, 7:21 pm, Science Daily

Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer, diagnosed in more than 50,000 new patients in the United States annually. As incidences continue to rise, the race is on to find the genetic and cellular changes driving melanoma, and to devise new means of detection and treatment. In new a study, scientists have found new epigenetic markers that will help develop more effective treatment ...

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Neurosurgeons Lend Brains and Brawn to Benefit Childhood Brain Tumor Research

Published June 29, 2009, 2:34 pm, Newswise

A team of Columbia University Medical Center neurosurgeons came away with the top prize after a daylong softball tournament where brain surgeons from 19 of the nations' top medical institutions and one all-star celebrity team battled it out in New York City's Central Park on Saturday, June 6 to raise funds for pediatric brain tumor research.

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Novel epigenetic markers of melanoma may herald new treatments for patients

Published June 29, 2009, 1:03 pm, PhysOrg

Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer, diagnosed in more than 50,000 new patients in the United States annually. While the rate of incidences continues to rise, survival rate has not improved and the race is on to find the genetic and cellular changes driving melanoma and to devise new means of detection and treatment. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have ...

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Novel epigenetic markers of melanoma may herald new treatments for patients

Published June 29, 2009, 12:46 pm, EurekAlert!

( Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ) Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer, diagnosed in more than 50,000 new patients in the United States annually. As incidences continue to rise, the race is on to find the genetic and cellular changes driving melanoma, and to devise new means of detection and treatment. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have found new ...

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ABRAXANE Approved for Advanced Breast Cancer Patient Treatment in Quebec

Published June 29, 2009, 5:05 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

LOS ANGELES & TORONTO----Abraxis BioScience, Inc. , an integrated biotechnology company, today announced the listing of ABRAXANE® for Injectable Suspension 100 mg in Quebec for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer with a recommendation from the Quebec Conseil du Medicament and approval from the Quebec Ministry of Health.

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