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Possible Link Between Infertility, Low Egg Reserve, And Breast/Ovarian Cancer Gene (BRCA1)
A New York Medical College physician who specializes in restoring or preserving fertility in female cancer patients has discovered a possible link between the presence of breast cancer genes and infertility. In a paper published last week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Kutluk Oktay, M.D...
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VA Apologizes For Faulty Prostate-Cancer Program In Pa. But Denies Radiation Violations
"The Department of Veterans Affairs yesterday apologized repeatedly for a prostate-cancer program that gave incorrect radiation doses to veterans for six years at its main Philadelphia hospital," The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. "At the same time, officials from the Philadelphia VA Medical Center and the Veterans Health Administration mounted a vigorous defense against charges by the U.S...
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VA Apologizes For Faulty Prostate-Cancer Program In Pa. But Denies Radiation Violations
"The Department of Veterans Affairs yesterday apologized repeatedly for a prostate-cancer program that gave incorrect radiation doses to veterans for six years at its main Philadelphia hospital," The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. "At the same time, officials from the Philadelphia VA Medical Center and the Veterans Health Administration mounted a vigorous defense against charges by the U.S...
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Cancer Survival Disparities For Most Minority Populations Increase As Cancers Become More Treatable
Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival are greatest for cancers that can be detected early and treated successfully, including breast and prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital...
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Cancer Survival Disparities For Most Minority Populations Increase As Cancers Become More Treatable
Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival are greatest for cancers that can be detected early and treated successfully, including breast and prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital...
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Cancer Diagnosis Increases The Risk Of Suicide And Cardiovascular Disease
Men who have recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer are at greater risk of committing suicide and developing and dying from cardiovascular disease, reveals a study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet published in the open scientific journal PLoS Medicine...
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Cancer Diagnosis Increases The Risk Of Suicide And Cardiovascular Disease
Men who have recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer are at greater risk of committing suicide and developing and dying from cardiovascular disease, reveals a study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet published in the open scientific journal PLoS Medicine...
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More Blood Vessels In Hormone-resistant Prostate Tumours
Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. This discovery paves the way for new treatments for hormone-resistant prostate cancer...
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Catmint Against Kidney Cancer: Chemists At TU Dortmund Synthesize Promising Anti-Tumor Compound
Englerin A, a natural product recently discovered in an African plant, possesses high toxicity for kidney cancer cells but low toxicity for other cells. Therefore this compound is potentially qualified for further evaluation toward an application in cancer therapy...
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More Blood Vessels In Hormone-resistant Prostate Tumours
Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. This discovery paves the way for new treatments for hormone-resistant prostate cancer...
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Women Turn To Natural Menopause Remedies For Safe, Effective Relief
When a woman starts going through menopause, her entire life can change without warning. Menopause symptoms can cause undesirable reactions in the body that runs the gamut from hot flashes and weight gain to mood swings, sleeplessness and irritability...
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Catmint Against Kidney Cancer: Chemists At TU Dortmund Synthesize Promising Anti-Tumor Compound
Englerin A, a natural product recently discovered in an African plant, possesses high toxicity for kidney cancer cells but low toxicity for other cells. Therefore this compound is potentially qualified for further evaluation toward an application in cancer therapy...
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Improve Access To IVF, Says Royal College Of Nursing, UK
Access to NHS-funded IVF must improve, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said, as it launches a new policy briefing on infertility provision in England. The briefing paper looks at current practice in the NHS and points to evidence that says only a third (30%) of PCTs offer three full cycles of treatment...
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Improve Access To IVF, Says Royal College Of Nursing, UK
Access to NHS-funded IVF must improve, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said, as it launches a new policy briefing on infertility provision in England. The briefing paper looks at current practice in the NHS and points to evidence that says only a third (30%) of PCTs offer three full cycles of treatment...
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New York Times Examines Regulation, Ethics Of Third-Party Reproduction
States' varying regulatory approaches to the field of third-party reproduction -- in which more than two people collaborate to produce an infant -- can cause thorny legal issues if disputes arise between the parties involved in a surrogate birth, the New York Times reports...
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New York Times Examines Regulation, Ethics Of Third-Party Reproduction
States' varying regulatory approaches to the field of third-party reproduction -- in which more than two people collaborate to produce an infant -- can cause thorny legal issues if disputes arise between the parties involved in a surrogate birth, the New York Times reports...
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Primary Endpoint Reached In Active Biotech's TASQ Phase II Clinical Trial In Prostate Cancer Patients
A first analysis of the primary endpoint based on data from at least six months' treatment of more than 200 patients, has been performed in Active Biotech AB's (NASDAQ OMX Nordic: ACTI) ongoing Phase II clinical study of TASQ, in patients with asymptomatic, castrate resistant, metastatic prostate cancer. In this analysis, safety, efficacy and certain biomarkers were evaluated...
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Primary Endpoint Reached In Active Biotech's TASQ Phase II Clinical Trial In Prostate Cancer Patients
A first analysis of the primary endpoint based on data from at least six months' treatment of more than 200 patients, has been performed in Active Biotech AB's (NASDAQ OMX Nordic: ACTI) ongoing Phase II clinical study of TASQ, in patients with asymptomatic, castrate resistant, metastatic prostate cancer. In this analysis, safety, efficacy and certain biomarkers were evaluated...
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Cyanotech Announces Discovery Of Vitamin K2 In Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica(R)
Cyanotech Corporation (Nasdaq Capital Market: CYAN), a world leader in microalgae-based, high-value nutrition and health products, announced its Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica® has achieved another nutritional first. Already the most nutritious Spirulina in the world, it is also a good source of Vitamin K2...
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Cyanotech Announces Discovery Of Vitamin K2 In Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica(R)
Cyanotech Corporation (Nasdaq Capital Market: CYAN), a world leader in microalgae-based, high-value nutrition and health products, announced its Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica® has achieved another nutritional first. Already the most nutritious Spirulina in the world, it is also a good source of Vitamin K2...
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