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Thyroid Cancer in Young People Surge Fukushima Since Nuclear Meltdown
2014-08-25 20:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown on the region`s young people is starting to add up. 104 of the area`s 300,000 young people who were under 18 at the time of the disaster have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shinbun reported yesterday. This form of cancer has been linked to radiation exposure. But, government officials in Fukushima say they do not believe the cases of thyroid gland cancer diagnosed or suspected in the 104 young people...
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Advaxis, Merck to test immune therapies against prostate cancer
2014-08-25 12:19:09| Biotech - Topix.net
Advaxis Inc on Monday said it will test an experimental immuno-oncology drug in combination with a high-profile immunotherapy from Merck & Co Inc as a treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer.
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Overactive protein in basal-like carcinoma offers target for new breast cancer therapeutics
2014-08-22 11:26:41| Biotech - Topix.net
Two Northwestern University scientists have identified a biomarker strongly associated with basal-like breast cancer , a highly aggressive carcinoma that is resistant to many types of chemotherapy .
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Aggressive Breast Cancer Biomarker Identified
2014-08-20 02:22:19| Biotech - Topix.net
Two Northwestern University scientists have identified a biomarker strongly associated with basal-like breast cancer, a highly aggressive carcinoma that is resistant to many types of chemotherapy.
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Oncothyreon cancer drug test in Japan shows 'no treatment effect,' stock falls
2014-08-19 17:02:15| Biotech - Topix.net
Bellevue biotech Oncothyreon Inc. said a test of its lung cancer drug in Japan "did not meet its primary endpoint of an improvement in overall survival, and no treatment effect was seen."
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