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More than 8,000 gather at Jones Beach for pancreatic cancer fundraiser
2015-10-11 18:35:52| Telecom - Topix.net
More than 8,000 people who lost loved ones to pancreatic cancer, or have struggled with the disease themselves, gathered at Jones Beach for the Lustgarten Foundation's 15th annual Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk on Sunday. The event drew a near-record crowd and raised about $1.3 million, organizers said, and all of the funds go directly to cancer research because Cablevision underwrites the... More than 8,000 people who lost loved ones to pancreatic cancer, or have struggled with the disease themselves, gathered at Jones Beach for the Lustgarten Foundation's 15th annual Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk on Sunday.
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FDA expands lung cancer approval for Bristol-Myers' drug
2015-10-10 01:17:07| Biotech - Topix.net
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday expanded its approval of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's immunotherapy drug Opdivo for patients with an additional form of advanced lung cancer. The agency said Opdivo may now be used in patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed during or after platinum-based chemotherapy.
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Breast cancer gene judgment opens up complex questions
2015-10-09 20:07:22| Biotech - Topix.net
This week saw a major victory for cancer patients and advocates who fought to regain control of their genes. But in the fast-changing world of medical research, who will own the rights to future discoveries? The High Court ruling against patenting BRCA1 means Myriad Genetics no longer own the mutation test and scientists outside the company will be able to extend research into the breast cancer gene, explains health editor Amy Corderoy.
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Cancer research into hereditary links could reduce deaths, Irish conference told
2015-10-09 17:39:51| Footwear - Topix.net
Dr Kenneth Offit pictured before speaking at the annual O'Brien science lecture, at the UCD O'Brien centre for science, Dublin. Picture credit; Damien Eagers 8/10/2015 Dr Kenneth Offit, centre speaks to cud President, Professor, Andrew Deeks and Dr Jennifer Westrup, medical director at the beacon hospital before the annual O'Brien science lecture, at the cud O'Brien centre for science, Dublin.
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Insight - US cancer doctors drop pricey drugs with little or no effect
2015-10-08 13:59:06| Biotech - Topix.net
U.S. oncologists, aware that patients are paying more of the costs of expensive cancer drugs, are increasingly declining to prescribe medicines that have scant or no effect, even as a last resort. A cancer patient pushes his drip stand as he walks down the hallway of the Beijing Cancer Hospital July 12, 2011.
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