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What cancer's miracle patients can teach us about the disease
2014-04-14 15:53:08| Biotech - Topix.net
Now scientists are starting to use sophisticated DNA sequencing technology to determine if these "exceptional responders" carry gene variations that can lead to new treatment approaches, better targeted therapies or even the re- emergence of experimental drugs once deemed failures.
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Rexahn Receives Method Patent For Treatment Of Solid Tumor Cancers For Supinoxin (RX-5902)
2013-12-30 06:54:32| drugdiscoveryonline News Articles
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing potential best-in-class oncology therapies, recently announced that it has been issued United States Patent, No. 8,598,173, which covers a method for treating solid cancer tumors including ovarian, breast, prostate, liver, lung, kidney, colon, pancreatic and stomach for its clinical development candidate Supinoxin (RX-5902)
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International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 129: Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Risk of Skin Cancers
2013-11-25 11:35:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
A recent report from more than 59,000 women in the Women's Health Initiative related alcohol consumption to the risk of melanoma (MM) and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC).
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Teva's Generic Version of Xeloda Gains FDA Approval For Metastatic Colorectal And Breast Cancers
2013-09-17 08:07:34| Biotech - Topix.net
The FDA granted approval to a generic version of Xeloda, produced by Teva Pharmaceutical, for the treatment of metastatic colorectal and breast cancers.
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'Wildly heterogeneous genes: New approach subtypes cancers by shared...
2013-09-16 01:57:32| Biotech - Topix.net
In a paper published in the September 15 advanced online edition of Nature Methods , researchers at the University of California, San Diego propose a new approach called network-based stratification , which identifies cancer subtypes not by the singular mutations of individual patients, but by how those mutations affect shared genetic networks or ... (more)
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