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In the News 2008

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May

Even If She’s Gone...Honor Mom - Boston Herald

NSMC Cancer Walk - Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle

Pulsed Angiolytic Laser Therapy Effective for Laryngeal Cancer - CancerConsultants.com

The Good Goes Around - Lewiston (Me.) Sun-Journal

Wanted: Cyclists for Cancer Benefit (scroll down) - Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald News

Drug Resistance in Fungi - JAMA

Discovery Shows How Fungi Pump Up Defense - HMS Focus

Lasers May Treat Cancers of the Larynx - New York Times

Breakthrough Treatment Saves Vocal Cords and Lives (click on photo for video link) - ABC World News Tonight

You Asked, We Answered: Speaking Out on Vocal Cord Cancer - ABC News.com

Siteman Center Looks to Revolutionize Proton Therapy - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Bruising Battle Over Lung Scans - Science

April

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Awards Pilot Grant to Nabeel Bardeesy, PhD - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

HOPES Celebrates its 10th Anniversary - Channel 5 News

Cediranib Shows Promise For Recurrent Glioblastoma - Reuters

Sutent, Tykerb May Curb Liver Cancer - Web MD

The Promise of Proton-Beam Therapy - US News & World Report Online

Cancer Appeal Is Being Expanded - Express and Star (U.K.)

Sarcoma Fund Walk - Hudson Sun

Hats ‘on’ at Mason Rice - Newton Tab

Newton's Howard Weinstein Prepares For The Boston Marathon - Boston.com

Extra Drug Improves Rectal Cancer Treatment - HealthDay News

Avastin May Stop Rectal Cancer Spread - WebMD

Measuring Arm Edema in Breast Cancer Patients After Axillary Surgery Leads to Improved Lymphoedema Management - Doctor’s Guide

March

Lessons From Multidisciplinary Translational Trials On Anti-Angiogenic Therapy Of Cancer - Nature Reviews

Estrogen Blocking Drug Good Later than Thought in Breast Cancer - eNews 2.0

Femara Cuts Cancer Recurrence Even If Started Late - ScientificAmerican

Letrozole (Femara) Prevents Late Recurrence of Breast Cancer - MedPage Today

More Women Can Cut Cancer Relapse Risk - Washington Post

Study: Drug Can Curb Breast Cancer Recurrence - NPR (audio link)

New DNA Test Can Reveal A Tumor's ID - Boston Globe

Cancer Fear Itself - Boston Globe

Loveland Residents Running In Boston Marathon - Community Press (KY)

Hospital Makes Its Case for Second Proton Cancer Treatment Site in County - Chicago Daily Herald

Cancer Drug: How Good is Good Enough? - Boston Globe

Prostate Cancer Deaths Tied to Obesity - CanWest News Service (Canada)

Stem Cells May Aid Treaments - Harvard Crimson

 

February

The Connection Between Doctors and Their Patients...More Than Just a Medical Bond - Bostonchannel.com (streaming video)

Microchip Spots Rare Tumor Cells in Blood - JAMA

Taking Sharper Aim At Cancer - Chicago Tribune

Northeastern University Working on Breast Cancer Screening Technology - Boston Business Journal

Tissue-Sparing Radiation Dose Not Always as Prescribed - MedPage Today

Test for Cancer Cells in Blood - Technology Review

January

Brain Tumors

High-Dose Chemo Helps Beat Rare Brain Cancer - HealthDay News

Living Longer With Brain Tumors - Ivanhoe Newswire

High-Dose Methotrexate Effective Treatment for Primary CNS Lymphoma - Reuters Health

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Building Stronger Bones with Stem Cells - Ivanhoe Newswire

Cancer Treatment May Also Help Osteoporosis - Reuters

Proton Beam Therapy, an Option Against Prostate Cancer - U.S. News online

Aspirin Prevents Colorectal Cancer but Risks Too High - MedPage Today

Tiniest Cure: Machine Using Protons Cures Cancers - WMAQ-TV., Ch. 5 (Chicago)

Hearing, Video Highlight Struggle To Recognize And Treat Depression - MetroWest Daily News

DVD Sheds Light On Depression Among Kids - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4

Walking for a Cure - Boston Globe (Globe North)

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Circulating Tumor Cells

Test for Cancer Cells in Blood - Technology Review

Microchip Detects Rare Circulating Cancer Cells - HMS Focus

Science: Boffin log
- Daily Telegraph (U.K.)

Chip Could Aid Cancer Detection - Boston Globe

Microchip-based Device Can Detect Rare Tumor Cells in the Bloodstream - Nanotechwire.com

Microchip Spots Tumor Cells in Bloodstream - Indianapolis Star

Device Can Spot Cancer Cells in Blood: U.S. Study - Reuters

Microchip Spots Stray Tumor Cells in the Bloodstream - HealthDay News

New Test for Cancer Cells in Blood - Technology Review

'Lab-On-a-Chip' May Improve Cancer Detection - MedPage Today

New Blood Test Finds Cancer Cells - WebMD

Microfluidic Chip Snags Cancer Cells - Chemical & Engineering News

Chip Performs Blood 'Biopsy' - Photonics.com

A Note on Nanotech and Cancer Diagnostics - InVivo Blog

Device Can Spot Cancer Cells in Blood - Basque News and Information Channel (Spain)

 

 

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