Genetically engineered viruses battle cancer
6/29/2008 Washington, DC Robert Boyd origin.montereyherald.com Viruses aren’t always the bad guys. Sure, they can cause colds, measles, AIDS and other miseries. But with some tinkering, these tiny...
View ArticleChemoselection As a Strategy for Organ Preservation in Advanced Oropharynx...
6/30/2008 Ann Arbor, MI Francis P. Worden et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 26, No 19 (July 1), 2008: pp. 3138-3146 Response and Survival Positively Associated With HPV16 Copy Number Purpose: To...
View ArticlePrognostic factors of survival in head and neck cancer patients treated with...
6/30/2008 Clichy, France C Le Tourneau et al. Acta Otolaryngol, June 1, 2008; 128(6): 706-12 Conclusions: Given that radiation therapy (RT) is currently initiated as soon as possible after surgery, our...
View ArticleKnowledge and opinions regarding oral cancer among Maryland dental students
6/30/2008 Bethesda, MD S Boroumand et al. J Cancer Educ, June 1, 2008; 23(2): 85-91 Background: Most oral cancers are diagnosed at late stages. Health care providers, particularly dentists, play a...
View ArticleIndividualized Treatment Selection in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer – Do...
6/30/2008 web-based article Bhuvanesh Singh and David G. Pfister Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 26, No 19 (July 1), 2008: pp. 3114-3116 Integrated chemotherapy and radiation therapy have become the...
View ArticleFace transplant pioneer in Cardiff
6/30/2008 Cardiff, Wales Madeleine Brindley Wales Online (www.walesonline.co.uk) THE leader of the team which carried out the world’s first face transplant will lecture at a major international medical...
View ArticleLeading Medical Teams Rely on SensAble 3D Modeling System to Speed Cranial...
6/30/2008 Cardiff, Wales press release www.foxbusiness.com At the third annual conference on Advanced Digital Technology for Head and Neck Reconstruction today, SensAble Technologies, Inc, a leading...
View ArticleClay S. Felker, 82 – Influential Editor of New York Magazine
7/1/2008 Washingon, D.C. Matt Schudel Washington Post (www.washingpost.com) Clay S. Felker, the pioneering editor who founded New York magazine and helped launch the new journalism of the 1960s, with...
View ArticleQuit smoking with a proven approach
7/1/2008 Chicago, IL D. Robert McCaffree, MD Chicago Tribune (www.chicagotribune.com) I read with interest the open letter from Dr. Brad Rodu to Sen. Obama in the June 22 Perspective section (“Quitting...
View ArticleLaser Surgery Probe Targets Individual Cancer Cells
7/1/2008 Austin, TX staff Biocompare (news.biocompare.com) Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Adela Ben-Yakar at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a laser “microscalpel” that...
View ArticleGSK Does Not Expect FDA Approval Of HPV Vaccine Cervarix Until End Of 2009
7/3/2008 web-based article staff MedicalNewsToday.com GlaxoSmithKline on Monday said it does not expect to receive FDA approval for its human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix until late 2009, Reuters...
View ArticleSeven Major U.S. Cancer Institutions Order Hyperthermia Systems from BSD Medical
7/3/2008 Salt Lake City, UT press release The Earth Times (www.earthtimes.com) BSD Medical Corp. today announced the addition of seven new BSD-500 hyperthermia systems purchased by major cancer...
View ArticleImpact of graphic anti-smoking photos burning out
7/4/2008 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Sarah Schmidt Canada.com Graphic health warnings on cigarette packages are failing to move the majority of smokers to quit, a new government survey has found. Over the...
View ArticleAdvexin moves closer to market
7/4/2008 web-based article Matthew Dennis cancerdrugnewsblog.blogspot.com Introgen Therapeutics has submitted a BLA to the FDA, while simultaneously Gendux Molecular (Introgen) has submitted an MAA to...
View ArticleRisky HPV detected in human breast milk
7/5/2008 New York, NY Karla Gale Reuters (www.reuters.com) Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16), which has been linked to cervical cancer, can be detected in human breast milk collected during the...
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