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Biological Therapy
Biological Therapy
Biological Therapy
Biological Therapy
Biological Therapy

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Biological Therapy Defined

Treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight cancer or to lessen the side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments. Also known as immunotherapy.

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Battling Cancer, One Cell At A Time

Published October 6, 2008, 8:21 pm, Science Daily

New research suggests that the identification and examination of key cell signaling events required for initiation and progression of cancer might be best accomplished at the single cell level. The research provides new insight that may lead to better diagnosis and treatment of some complex cancers.

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Battling cancer at the single cell level

Published October 6, 2008, 2:28 pm, News-Medical-Net

New research suggests that the identification and examination of key cell signaling events required for initiation and progression of cancer might be best accomplished at the single cell level. The research, published by Cell Press in the October issue of the journal Cancer Cell, provides new insight that may lead to better diagnosis and treatment of some complex cancers.

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Nobel Prize to HPV Researcher Highlights Importance of Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention

Published October 6, 2008, 1:51 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

The Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the causal link between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer has spurred lifesaving prevention technologies -- such as HPV testing and HPV vaccines -- that are helping to eradicate cervical cancer globally.

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Topline Results From Phase III Study Evaluating The Combination Of Avastin And Tarceva As 2nd-Line Treatment For ...

Published October 6, 2008, 8:07 am, Medical News Today

Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Leading US Phase I Cancer Center Opens Site In Madrid, Spain - START Center For Cancer Care

Published October 6, 2008, 5:06 am, Medical News Today

Texas-based START Center for Cancer Care today announced the establishment of a new global cancer research network, headquartered in San Antonio, that will make possible a dedicated, round-the- clock network of START Centers dedicated to Phase I cancer clinical trials, with the single-minded objective to accelerate the implementation of new anticancer therapies from discovery.

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BSD Medical Corp. Announces Hyperthermia Therapy for Cancer a Key Topic of Discussion At ESTRO Symposia in Goteborg, ...

Published October 6, 2008, 5:05 am, GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 6, 2008 -- BSD Medical Corp. today announced that the European Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology recently held in Goteborg, Sweden included a symposia with lectures and discussions by key thought leaders on the use of hyperthermia therapy for the treatment of cancer.

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My Pharmiweb.com

Published October 6, 2008, 1:53 am, PharmiWeb

Birmingham, 6 October 2008 – Postmenopausal women in the UK could be unknowingly missing out on optimal follow-up treatment for breast cancer, according to research presented today at the annual National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference.

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Genentech and OSI Pharmaceuticals Announce Topline Results from Phase III Study Evaluating the Combination of Avastin ...

Published October 5, 2008, 10:41 pm, Centre Daily Times

Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSIP) today announced that a randomized Phase III study (BeTa Lung) evaluating Avastin(R) (bevacizumab) in combination with Tarceva(R) (erlotinib) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease had progressed following platinum-based chemotherapy did not meet its primary endpoint of improving overall ...

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Genentech and OSI Pharmaceuticals Announce Topline Results from Phase III Study Evaluating the Combination of Avastin ...

Published October 5, 2008, 10:30 pm, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & MELVILLE, N.Y.----Genentech, Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that a randomized Phase III study evaluating Avastin® in combination with Tarceva® in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer whose disease had progressed following platinum-based chemotherapy did not meet its primary endpoint of improving overall survival compared to Tarceva ...

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The high price of saving lives: Cancer centers a window into rising health costs

Published October 5, 2008, 2:23 am, The Citizen of Laconia

Mike Ross/Chief photographer Radiation therapist Rick Giguere demonstrates the the Novalis TX Linear Accelerator in the newly expanded Cancer Center at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital.

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