Biodesix, Inc., a company developing and commercializing molecular diagnostics for personalized medicine, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded to the Company patent number 7,736,905. The patent provides coverage for the Company’s first product, VeriStrat, which is used by physicians to help guide therapy [...]
Obese NZers 21 percent more likely to die of cancer Cardiac problems and diabetes are not the only increased risks faced by obese New Zealanders — they are also 21 percent more likely to die of cancer, when compared with similar people of normal weight. Read more on NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News
African-Americans and women are less likely than Caucasians and men to undergo bone marrow transplantation to treat cancers of the blood. That is the conclusion of a new analysis published early online in Cancer, a peer- reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass
Results from the VeriStrat biomarker analysis of a multicenter Phase III trial were presented today at the 2nd European Lung Cancer Conference currently being held in Geneva, Switzerland. Results showed that the VeriStrat test identified patients who were likely to have a survival benefit from treatment with erlotinib, [...]
Men living in deprived areas are far less likely to be treated with the most common types of radical treatment for prostate cancer than those in more affluent places, says a study published on bmj.com today. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass
Cancer cluster most likely due to chance Pollution did not cause a cluster of brain tumours in a Hunter Valley mining town, according to NSW Health. Read more on BigPond News
Asian-Americans may be seven times as likely to be diagnosed with certain cancers, according to the American Cancer Society and Melissa McCracken, first author of a study focusing on cancer rates in the U.S.’s Asian population, released earlier this week in CA, a Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
While Asian-Americans have a lower overall incidence rate of [...]
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies, according to new research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass
Following a negative complete colonoscopy, those who had their colonoscopies at a hospital and had their procedures performed by a non- gastroenterologist may be at a significantly increased risk of developing subsequent colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of [...]