Room Air Sometimes as Good as Oxygen Therapy: Study

Comparison found no significant difference in breathlessness levels among terminally ill Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass

Gene Therapy Shows Promise With ‘Bubble Boy’ Disease

Statewide skin cancer rates for blacks, Hispanics differ from U.S. trends Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass

Biodesix Announces Issuance Of Key Patent For Serum Test That Identifies Lung Cancer Patients Likely To Benefit From Targeted Therapy

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 [...]

Cancer Therapy Goes Viral: Progress Is Made Tackling Tumors with Viruses

The adapted virus that immunized hundreds of millions of people against smallpox has now been enlisted in the war on cancer. Vaccinia poxvirus joins a herpesvirus and a host of other pathogens on a growing list of engineered viruses entering late-stage human testing against cancer. [More]

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UF Oncologists fight Leukemia With Two-Pronged Therapy, Clinical Trials Planned

A new therapy mounts a double-barreled attack on leukemia, targeting not just the cancer cells but also the environment in which those cells live and grow, University of Florida researchers report. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass

Patients With Stage II And Stage III Colon Cancer Treated With 5-FU-Based Adjuvant Therapy After 1995 Have Improved Overall Survival

Patients with stage III colon cancer treated with 5-FU-based chemotherapy after complete surgical removal of their tumor after 1995 had improved overall survival with no change in time to recurrence compared to patients treated before 1995. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass

Smoking During Radiation Therapy For Head And Neck Cancers Linked To Poorer Outcomes

Smokers who don’t quit before radiation therapy for throat, mouth and other head and neck cancers fair significantly worse than those who do, research from the UC Davis Cancer Center has found. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass

Studies From University Of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Have Provided New Data On Docetaxel Therapy

A new study, ‘Phase II study of vinorelbine and docetaxel in the treatment of advanced non-small- cell lung cancer as frontline and second-line therapy,’ is now available. Combination chemotherapy with third-generation, nonplatinum agents (ie, gemcitabine, vinorelbine, taxanes, or camptothecins) represents a well-tolerated frontline treatment option for metastatic non- small-cell [...]

In Battle Against Lung Cancer, Investigators Eye Oncolytic Virus Therapy

A virus that destroys cancer cells but leaves normal cells unharmed may offer hope to those affected by squamous cell carcinoma of the lungs (SCC lung cancer), according to investigators from the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Source: General [...]

Data On Lung Cancer Therapy Detailed By Researchers At Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

Data detailed in ‘Chronic cisplatin treatment promotes enhanced damage repair and tumor progression in a mouse model of lung cancer’ have been presented. According to a study from the United States, Chemotherapy resistance is a major obstacle in cancer treatment, yet the mechanisms of response to specific therapies have [...]