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Diet can increase risk of kidney cancer
04/21/2009
Eating red meat may increase a person's risk of developing the most common type of kidney cancer.
Kidney Cancer Guidelines to Incorporate FDA Approval of Everolimus
04/21/2009
NCCN has added everolimus (Afinitor(R), Novartis) to the NCCN Guidelines for Kidney Cancer as a recommended treatment for patients with renal cell carcinoma whose disease has progressed after treatment with kinase inhibitors.
Data on three Antisoma drugs presented at AACR meeting
04/20/2009
Of particular interest are the preclinical findings supporting potential new combinations of ASA404 with targeted therapies in lung and renal cancers.
AV-951: A New Drug For Kidney Cancer
04/20/2009
The company`s lead product, AV-951, a potential best-in-class triple VEGF receptor inhibitor, is completing Phase 2 clinical development in patients with metastatic renal cell cancer and is expected to enter Phase 3 development in 2009.
Brain Metastases Hijack Cells To Resist Chemotherapy
04/20/2009
Studies show survival after surgery for melanoma, lung, renal cell, breast and colon cancer metastases ranges from a median of seven months for melanoma patients to a year for breast and lung cancer.
How Do Famous People Get Special Medical Treatment?
04/20/2009
He spent $50,000 to get a personal medical symposium - with four of the best kidney cancer experts in the world - immediately organized.
A backdoor plan for health care rationing in the USA?
04/18/2009
Government-sponsored comparative-effectiveness research virtually guarantees that such individualized care will vanish. Doctors and patients alike should be alarmed.
One "Star Wars" Fan Goes Out of This World for Another
04/18/2009
Stormtrooper gives kidney to Imperial comrade.
On Climate and Health, Beware of Easy Formulas
04/17/2009
Beware of geeks bearing formulas. That's the lesson most of us have learned from the financial crisis. The "quants" who devised the risk models that induced so many financial institutions to buy mortgage-backed securities thought they had reduced risk down to zero.
A Health Care Plan Fit for a Congressman
04/16/2009
Congress and the president need only look to their own health insurance program as a model for dealing with the tens of millions of Americans who lack health insurance.
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