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Many Cancer Patients Do Not Have Access to Drugs in UK
07/14/2008
Over 120,000 cancer patients die early every year in the UK after being denied drugs that could have increased their life span, a new report has revealed.
Lift For Life Teams Announced
07/09/2008
See which players are teaming up to help in PSU Uplifting Athletes' fight against kidney cancer. There are 24 teams of four, and you can check out all of them right here.
Molecule Uses Cellular Recycling to Treat Kidney Cancer
07/08/2008
A molecule that uses a cellular recycling process called autophagy to kill cancer cells has been identified by Stanford University researchers.
Kidney Cancer Cells Tricked Into Killing Themselves
07/08/2008
From NPR's Morning Edition: A researcher has found a potential new therapy for patients with kidney cancer, which historically hasn't responded well to treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy.
Stanford researchers find molecule that kills kidney cancer cells
07/08/2008
(PressZoom) - STANFORD, Calif. Kidney cancer patients generally have one option for beating their disease: surgery to remove the organ. But that could change, thanks to a new molecule found by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers that kills kidney cancer cells. Ideally, the researchers said, a drug created from this molecule would help fight the life-threatening disease while leaving patients kidneys intact. Source: PressZoom
ImmunoGen, Inc. Announces Start of IMGN388 Clinical Testing
07/07/2008
ImmunoGen, Inc. IMGN today announced the start of patient dosing in a Phase I clinical trial evaluating the Companys IMGN388 targeted anticancer compound for the treatment of solid tumors.
Stanford Researchers Find Molecule That Kills Kidney Cancer Cells
07/07/2008
This study is one of the first to identify a trait unique to a certain form of cancer -- in this case, kidney cancer's deficient VHL gene -- and exploit it to defeat the disease,
Nanoparticle smart bombs used to target cancer cells
07/07/2008
The team, led by Prof David Cheresh of the University of California, San Diego, showed this way to ensure toxic chemotherapy is delivered precisely where it is needed had "a profound impact on metastasis in pancreatic and kidney cancer in mice."
Private drug helps cancer man left to die
07/06/2008
A cancer patient sent home to die by the National Health Service has seen his health improve after he cashed in his pension and used funds raised by friends to pay privately for an expensive drug.
Antigenics kidney cancer vaccine shows no increased survival in trial - study
07/04/2008
A team of researchers led by Christopher Wood of the Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas gave the vaccine, called vitespen or Oncophage, to 409 patients whose cancerous tumours had been removed.
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