Cancer NewsLong-term indwelling pleural catheter (PleurX) for malignant pleural effusion unsuitable for talc pleurodesis - Wed, 06 Aug 2008 Source: European Journal of Surgical Oncology A pleural effusion is a build-up of fluid in the pleural cavity that restricts proper lung expansion, causing chest pain and breathing troubles in affected patients... Cancer Cured? Granulocytes Treatment Worked 100 Percent In Mice Work But Will It Work In Humans? - Wed, 02 Jul 2008 Source: Scientific Blogging The scientificiblogging.com website has recently published an article on a very promising experimental cancer treatment that is set to begin clinical trials at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center... Cancer Stem Cells Could Cause Tumors, Be Key to Cure - Wed, 18 Jun 2008 Source: Wired.com Wired.com is running an article on a theory of cancer development which proposes that most tumor growth is driven by a subset of specialized tumor cells called cancer stem cells and that the key to treating cancer in general is to treat these cells in particular... Cancer as a Disease, Not a Death Sentence - Tue, 17 Jun 2008 Source: New York Times.com The New York Times is running an article on how recent advancements in cancer treatments are changing the view that doctors and patients take towards the meaning of the disease... Top 5 Viable New Cancer Treatments - Thu, 17 Apr 2008 Source: Wired Wired Magazine has been running a number of cancer-related articles lately and they have recently published a new one, “Top 5 Viable New Cancer Treatments,” in their blog which briefly describes a number of promising cancer treatments that are under investigation... Cancer Therapy Without Side Effects Nearing Trials - Wed, 16 Apr 2008 Source: Wired News Kanzius RF therapy, an experimental cancer treatment currently under investigation by researchers at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, is getting closer to human trials... Tumour Growth Block Hopes Raised - Mon, 17 Mar 2008 Source: BBC News Reseachers from the Harvard Medical School have recently identifed the enzyme, known as pyruvate kinase, that allows cancer cells to consume the large amounts of glucose that are necessary for their growth and continued propagation... Las Vegas Doctor's Cancer Drug Accepted for Human Testing - Fri, 22 Feb 2008 Source: Las Vegas Sun The Las Vegas Sun is running an article on the pioneering cancer research of Dr... Cancer 'Coaches' Sway Treatment Choices - Mon, 18 Feb 2008 Source: Yahoo! News After the initial shock of a cancer diagnosis, one of the most difficult things for patients to do is to learn how to sift through the vast amount of data that is available about cancer treatment... CD200: A Putative Therapeutic Target in Cancer - Fri, 28 Dec 2007 Source: CD200: A Putative Therapeutic Target in Cancer One of the most exciting developments in cancer research is the increasing knowledge we have of the biological and biochemical processes involved in tumor development... Cancer News Archive: Past Headlines
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Mesothelioma is a serious cancer that
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