Focal Drug Delivery Helps Deadly Brain Tumor, Study Shows
A method of delivering chemotherapy drugs into a deadly type of brain tumor extended the lives of patients in early clinical trials.
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Clarient Launches New Breast Cancer Test
Clarient is launching a new breast cancer test that helps physicians assess the probability of a patient’s cancer returning.
Studies Back Gen-Probe’s Prostate Cancer Test
Eight studies presented this week at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting suggest that Gen-Probe’s investigational test for the prostate cancer gene PCA3 may address some of the major challenges faced by urologists when diagnosing the disease.
Provenge Extends Life of Prostate Cancer Patients, Study Finds
Researchers found that Dendreon’s immunotherapy drug Provenge prolonged the lives of advanced prostate cancer patients by an average of 4.1 months compared to a placebo.
Pantec Reports Success In Transdermal Patch Trials
Some patients fear injections so much that they avoid getting proper medical treatment, sometimes with life-threatening results. Transdermal patches, which administer drugs through the skin, could make the bite of the needle a mere unpleasant memory.
[Video Profile] Inovio Biomedical Corporation
Solid tumors represent 85 percent of all cancers, creating a huge clinical need for localized, site-specific cancer treatment. Inovio Medical Corporation of San Diego is developing DNA-based vaccines that harness the body’s immune system to prevent and treat chronic diseases such as cancer and HIV.
New Test May Predict Risk of Breast Cancer Metastasis
Center have created a test that could help doctors identify which breast cancer patients need aggressive therapy. The study, published in the online version of Clinical Cancer Research, could prevent many women from undergoing unnecessary chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
Two Studies Cast Doubt On Common Prostate Cancer Test
A common prostate-cancer screening test may be largely ineffective, according to two new studies. Scientists in the U.S. and Europe found that the PSA blood test saves few lives and leads to unnecessary treatments for large numbers of men.
In Septic Shock: Are We in the Early Stages of a Sepsis Epidemic?
Few people outside the medical profession have even heard of Sepsis, the third most common cause of death for hospitalized patients in the developed world, […]
An engineering approach to translational medicine
The mechanisms that drive disease have long confounded the medical industry. How much of a part does genetics play? How does the patient’s lifestyle influence his or her risk of developing cancer? What makes one patient respond favorably to a particular treatment, while another suffers severe side effects?