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Nurse and single mother Cyndi Meeks received the news which every woman dreads — she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Meeks had undergone screenings since 2000, and she knew her doctor thought she had cancer when he began discussing options before the test.
She “knew the news wasn’t good” when a nurse told her not to look [...]
Ethna (Cooper) Duff died at home on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, after a courageous three-year battle with cancer. She was 70.
Born in Morristown on Nov. 17, 1937, to the late Patrick J. and Mary (Bolger) Cooper, she was a resident of North Branch since 2003.
Previously, she was a resident of the Gladstone section of Peapack-Gladstone [...]
A Pro-Celebrity Pro-Am Tennis & Golf Tournament — Benefiting the Tim & Tom Gullikson Foundation auctions dozens of items and experiences to raise funds for care and support programs for brain-tumor patients and their families. Through the generosity of one of Swingtime’s sponsors, Allen Systems Group (ASG), Swingtime has been provided with two tickets to [...]
Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NasdaqGM:INFI - News), an innovative cancer drug discovery and development company, today announced that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of its oral Hedgehog signaling pathway inhibitor, IPI-926, in patients with advanced and/or metastatic solid tumors.
IPI-926 is a novel, proprietary inhibitor of the Hedgehog signaling pathway. It is a derivative [...]
Celgene Corporation and Acceleron Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics that modulate the growth of tissues including bone and muscle, today announced the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical study of its lead compound ACE-011 in patients with multiple myeloma. ACE-011 is being developed to treat bone loss associated with multiple myeloma and [...]
As millions of Americans participate in educational initiatives as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, they should keep in mind an important yet under-recognized consequence of breast cancer therapy: oral mucositis, one of the most common and debilitating side effects of cancer treatment.
Oral mucositis (OM) is a painful inflammation/ulceration of the mucous membranes in [...]
Cancerous cells can develop in the small amount of breast tissue that men have behind their nipples. Breast cancer occurs much more commonly in women and fewer than 1 in 100 of breast cancers occur in men. In the UK, approximately 250 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
Types of breast cancer
Different types of [...]
Genentech Inc reported on Tuesday that sales of its cancer drug Avastin topped Wall Street estimates and its shares rose more than 3 percent, despite third-quarter earnings that fell short of analyst expectations due to higher costs.
U.S. sales of Avastin, widely considered the most important barometer of Genentech’s growth, rose 18 percent to $704 million, [...]
US Oncology Holdings, Inc. and its operating subsidiary, US Oncology, Inc., will announce 2008 third quarter financial results on Thursday, November 6, 2008.
A conference call and simultaneous webcast has been scheduled at 11:00 a.m., EST, for the company’s bondholders following the distribution of the news release. In this call, representatives of US Oncology’s management team [...]
The population of aging and overweight is increasing rapidly recently followed by more intensive prevention and treatment demands for chronic diseases. Meanwhile, the general public is also realizing the importance of prevention medicine is not only reshaping healthcare service content but also placing extra demand for new medical treatment. Taiwan, in particular, leads other countries [...]
