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Celator Announces Trial Results For CPX-1 In Colorectal Cancer Treatment

Celator Pharmaceuticals reported positive results from its CPX-1 Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with advanced colorectal cancer. CPX-1 is a liposomal formulation of irinotecan and floxuridine, based on the company’s proprietary CombiPlex technology. The results were presented in a poster presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago.
The CombiPlex drug ratio [...]

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Regranex Diabetes Gel Adds Cancer Warning

Ethicon added cancer related warning to Regranex adding an Important Safety Information do its diabetes foot ulcer treatment gel.
%26quot;REGRANEX Gel should not be used in patients with cancers at the site of application. In a safety study, patients treated with 3 or more tubes of REGRANEX Gel had an increased risk of death from [...]

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Fruits, Vegetables, Teas May Protect Smokers From Lung Cancer

Tobacco smokers who eat three servings of fruits and vegetables per day and drink green or black tea may be protecting themselves from lung cancer, according to a first-of-its-kind study by UCLA cancer researchers.
UCLA researchers found that smokers who ingested high levels of natural chemicals called flavonoids in their diet had a lower [...]

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Childhood Cancer Survivors Overcome Academic Hurdles

When 13-year-old Ryan Taylor was told he had cancer, it was just the beginning of many challenges in his young life. Fortunately, Taylor, now 23, is an example of how children with cancer can beat their illness and live a normal life.
In a study comparing scholastic abilities of children who have cancer with their peers [...]

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Quality Of Life Predicts Cancer Survival

Head and neck cancer patients who reported lower physical quality of life were more likely to die from their disease, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The findings could mean that identifying patients with poor quality of life could also identify patients with particularly aggressive tumors.
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