Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
...that the death rate per 100,000 persons for breast cancer - the diseasewomen fear most - was 27.5 for black females and 20.5 percent for white females.The death rate per 100,000 persons for coronary heart disease was 81.6 for blackfemales and 60.3 for white females. Q/nmr/1998NewYearRelease/fw...Penn Researchers Initiate Ground-Breaking New Trials To Treat
...w protocols to treat locally advanced cases oflung cancer and mesothelioma for patients who are generallycon...s with extensive lungcancer and/or mesothelioma -- cancer of the lining of the lung --who will not benefit from surgical or other conventionaltreatments, typi...Targon And Duke Cancer Center Sign $3.75 Million Agreement To Produce Advanced Anti-Cancer Drugs
... first review of certaininventions in the field of cancer therapy made by Duke during the term of the agreem...ses to significantly accelerate theprogress of new cancer treatments from laboratory to clinic," said RalphSnyderman, M.D., Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duk...Researchers Study 'Natural' Screen For Cancer
...red light. The substance intensifies onareas where cancer is present, even in its earliest stages. "...ocalized red spots. We can say, 'this is where the cancer is.'" The method is being tested in eastern Europe, with encouraging results,say researchers...Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing Countries, Global Economy
...ath worldwidebecause it contributes to deaths from cancer and respiratory disease as well asfrom cardiovascular disease," he says. Developing countries face obstacles toeradicating tobacco use because of the industry's aggressive advertising andbecause tobacco is a significant cash crop in many of those co......one) if diagnosed early in the course of a woman's cancer treatment. About 64 percent of the women i...r. Chemotherapy kills dividing cells,particularly cancer cells and immune system cells. To avoid killing immunecells, physicians remove the bone marrow that...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...door radon contributes to about 12 percent of lung cancer deaths each year in the United States. ...sed to radon, and new epidemiological data on lung cancer in the general population. Based on these studies, which provide substantially more information tha...Penn Researchers Create Drug To Help Target Attack On Cancerous Tumors
... developed a drug that will help doctors fine-tune cancer treatments to patients. The drug, EF5, permits doc...ypoxic, we'll be able to custom-tailor a patient's cancer treatment," says Gillies McKenna, MD, Chair of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania ...ACS Industry Pavilion Features Chemistry's Cutting Edge
...theonce-feared drug thalidomide as a treatment for cancer and AIDS --Mon., March 30,2:30 to 3:30 p.m.; the developers of the car that recently broke the land speedrecord --Tues., March 31, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.; brewmasters from Molson and Stro...Radio Frequencies Used To Kill Inoperable Liver Tumors At Penn's Cancer Center
...d. In a recently approved protocol, Penn's cancer specialists are studying the effectiveness of radio frequency ablation in destroying tumors. "We hope that the study results will indicate that the technique completely destroys tumors so that patients who, at this time, aren't able to undergo surgic......lp address significant existing problems incurrent cancer therapy. These results continue to strengthen the...epotential to make a significant impact on current cancer therapy. The datareported by BioNumerik is particularly meaningful because the discovery anddesign...Successful Cancer Therapy May Doom Later Treatments To Failure
...per. The study casts new light on some old cancer puzzles. For example, someanticancer agents that work well in the petri dish fail to kill cancer cells inthe body. The new findings suggest that such candidate drugsmay never get a chance to prove ...Research Offers New Tool In Fight Against Prostate Cancer
... prostate cancer. A reliable method of assessing a cancer patient's response to treatment isimportant. It s... researchers studied 62 men with advanced prostate cancer and found thatthose whose PSA level declined 50 percent or more after eight weeks ofchemotherapy had...Chemical Society's Highest Award Goes To Ronald Breslow
...roach to riddingthe body of cancer: don't kill the cancer cells, but make them normal. "It's very d...compound -- that is, achemotherapy drug that kills cancer cells without killing normal cells," hesaid. This is true largely because cancer comes not from for...Area of Research Outlined For Promising New Cancer Drugs
...ification of angiostatin, one of the promising new cancer drugs beingheralded nationally this week. Angiost...iscovered in the laboratory of Dr.Judah Folkman, a cancer researcher at Children's Hospital in Boston. The drugsfunction by cutting off the blood supply to t...Compound In Meat Prevents Diabetes, Study Suggests
... that it can prevent the onset of certain types of cancer and can reduce the number of mammary, skin and sto... animals. According to Vanden Heuvel, CLA inhibits cancer in part by activating hormone receptors called PPARs, scientific shorthand for peroxisome proliferat...... has long been suspected of being an anti-prostate cancer agent, butbecause it has always been administered ...ocortisone,itself a drug with modest anti-prostate cancer activity, its unique contributionhas been unclear. In the clinical trial, researchers determined th...LOS ANGELES --- Noted breast cancer drug researcher V. Craig Jordan willpresent the fi...g to the growth of cancer. Jordan and other breast cancer researchersbelieve that the estrogenic properties of drugs such as raloxifene may also betargeted to...New Drug Prevents Breast Cancer In Postmenopausal Women, UCSF Researchers Report
...el hormone therapy drug reduces the risk of breast cancer in women by70 percent. "Our findings are very exci...they show that it may be possible toprevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women who have no prior history of thedisease," says Steven Cummings, MD, UCSF pro...ONYX Pharmaceuticals Reports Phase II Clinical Trial Results At ASCO Meeting
... the Phase II studies of ONYX-015 in head and neck cancer areexpected to be completed before the end of 1998...ral years, if ever,before ONYX-015 is available to cancer patients, the company cautioned. ONYX-015 is a genetically engineered adenovirus that, in prior pre...