Health News: [cancer]

Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Newswise, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:56 AM PST Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center Establishes Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/585893/?sc=rsmn In an effort to reduce and eventually eliminate cancer disparities among adults in the Philadelphia region, the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson has established the Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities. Nature, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:50 AM PST Field narrows in hunt for devil tumour genes http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nature.2012.10046 Genome sequences of the Tasmanian devil's infectious cancer stir hopes for a vaccine. EurekAlert!, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:45 AM PST SBRT provides better outcomes than surgery for cancer patients with common lung disease http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/asfr-spb021612.php Stereotactic body radiotherapy provides better overall survival rates than surgery for lung cancer patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a disease commonly associated with lung cancer, according to a study in the upcoming March issue of the International Journal of Radiation, Oncology, Biology, Physics, the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation ... Business Wire, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:42 AM PST Research and Markets: Targeting Cancer Stem Cells: Therapeutic Strategies, Pipeline, Biomarkers and Opportunities 2011 http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120216005849/en/Research-Markets-Targeting-Cancer-Stem-Cells-Therapeutic DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0a3b55/targeting_cancer_s) has announced the addition of the "Targeting Cancer Stem Cells: Therapeutic Strategies, Pipeline, Biomarkers and Opportunities 2011" report to their offering. Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) research has accelerated in recent years and considerable efforts are being made to develop novel ... The Iowa City Press-Citizen, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST Family of late UI law professor sues state, claims negligence of UIHC doctors http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20120216/NEWS01/120216006/1079/ The family of a longtime University of Iowa law professor who died last summer of colon cancer are suing the state of Iowa for negligence, arguing that doctors at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics failed to properly diagnose and treat the disease. Monticello Times, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST Celebrating healing and the faith that helps them fight illnesses http://www.monticellotimes.com/articles/2012/02/16/news/religion/01-church.txt When a teen-aged parishioner came to Pastor Jedidiah Scharmer of Resurrection Lutheran Church early this year requesting the chance to thank the congregation for its prayers and support as she successfully fought off cancer, Scharmer said he realized there was a shortage of opportunities on the church calendar for such occasions. EurekAlert!, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:32 AM PST MGH Cancer Center team identifies potential treatment target for KRAS-mutated colon cancer http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/mgh-mcc021512.php ( Massachusetts General Hospital ) Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center have identified a new potential strategy for treating colon tumors driven by mutations in the KRAS gene, which usually resist both conventional and targeted treatments. In a paper appearing in the Feb. 17 issue of Cell, the team reports that targeting a later step in the pathway leading from KRAS ... The Boston Phoenix, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST Review: Declaration of War http://thephoenix.com/Boston/movies/134004-declaration-of-war/ A puzzler of a cancer drama A baby with a brain tumor is no laughing matter. Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:30 AM PST MGH finds potential colon cancer treatment target http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2012/02/13/daily40-MGH-finds-potential-colon-cancer-treatment-target.html Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center researchers said today that they have identified a possible new way to treat stubborn colon tumors driven by mutations in the KRAS gene. EurekAlert!, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:30 AM PST An 'immortal' devil's genome and the secrets of a cancer that's catching http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/cp-ad021012.php Researchers reporting in the Feb. 17 issue of the Cell Press journal Cell have sequenced the complete genome of one immortal devil. The genomes of the Tasmanian devil and its transmissible cancer may help to explain how that cancer went from a single individual to spreading through the population like wildfire. 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