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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: EurekAlert!, Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:37 AM PDT Interactive personal health records increase clinical preventive services http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-07/vcu-iph071012.php ( Virginia Commonwealth University ) Patients who use an interactive personal health record are almost twice as likely to be up to date with clinical preventive services as those who do not, according to a new study led by Alex Krist, M.D., M.P.H., research member of the Cancer Prevention and Control program at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center. YorkRegion.com, Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:36 AM PDT Not a hero, cancer survivor insists http://www.yorkregion.com/news/news/article/1391833 Thornhill resident being honoured July 23 BioresearchOnline, Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:27 AM PDT Cancer Cell Article Demonstrates First Definitive Evidence For Targeting of Pol I As New Approach To Cancer Therapy http://www.bioresearchonline.com/doc.mvc/cancer-cell-article-demonstrates-first-definitive-evidence-for-targeting-of-pol-i-as-new-approach-to-cancer-therapy-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Cylene Pharmaceuticals today announced that research collaborators at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) in Melbourne, Australia have established, for the first time, that RNA Polymerase I (Pol I) activity is essential for cancer cell survival and that its inhibition selectively activates p53 to kill tumors. North Attleborough Free Press, Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:16 AM PDT North residents ride in the Pan Mass Challenge to raise money for cancer care http://www.wickedlocal.com/northattleborough/newsnow/x1740654750/North-residents-ride-in-the-Pan-Mass-Challenge-to-raise-money-for-cancer-care There are many reasons North Attleborough residents ride in the Pan Mass Challenge, the Jimmy Fund bike-a-thon to support the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. PR Newswire, Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:15 AM PDT UBM Medica US Unveils New iPad Application for Oncology Professionals http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ubm-medica-us-unveils-new-ipad-application-for-oncology-professionals-161923135.html NORWALK, Conn., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US today announced that Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach, the essential resource on treating cancer, is now available as an iPad application for cancer specialists and other healthcare professionals. For over a... Savannah Morning News, Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:07 AM PDT Have dinner with Paula Deen and former President Jimmy Carter http://savannahnow.com/accent/2012-07-10/have-dinner-paula-deen-and-former-president-jimmy-carter Celebrity chef Paul Deen and former President Jimmy Carter, whose campaign declaration is forever ta part of downtown Savannah legend, will host an August fundraising dinner to raise money for the Cancer Coalition of Coastal Georgia.The dinner and live auction will take place from 6-9 p.m. at the Plains Community Center in Carter's hometown of Plains, southwest of Macon. Admission will be ... EurekAlert!, Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:07 AM PDT Abiraterone: Indication of considerable added benefit in certain patients http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-07/ifqa-aio071012.php ( Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care ) There is an indication of a considerable added benefit of abiraterone in patients with metastatic prostate cancer who are not eligible for further treatment with docetaxel. In contrast, an added benefit is not proven in patients who can still be treated with docetaxel. This is the conclusion of a dossier assessment by the German Institute ... Nanaimo News Bulletin, Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:07 AM PDT Underwear Affair a cheeky success http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/community/161819065.html Nanaimo’s Brynn Logan took to the streets of Vancouver in her underwear Saturday, all in support of the B.C. Cancer Foundation. Business Wire, Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:55 AM PDT Research and Markets: Farletuzumab (Ovarian Cancer) - Analysis and Forecasts to 2020 http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120710006277/en/Research-Markets-Farletuzumab-Ovarian-Cancer---Analysis DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/qc4sdz/farletuzumab_ovar) has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Farletuzumab (Ovarian Cancer) - Analysis and Forecasts to 2020" to their offering. GlobalData's pharmaceuticals report, Farletuzumab (Ovarian Cancer) - Analysis and Forecasts to 2020 provides Farletuzumab sales forecasts for ... PhysOrg, Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:54 AM PDT First-of-its-kind approach nanomedicine design effectively targets cancer with decreased toxicity http://phys.org/news261136128.html Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to report a new approach that integrates rational drug design with supramolecular nanochemistry in cancer treatment. 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