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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! News, Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:42 AM PDT Injectable Herceptin on the Horizon for HER2 Breast Cancer Patients http://news.yahoo.com/injectable-herceptin-horizon-her2-breast-cancer-patients-174200746.html FIRST PERSON | An injectable form of Herceptin may be available to patients with HER2 positive breast cancer in the near future. Injectable Herceptin has many benefits over the traditionally IV-administered version. The main benefit is patient comfort and experience. Administering Herceptin subcutaneously instead of through an IV saves patients time, money and emotional distress. PR Newswire, Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:39 AM PDT New Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center-TGen study targets small-cell lung cancer http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-virginia-g-piper-cancer-center-tgen-study-targets-small-cell-lung-cancer-167859485.html PR610 designed to activate in cancer tissue with low levels of oxygen SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Phase I/II, multi-center trial designed to test the safety and preliminary efficacy of a first-in-class cancer treatment opened worldwide today at... EurekAlert!, Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:37 AM PDT UTMB receives $1.2 million to provide HPV vaccine http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/uotm-ur082912.php ( University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ) University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston's Dr. Abbey Berenson has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to start a program that will provide a vaccination against cervical cancer to many hundreds of low-income women who receive health care services at UTMB. EurekAlert!, Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:37 AM PDT Mayo Clinic: Diabetes can be controlled in patients after pancreas removal http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/mc-mcd082912.php Removing the entire pancreas in patients with cancer or precancerous cysts in part of the organ does not result in unmanageable diabetes -- as many physicians previously believed, research at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found. Reuters.co.uk, Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:30 AM PDT ArQule says partner halts cancer drug trial, shares slide http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/29/us-arqule-study-idUKBRE87S0X620120829?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews (Reuters) - Biotechnology company ArQule Inc said Japan's Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co, which holds development rights to an ArQule cancer drug in parts of Asia, suspended patient enrollment in a late-stage trial to treat lung cancer. Jewish Ledger, Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:29 AM PDT Clorman http://www.jewishledger.com/2012/08/clorman/ Irving Clorman, 80, of Woodbridge, died Aug. 17. He was the husband of Toby Schauer Clorman. Memorial contributions may be made to Relentless Against Cancer Inc., 19 Briar Court, Hamburg,... Read more » Canmore Leader, Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT Punching out cancer http://www.canmoreleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3602179 Of all the sporting events that have taken place at the Banff high school field, amateur boxing might have been a first. But it was a perfect day for an outdoor boxing card, and with no snow â€" unlike the first KO Cancer event that was held in Canmore two years ago â€" promoter Nick Martin was happy. BBC News, Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:19 AM PDT Top GCSE marks for cancer patient http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19415123 Schoolboy defies brain tumour to achieve top GCSE grades Standard Democrat, Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:12 AM PDT Kimberly Mothershead http://www.standard-democrat.com/story/1888180.html CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Kimberly V. Mothershead, 53, passed away peacefully at her home Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her children. Main Line Times, Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:08 AM PDT Former Sen. Arlen Specter battling cancer http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2012/08/29/main_line_times/news/doc503cbab52feaa711442526.txt PHILADELPHIA (AP) â€" Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania says he is fighting cancer again. 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