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, September 18, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News, Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:03 AM PDT Merck KGaA suffers setback for cancer drug http://uk.news.yahoo.com/merck-kgaa-suffers-setback-cancer-drug-150327498.html German pharmaceuticals maker Merck KGaA said Tuesday it is withdrawing its application for its drug Erbitux to be used to treat patients with lung cancer. Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:41 AM PDT China to cut prices of cancer, immunology and blood drugs http://ca.news.yahoo.com/china-cut-prices-cancer-immunology-blood-drugs-124140733.html HONG KONG (Reuters) - China will cut the maximum retail prices of 95 cancer, immunology and blood-related drugs by about 17 percent to try to reduce the growing number of chronic, ageing-related diseases in the country and make healthcare more affordable. Healthcare is viewed as a flashpoint of social unrest in China and the central government has been trying for the past decade to revamp the ... Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:57 AM PDT Merck KGaA pulls second lung cancer drug filing http://ca.news.yahoo.com/merck-kgaa-pulls-nsclc-filing-erbitux-europe-060257754--finance.html FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German drugmaker Merck KGaA has withdrawn its second attempt to win European approval for use of its Erbitux drug against lung cancer, capping a string of setbacks in its drug development. Merck said on Tuesday it gave up the new attempt it made in March to win EU approval for the use of its second best-selling drug Erbitux against lung cancer, which had targeted a quarter ... ANI via Yahoo! India News, Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:01 AM PDT Breast cancer risk linked to early-life diet and metabolic syndrome http://in.news.yahoo.com/breast-cancer-risk-linked-early-life-diet-metabolic-070154566.html Washington, September 18 (ANI): A team of researchers at the University of California, Davis, has uncovered striking new evidence suggesting that diet and related factors early in life can boost the risk for breast cancer - totally independent of the body's production of the hormone estrogen. Associated Press via Yahoo! News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:36 PM PDT Cancer overtakes heart disease among US Hispanics http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-overtakes-heart-disease-among-us-hispanics-193634322.html Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few years behind. Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:06 PM PDT Cancer leading cause of death for U.S. Hispanics, study says http://ca.news.yahoo.com/cancer-leading-cause-death-u-hispanics-study-says-190632314.html CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cancer has replaced heart disease as the leading cause of death among U.S. Hispanics, likely reflecting the large number of young, working-age Hispanics in America, according to a report by the American Cancer Society released on Monday. The shift mirrors a larger national trend as death rates from cancer and heart disease start to converge, Becky Siegel, an epidemiologist ... Associated Press via Yahoo! News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:28 AM PDT Cancer overtakes heart disease as top US killer http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-overtakes-heart-disease-top-us-killer-182737798.html Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few years behind. Takepart.com via Yahoo! News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:06 AM PDT Cancer Now the Leading Cause of Death for U.S. Hispanics http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-now-leading-cause-death-u-hispanics-180648213.html Cancer has the dubious distinction of being the leading cause of death among Hispanics in the U.S., surpassing heart disease.   Reuters via Yahoo! News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:47 AM PDT Threshold Pharma cancer trial result spooks investors http://news.yahoo.com/threshold-pharma-cancer-drug-fails-meet-study-secondary-134353240--finance.html (Reuters) - An experimental pancreatic cancer treatment from Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc failed to show statistically significant improvement in overall survival, spooking investors and sending its shares down as much as a third. The drug, TH-302, is Threshold's only drug and the development comes close on the heels of similar trial results from other cancer drugmakers who have also struggled ... 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