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'Eating' Tumors From The Inside Out: Chemo Combo Fights Cancer (November 28, 2006) -- Bacteria that can cause deadly infections in humans and animals have shown promise in treating cancer by "eating" tumors from the inside out. Now, two new studies at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer ... > full story

Gene Expression Profiling Not Quite Perfected In Predicting Lung Cancer Prognosis (November 21, 2006) -- While there have been significant advances in the use of gene expression profiling to assess a cancer prognosis, a Mayo Clinic review and analysis of existing lung cancer studies shows that this ... > full story

Blood Vessel-building Protein Halts Blood Vessels From Forming In Cancer (November 17, 2006) -- A piece of the protein cellular scaffolding involved in building blood vessels during development might have the opposite effect in tumors. Cell biologists at Jefferson Medical College and the Kimmel ... > full story

Hydrogen Peroxide Tooth Whiteners Do Not Cause Cancer, Study Finds (November 16, 2006) -- Common tooth whitening products, which have been used by millions of people, are found to be safe and do not increase the risk of oral cancer when used as directed. This exhaustive review of the ... > full story

Enzyme Inhibitor Produces Stable Disease In Patients With Advanced Solid Cell Cancers (November 15, 2006) -- Preliminary trials of a MEK enzyme inhibitor have shown that it is capable of producing long-lasting stable disease in patients with advanced solid cancers. Tests showed that the drug inhibited key ... > full story

Characteristics Of Long-term Lung Cancer Survivors (November 13, 2006) -- In preliminary findings from an ongoing study, researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified four different factors they say predicts long-term survival in patients diagnosed with lung cancer, and one ... > full story

Lung Carcinogenesis Tracked By DNA Methylation Mapping In Exhaled Breath (November 13, 2006) -- For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to detect DNA methylation in the breath of smokers and lung cancer patients, suggesting that, in theory, it may be possible to ... > full story

Multiplexed Serum Markers Screening For Detection Of Pancreatic Cancer (November 13, 2006) -- A panel of 10 blood biomarkers performed almost perfectly in picking out people who had pancreatic cancer from those who didn't, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. The advance ... > full story

Shaped-beam Radiosurgery Finds Success Treating Tiniest Lung Tumors (November 12, 2006) -- Patients with metastatic cancer tumors in their lungs are much more likely to live disease-free if they have an experimental treatment involving shaped-beam radiosurgery rather that conventional ... > full story

Radiation After Surgery Doubles Survival Time For Some Lung Cancer Patients (November 11, 2006) -- Patients with lung cancer that has spread to mediastinal lymph nodes -- located between the chest, breastbone and spine -- who receive radiation after surgery and chemotherapy live twice as long as ... > full story

Vaccination With Embryonic Stem Cells Prevents Lung Cancer In Mice (November 8, 2006) -- Researchers have discovered that vaccinating mice with embryonic stem cells prevented lung cancer in those animals that had had cancer cells transplanted into them after the vaccination or that had ... > full story

White Blood Cells Of Cancer-resistant Mice Overwhelm Natural Defenses Of Cancer Cells (November 1, 2006) -- The discoverers of the unique mouse line that is resistant to cancer have begun to pin down how the process works and found that white blood cells in these mice overwhelm normal defenses of cancer ... > full story

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