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View Post: Clavis Pharma and Clovis Oncology sign $380 million deal for anti ...
20 hours ago
Patrick Mahaffy, president and CEO of Clovis, added: “Gemcitabine is the standard of care in pancreatic cancer, but accumulating data suggest that a significant percentage of patients may derive little benefit from its use because of ...
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View Post: New class of drugs nips cancer growth in the bud cancer drugs ...
25 Nov 2009 by IANS  
Washington, Sep 25 (ANI): Researchers have for the first time shown that inhibiting the action of an enzyme called TAK-1 could make pancreatic cancer cells sensitive to chemotherapy, paving the way for the development of a new drug to ...
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View Post: Charity swim for pancreatic cancer - SwimClub.co.uk Forums
25 Nov 2009 by tilmar  
Hi Im looking at organising a charity swim event for pancreatic cancer in 2010 more information on dates and venues tba. Early days! My girlfriend has this dreadful disease which has so little funding or press (apart from Patrick ...
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View Post: What Are The Most And Least Deadly Types Of Cancer?
16 hours ago by admin  
The worst usually Pancreatic Cancer. The Best, or one of the most liveable Cancer is Hodgkins Lymphoma. Although it does depend on the individual and if the cancer spreads or is contained. You always hear of the worst case scenario's, ...
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View Post: New class of drugs nips cancer growth in the bud
25 Nov 2009 by Ians  
Our experiments show that this new prodrug is much more active than the current gold-standard drug treatment for advanced or spreading lung and pancreatic cancer, says Patterson. It's very common for tumours to start re-growing after ...
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View Post: Mesothelioma may be caused by exposure to ultramafic rock
8 hours ago by blogger  
As a control group, an equal number of age- and gender-matched pancreatic cancer cases was selected (since pancreatic cancer has no known association to asbestos exposure). For both the mesothelioma and pancreatic cancer cases, ...
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View Post: New developments in pancreatic cancer @AACR
24 Nov 2009 by MaverickNY  
Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease with a generally poor prognosis, largely because it is usually detected in late stage disease where chemotherapy options generally have a limited effect. Typically response rates with ...
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View Post: Hugs, Cuddles, and Dollars for Pancreatic Cancer
24 Nov 2009 by laurie  
November is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and Tempur-Pedic have teamed up launch the “Tempur-Pedic Hugs Back” campaign to raise money and awareness for the fight against pancreatic ...
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