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- Wilms' Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors
If your child has Stage I Wilmss tumor or anaplastic cancer, your childs treatment will probably be surgery to remove the kidney and some of the lymph nodes near the kidney followed by chemotherapy. Your childs treatment depends on the histology of the cancer. If your child has a favorable histology tumor, your childs treatment will probably be surgery to remove the kidney and some of the lymph nodes near the kidney followed by chemotherapy. If your child has an unfavorable histology tumor...
National Cancer Institute
- Vulvar Cancer Treatment
Treatment may be one of the following: Wide local excision or laser surgery or a combination of both. Skinning vulvectomy. Ointment containing a chemotherapy drug. Treatment may be one of the following: Wide local excision. Radical local excision plus taking out all nearby lymph nodes in the groin and upper part of the thigh on the same side as the cancer. Radical vulvectomy and removal of the lymph nodes in the groin on one or both sides of the body. Radiation therapy alone (in selected...
National Cancer Institute
- Vaginal Cancer Treatment
Treatment may be one of the following: Surgery to remove all or part of the vagina (vaginectomy). This may be followed by skin grafting to repair damage done to the vagina. Internal radiation therapy.Laser surgery.Intravaginal chemotherapy. Treatment of stage I cancer of the vagina depends on whether a patient has squamous cell cancer or adenocarcinoma. If squamous cancer is found, treatment may be one of the following: Internal radiation therapy with or without external beam radiation therapy....
National Cancer Institute
- Thyroid Cancer Treatment
Treatment may be one of the following: Surgery to remove the thyroid (total thyroidectomy). This may be followed by hormone therapy and radioactive iodine.Surgery to remove one lobe of the thyroid (lobectomy), followed by hormone therapy. Radioactive iodine also may be given following surgery. Treatment may be one of the following: Surgery to remove the entire thyroid (total thyroidectomy) and lymph nodes where cancer has spread. Total thyroidectomy followed by radiation therapy with...
National Cancer Institute
- The NCI Cancer Centers Program
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Centers Program comprises more than 50 NCI-designated cancer centers engaged in multidisciplinary research to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality. Through Cancer Center Support grants, this program supports three types of centers: Comprehensive Cancer Centers conduct programs in all three areas of research—basic research, clinical research, and prevention and control research—as well as programs in community outreach and...
Organizations
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- Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation - http://www.candlelighters.org/
- ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (PS), ERIC, NLE, OERI, ED - http://ericeece.org/
- Cancer Care, Inc. - http://www.cancercare.org/
- Cancer.gov - http://www.cancer.gov
- Skin Cancer Foundation - http://www.skincancer.org/
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- Childhood cancer survivors at risk of 2nd cancer
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:06 EST
- Childhood Cancer Survivors At Increased Risk Of Sarcoma
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Type 1 diabetes linked to pancreatic cancer risk
Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:24 EST
- First Evidence Of Stem Cells In Pancreatic Tumors
ScienceDaily - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Threshold Pharmaceuticals Announces That A Phase 3 Clinical Trial Of Glufosfamide For Treatment Of Pancreatic Cancer Did Not Meet Its Primary Endpoint
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
Clinical Trials
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- R115777 in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005832 - Active, not recruiting
childhood gastrointestinal cancer; stage II pancreatic cancer; stage IVA pancreatic cancer; duct cell adenocarcinoma of the pancreas; ...
- 3-AP and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00064051 - Active, not recruiting
stage II pancreatic cancer; stage III pancreatic cancer; stage IVA pancreatic cancer; stage IVB pancreatic cancer; recurrent pancreatic cancer
- Nitrocamptothecin Compared With Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005869 - Active, not recruiting
recurrent pancreatic cancer; stage II pancreatic cancer; stage IVA pancreatic cancer; stage III pancreatic cancer; stage IVB pancreatic cancer; ...
- Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00004003 - Active, not recruiting
recurrent pancreatic cancer; stage IVA pancreatic cancer; stage III pancreatic cancer; stage IVB pancreatic cancer
- Gemcitabine With or Without R115777 in Treating Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005648 - Active, not recruiting
recurrent pancreatic cancer; stage II pancreatic cancer; stage IVA pancreatic cancer; stage III pancreatic cancer; stage IVB pancreatic cancer; ...

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