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Dr. Alejandro Mohar (2nd-L), Director of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (INCAN), speaks during the Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG) conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 26, 2013.
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The program encompasses Exelixis-led trials, an ongoing collaboration with the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (NCI-CTEP), and an Investigator-Sponsored Trial initiative – all of which will be represented in this year’s ASCO data set. We look forward to these data presentations for cabozantinib in Chicago in just a few weeks.
Through this affiliation with the state's National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, I am pleased that we are expanding our exceptional cancer resources to the southern part of our state
As a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey is dedicated to research, treatment, prevention and education. From being on the front lines of patient care to helping drive clinical discoveries and beyond, our oncology nurses play a critical role in upholding each one of those pillars every day, and we are proud to support themMore quotes »
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Strides Made in Preventing Cancer, But Challenges Remain: Report
more aware that cancer doesn't have to happen all the time," she noted. "There are things we can do to reduce our risk." More information Learn more about cancer risk factors and what you can do to prevent cancer from the U.S. National Cancer Institute . Read more »
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New Strategy Helps Young Lymphoma Patients Avoid Radiation Treatment
radiation therapy, sparing them side effects or raised cancer risks down the road.In a trial conducted by the U.S. National Cancer Institute , nearly all patients with a form of cancer known as primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma who received chemotherapy, Read more »
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New Clues to How Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
provides more clues as to how the exercise may be protective, said Cher Dallal, a cancer prevention fellow at the U.S. National Cancer Institute . She is scheduled to present the findings Tuesday at the American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting Read more »
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Black Men Often Face Delays in Prostate Cancer Care: Study
cause of cancer among American men with more than 240,000 cases per year, and the second-leading cause of cancer death among American men, causing 28,000 deaths a year. More information The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more about prostate cancer . Read more »
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Melanoma Rates Rising in U.S. Children
as well as greater awareness of melanoma may be responsible, according to study authors led by Jeannette Wong of the U.S. National Cancer Institute .The researchers used a database to capture trends in childhood melanoma, but they did not have any information Read more »
Around the web
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Genetic diversity within tumors predicts outcome in head and neck cancer
A new measure of the heterogeneity the variety of genetic mutations of cells within a tumor appears to predict treatment outcomes of patients with the most common type of head and neck cancer. In the May 20 issue of the journal Cancer, investigators at 12:55 AM from EurekAlert Read more »
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Joseph A. Sparano, MD, Named Vice Chair of ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
ECOG-ACRIN's broad research portfolio includes programs in Cancer Control and Outcomes, Therapeutic Studies, and Biomarker Sciences. Dr. Sparano is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein C from PRWeb Read more »
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Moffitt Cancer Center researchers analyze how Spanish smoking relapse booklets are distributed
Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have evaluated how Florida health care and social service agencies distribute "Libres para Siempre" ("Forever FreeŽ"), a Spanish smoking relapse prevention booklet series. Their a from EurekAlert Read more »
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Community-Based Participatory Research: Its Role in Future Cancer Research and Public Health Practice
NIH Grant TypecNational Cancer InstituteNational Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesOther National Institutes of HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Prevention Research CentersNo. (%) R01, n R24, n RC1/RC2, n U01/U54/U48, n T from US Centers for Disease Control Read more »
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The impact of comorbidity and stage on prognosis of Danish melanoma patients, 1987–2009: a registry-based cohort study
British Journal of Cancer advance online publication 16 May 2013; doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.246 The incidence of cutaneous melanoma has been rising in fair-skinned populations throughout the world ( Diepgen and Mahler, 2002 ; Lens and Dawes, 2004 ; Lasithiot from Nature.com Read more »
