Rosetta Genomics Interview – microRNA for Diagnosing Lung Cancer Tumors
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Medical QuackPosted
Sun 11 Jan 2009 4:20pm
Tests to detect cancer of the unknown primary
Rosetta Genomics – Today I had the opportunity to speak with and interview Ronen Tamir, Chief Commercialization Officer, at Rosetta to find out how microRNA is helping diagnose and treat cancer.
If you have been keeping up with the news of late, Rosetta in the last couple of weeks has had 3 pr ...
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Experimental Drug Makes Lung Cancer Tumor Shrink In 90% Of Patients
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Karen BastillePosted
Sun 06 Jun 2010 8:48am
Medical News Today
An extremely promising experimental drug, called crizotinib for lung cancer patients with a specific gene has shrunk tumors in 90% of patients in a clinical study within two months, researchers from Pfizer. Inc. said. With expectations of just a 10% response rate to this new medication - which would ha ...
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Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor--report of proposed new entity
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Mark Pool, MDPosted
Mon 31 Jan 2011 10:13pm
So many great articles at the end of the year, it's going to take me 'til Easter to catch up!
The December 2010 issue of American Journal of Surgical Pathology has a fascinating article from Dishop and (multiple) colleagues reporting 10 morphologically distinct tumors from multiple American institutions. The patients' ages ranged from 0 ...
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Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows
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Matthew Z.Posted
Tue 10 Feb 2009 10:11am
The active ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard University. Researchers do not know why THC inhibits tumor growth, they say the substance could be activating molecules that arrest the cell cycle.
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Breast Carcinoma vs. Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma
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Dr.Prashant JaniPosted
Wed 29 Dec 2010 10:51pm
Some authors have estimated that 4-9% of patients with breast carcinoma will eventually develop second pulmonary carcinomas. As a result, many pathologists have been faced with the problem of trying to determine whether a particular lung carcinoma represents metastatic breast carcinoma or a new primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma. This month, we w ...
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Breast Carcinoma vs. Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma
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Dr.Prashant JaniPosted
Mon 29 Dec 0010 12:00am
Some authors have estimated that 4-9% of patients with breast carcinoma will eventually develop second pulmonary carcinomas. As a result, many pathologists have been faced with the problem of trying to determine whether a particular lung carcinoma represents metastatic breast carcinoma or a new primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma. This month, we ...
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