Oncology Business Week

Columbia University, U.S. - Post-Chernobyl exposure to radioactive iodine through food chain poses thyroid cancer risk in children

Cyclacel - Cyclacel begins Phase IIb trial of seliciclib as third-line non-small cell lung cancer treatment

Dalian Medical University, People's Republic of China - Murine liver cancer lymphatic metastasis is driven by caveolin-1

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, U.S. - Lung cancer bearing epidermal growth factor receptor variant III mutations are sensitive to HKI-272

Dartmouth College, Hanover - Recent findings from the United States and Germany illuminate research in pancreatic cancer

Debiopharm - Debiopharm and Aurigene join in identifying and developing compounds for immuno-oncology targets

Duke University, U.S. - Breast cancer detected by evaluating expression based-markers

Endocyte - Recent findings in cancer treatment described by researchers from the United States and Taiwan

Fordham University, Bronx - Researchers' findings from the United States advance genetics research

Gazi University, Turkey - Colorectal liver metastases evaluated by Doppler sonography

General Hospital St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany - HLA-A*0201-presented epitopes from oncofetal laminin receptor protein have been identified

Gunma University - Reports from Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States add new data to cancer treatment research

Head & Neck Cancer - Link between head and neck cancer outcomes and insurance status requires further study

Healthcare Coverage - Medical care needs were commonly unmet among cancer survivors, particularly uninsured survivors

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel - Fruit study yields a new avenue of drug treatment for halting the growth and spread of cancer cells

Hiroshima University, Japan - Gastrointestinal stromal tumors with KIT gene mutations are more likely to metastasize

Hokkaido University, Japan - Magnetic resonance-guided cryoablation is effective treatment for uterine fibroids

Hopital Beaujon, Clichy - Reports from France and the United States add new data to pancreatic cancer research

Hopital Beaujon, Clichy, France - New findings from France, Italy and Spain in the area of hepatocellular carcinoma described

Hopital Ste-Justine, Montreal - Findings from Canada, France and Australia in neurology provide new insights

Hopital Tenon, Paris, France - Selected stage II colon cancer patients might benefit from adjuvant therapy

Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain - Breast cancer survival prognosticated by extracellular tumor plasma DNA

Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Hyogo, Japan - Clinical symptoms in patients with kidney cancer reflect the likelihood of cancer invasion

Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Hyogo, Japan - New findings from Japan and the United States in the area of prostate cancer described

ImClone Systems - Researchers from the United States, Japan and Austria provide details of new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment

Imperial College London, U.K. - Ovarian clear cell carcinoma prognosis improved with cytoreductive surgery

Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, U.S. - Guidelines for colonoscopy surveillance after cancer resection described

Institute Jules Bordet, Brussels - Findings from Belgium, the United States and Japan in lung cancer provide new insights

Institute for Advanced Studies in Aging & Geriatric Medicine, Washington - Recent findings in geriatrics described by researchers from the United States and Czech Republic

Institute for Cancer Research, U.K. - Prostate cancer patients with high-grade disease should be managed with curative treatment

Intact Medical - Intact begins U.S. multicenter study of Intact Breast Lesion Excision System

Intact Medical - New U.S. patent awarded for breast lesion excision system previously sold as "en-bloc"

Irving Cancer Research Center, New York - New findings from the United States and Finland in the area of enzymology detailed

Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan - Researchers from Italy, the United States and Israel detail new studies and findings in the area of melanoma

Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome - Data from Italy, the United States and Norway advance knowledge in melanoma research

Japan National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan - Gastric cancer chemotherapy disparities between the East and West described

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, U.S. - Researchers discover protein machinery that helps cells keep chromosomes intact

Johns Hopkins University, U.S. - New drugs for treatment of prostate cancer are focus of review

Kagoshima University, Japan - Bladder cancer invasion is spurred by thymidine phosphorylase

Kanazawa Medical University, Japan - Some prenyloxycoumarins may be effective against colitis-related colon cancer development