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Treating Dog Cancer
Today's New York Times has an article about dog cancer. Seems some dogs are participating in clinical trials to assess the effectiveness of cancer treatment in humans and animals.
Those in which the treatment succeeds are indeed lucky dogs.
If only there were such treatment for those suffering from cat cancer, like Boomer.
Business: In Trials for New Cancer Drugs, Family Pets Are Benefiting, Too
November 24, 2006
ANDREW POLLACK
Dogs are receiving groundbreaking drugs or other treatments
for cancer, a leading cause of death in older dogs.
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Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: "chemo-brain"
Impaired Cognitive Function and Hippocampal Neurogenesis Following Cancer Chemotherapy Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Feb 14; Christie LA, Acharya MM, Parihar VK, Nguyen A, Martirosian V, Limoli CL Abstract PURPOSE: A substantial proportion of breast cancer survivors...
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Quality Assurance In Clinical Trials
Public release date: 21-Sep-2008 American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Quality assurance programs improve clinical trials Boston – Quality assurance programs like the one at the Quality Assurance Review Center (QARC) in Worcester,...
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Business World: Combinatorx And Brain Tumors
A company press release concerning an agreement to develop additional research efforts in the search for pharmaceutical treatments for brain tumors:
CombinatoRx and ABC2 Initiate Brain Cancer Collaboration: Partnership Speeds Search for Brain Cancer...
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Focus On Brain Cancer: Discovery To Recovery
The Focus On Brain Cancer: Discovery to Recovery conference is sponsored by the Abramson Cancer Center. The Focus On Brain Cancer conference is for adults who are newly diagnosed, in treatment of survivors of brain cancer. At this conference, adults with...
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Amsa Meeting Tuesday, November 20!
UMD's American Medical Student Association (AMSA) is holding their second to last general body meeting on Tuesday, November 20 at 7pm in Stamp's Charles Carroll room. Our topic of the semester is cancer. A girl from the Young Adult Cancer Support...
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