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New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers

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Posted: Sat., May 31, 2008, 03:25 pm
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Topics: Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Research, Treatment, EmpowHer News
     

By Amanda Gardner
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

SATURDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) -- Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer -- which historically carries a grim prognosis -- nearly doubled their overall survival when the cancer drug Gemzar was used after surgery, new research shows.

Unfortunately, only about 15 percent of pancreatic cancer patients are even candidates for surgery.
     
     
     
     
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A New Study Finds Treatment Combo for Pancreatic Cancer Has Limited Benefit

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Posted: Tue., March 4, 2008, 02:41 pm
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Topics: Cancer, Chemoradiation, Gemcitabine, Pancreatic Cancer, patients, Treatment, EmpowHer News
     

TUESDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- In patients who had surgery for pancreatic cancer, adding the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine to chemoradiation prolonged survival, but the improvement was not statistically significant, a new study finds.
     
     
     
     
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Heart Hormones Beat Back Cancers in Mice Says Study Author Dr. David L. Vesely

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Posted: Thu., February 28, 2008, 04:56 pm
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Topics: Cancer, blood pressure, cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Research, Treatment, EmpowHer News
     

By Alan Mozes
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) -- New research offers early evidence that hormones produced by the heart to control both blood pressure and volume could be harnessed to treat -- and possibly cure -- a wide range of cancers.
     
     
     
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