Now, early diagnosis of bladder cancer Oct 5, 2008
NEW DELHI: GE Healthcare on Friday evening announced the launch of a new technique for early diagnosis of urinary bladder cancer. It announced a new diagnostic agent called Hexvix (hexaminolevulinate) at the 9th Asian Congress of Urology being held in New Delhi. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Colon Cancer Oncogene Discovered Sep 17, 2008
In another report in this week's online issue of Nature Genetics, researchers from Iceland said that they have found a genetic variant associated with increased risk of urinary bladder cancer. HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
deCODE and Radboud University Discover Common Variants in the Human Genome Conferring Risk of Bladder Cancer Sep 15, 2008
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientists at deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: ) and colleagues at Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands today report the discovery of two common single-letter variants in the human genome (SNPs) that confer increased risk of urinary bladder cancer ... The paper, entitled 'Sequence variant on 8q24 confers susceptibility to urinary bladder cancer,' will appear today in the online edition of Nature Genetics at ... Urinary bladder cancer... (PR Newswire)
Cattlemen for Cancer Research group awards more than $175,000 in grants Oct 3, 2007
Grants totaling more than 175,000 were awarded to the following scientists, whose projects will develop innovative research in pathology, breast cancer, urinary bladder cancer and colorectal cancer. Mark J. McArthur, D.V.M., and Susan Fischer, Ph. (Elgin Courier, TX)
Toward A Much-needed New Test For Cancer Of The Urinary Bladder Jun 20, 2007
In the report, the University of Florida's Steve Goodison and colleagues at the University of Michigan note that urinary bladder cancer is among the five most common malignancies worldwide. Early detection and treatment dramatically increases patient survival rates. (Science Daily)
