Drug Combo Fights Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth Sep 20, 2008
Trabectedin (brand name Yondelis) is used in Europe and South Korea to treat advanced soft tissue sarcoma. It's also being tested for treatment of prostate, breast and pediatric cancers. (MEDLINEplus)
Cambridge's 28th Annual Terry Fox Run Raises The Bar By $2000 Over ... Sep 16, 2008
Like Terry Fox, she too developed osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and underwent surgery on the same leg as Fox ... An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres (six inches) above the knee in 1977. (Cambridge Now!)
Ovarian Cancer Drug Trial Reveals Promising New Treatment Sep 16, 2008
Under the brand name Yondelis, trabectedin is approved in Europe and South Korea for treating advanced soft tissue sarcoma. In addition to the phase III ovarian cancer trial, it is being studied in smaller, phase II trials for prostate, breast and pediatric cancers. (Science Daily)
City youth smiles with cancer in remission Sep 15, 2008
More than a year after being diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, an aggressive juvenile form of cancer that left him bald, the 14-year-old, outgoing, optimistic Scotus Central Catholic freshman finally had enough hair again to warrant a trim recently ... But a bone tumor was discovered, and the abscesses contained round, blue cells, which indicate Ewings Sarcoma ... Trenton Kuta of Columbus was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, an aggressive juvenile form of cancer. (Beatrice Daily Sun, NE)
Glaxo's pazopanib shows promise in ovarian cancer Sep 15, 2008
It is also being assessed for other tumour types, including soft tissue sarcoma and cervical cancer. Paoletti said the drug was most likely to win its first regulatory approval in kidney cancer, where it will compete with a number of other new products. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Current Opinion in Oncology Highlights Strong Success From Use of the BSD-2000 in Treating Soft Tissue Sarcomas Sep 15, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 15, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BSD Medical Corporation (NasdaqGM: - ) today reported that a new article in Current Option in Oncology (see 2008, 20:pages 438-443) highlights strong success from the use of the BSD-2000 manufactured by BSD Medical Corporation, in treating patients with high risk soft tissue sarcomas. Central to the article's review of sarcoma studies using the BSD-2000 is the results of a phase III study involving 341 randomized patients with high risk soft... (Primezone Releases)
Alumni Lettermen's Hall of Honor Banquet is Friday Sep 11, 2008
Apodaca was treated for his rare sarcoma from 1979-1980. Jerry Apodaca Sr., Distinguished Service Award. (Golobos.com)
Comedian, survivor to headline cancer event Sep 9, 2008
But that didn't keep him from finding humor in the life he lived during his seven months of inpatient treatment for osteo sarcoma above his right knee. Doctors also did bone replacement surgery, using a cadaver bone to remove the cancer from the bottom of his femur. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
State budget impasse threatens health services Sep 7, 2008
"Five people are tube-fed. We have people with seizure disorders. Some have as many as 20 medications each day. We have people who have stage-4 sarcoma cancer, and 90 percent of our clients are in wheelchairs.". Other health care providers painted a similarly grim picture at the Sacramento news conference. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Cancer Trials Seek New Patients, Money Sep 5, 2008
"Cancer isn't one disease. It's literally hundreds of different kinds of diseases," said Dr. George Demetri, director of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology. "So our clinical trials are getting more specific for individual kinds of patients. Patients with certain kinds of proteins driving their cancer where we can develop smart drugs to go after just what's wrong with the cancer cell and leave the normal cell alone.". (Click2Houston, TX)
International team reveals first prognosticator of survival in aggressive cancer Sep 4, 2008
(Philadelphia, PA September 4, 2008) The tumor suppressor gene pRb2/p130 may provide the first independent prognostic biomarker in cases of soft tissue sarcoma (STS), according to an international collaboration of researchers, including scientists at the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at the College of Science and Technology at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, the Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Siena and the Center of Oncological... (EurekAlert!)
Death Notices Aug 24, 2008
lost his courageous battle with sarcoma cancer on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. He had a passion for people, life and preaching the good news of Jehovah s Kingdom (1 Timothy 1:12). (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Stem Cell Indicator For Bowel Cancer Should Lead To Better Survival Rates Aug 21, 2008
20, 2008) Stem cell scientists have developed a more accurate way of identifying aggressive forms of bowel cancer, which should eventually lead to better treatment and survival rates. Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK.. (Science Daily)
Spectacular women Aug 19, 2008
Right about now, she is having a rare form of sarcoma cut out of the area just beneath her left collarbone. I wish that I were with her, but she's got the world's best husband for that particular assignment and so I do what I know how to do. (CNN)
Cell Therapeutics, Inc.'s Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results Aug 18, 2008
-- Completed enrollment for phase II clinical trial of brostallicin as first-line therapy in patients with newly diagnosed advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma ... Specifically, the risks and uncertainties include statements about future sales of Zevalin, including the risk that the data from the FIT trial may not prove adequate to support an sBLA for label expansion of that product or that if an sBLA is submitted to the FDA, it may not be approved, statements about reducing net operating... (PR Newswire)
Can Vaccinations Cause Cancer? Aug 15, 2008
Vaccine Associated Sarcoma And Your Cat ... Vaccine Associated Sarcoma And Your Cat ... Vaccine associated sarcoma (VAS) is an aggressive, fast-growing feline cancer that is often fatal. (Suite101.com)
Cell Therapeutics Announces that the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Completes Enrollment in Phase II Clinical Trial of Brostallicin as First Line Therapy for Advanced or Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma Aug 12, 2008
Potential for data analysis early 2009 SEATTLE, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc.'s (CTI) (Nasdaq: ; MTA) subsidiary Systems Medicine (SM) announced today that planned enrollment is complete in the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) randomized phase II clinical trial of brostallicin in patients with newly diagnosed advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma who have had no prior chemotherapy ... "New therapies are needed to improve outcomes... (PR Newswire)
Heading home - to love, fish and stress Aug 11, 2008
It was one of the few bright moments for the family since Jayde became ill with Ewings sarcoma, a malignant bone tumour, and was admitted to Sydney Children's Hospital on August 29 last year. In the 12 months since, their lives have been in turmoil, the sort of thing that happens to hundreds of rural families when a member is suddenly confronted with a life-threatening disease and has to receive treatment in the city. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Acworth teen loses battle with cancer Aug 9, 2008
Acworth 19-year-old Tyler Copley on Thursday lost his battle with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of juvenile cancer he had battled since he was 12 ... Tyler had Ewing's Sarcoma, an often fatal form of juvenile cancer. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Craig W. Philips Takes Helm at CTI Aug 5, 2008
CTI is also developing brostallicin, another cancer drug for sarcoma currently in phase II/III trials ... A phase II study of brostallicin in relapsed/refractory soft tissue sarcoma met its pre-defined activity and safety hurdles and resulted in a first-line phase II study that is currently being conducted by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). (PR Newswire)
One Fifth Of British Adult Survivors Of Childhood Cancer Smoke Despite Hazards Aug 5, 2008
When the researchers analyzed the responses by tumor site, they found that survivors of central nervous system cancers or heritable retinoblastoma were least likely to smoke, while survivors of Wilms tumor, Hodgkin lymphoma, or soft tissue sarcomas were most likely to report being a regular current smoker ... The relatively high rate of smoking in survivors of Wilms tumor, Hodgkin lymphoma, and soft tissue sarcomas is concerning because previous research suggests that these survivors are at a... (Science Daily)
Immunotherapy Boosts Treatment of Kids' High-Risk Sarcomas Aug 4, 2008
MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Immunotherapy shows promise in treating children with high-risk sarcomas, according to a U.S. National Institute of Health pilot study ... This suggests that boosting immune function in children with sarcoma may be an effective approach ... The study of 52 patients with recurrent and/or metastatic Ewing's sarcoma or alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma also found that those who received immunotherapy had better-than-normal survival. (Health-Finder)
Dragonflies ride for friend lost to cancer Aug 1, 2008
The money that Team Dragonfly raises will go specifically to the research and treatment of sarcoma. Not only is it an athletic feat, it s an enormous fundraiser, said Alex. (Acton Beacon, MA)
Immunotherapy in high-risk pediatric sarcomas shows promising response Aug 1, 2008
PHILADELPHIA Based on a pilot study in children with sarcoma, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) believe that immunotherapy could prove beneficial in treating high-risk forms of this cancer ... Researchers also found that survival in these patients was at the higher end of what is generally seen with recurrent and/or metastatic Ewing's sarcoma (ESFT) or alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (AR) the two sarcomas tested in this single arm study. (EurekAlert!)
Pig-roast dinner to fight cancer may be short relapsing survivor Jul 31, 2008
" Neither Bedrosian nor Jacques could fathom how so many in one family could be affected by cancer. "You are never going to get an answer," she said, Jacques, a seven-year survivor, had to have her collar bone removed during her last battle, after a sarcoma was found on her clavicle. "They gave me radiation. But evidently the radiation caused a recurrence. (New Britain Herald, CT)
Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces 2008 Second Quarter Results Jul 30, 2008
"We are enrolling increasing numbers of patients in our clinical program for REOLYSIN(R), and the positive results from these trials are helping us to plan the later-stage development program for REOLYSIN(R)." Second Quarter Highlights Significant Clinical Advances - Presented positive interim U.S. Phase II sarcoma trial results at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, showing 8 of 16 evaluable patients experienced stable disease for periods ranging from two to more... (PR Newswire)
Smoking risk of cancer survivors Jul 30, 2008
The study, in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, pinpoints three types of childhood cancer - Hodgkin's lymphoma, soft tissue sarcomas and Wilms' tumour - which are known to carry an increased risk of further tumours due to the form of radiotherapy and chemotherapy used to treat them ... Researcher Dr Clare Frobisher, based at Birmingham's Centre for Childhoold Cancer Survivor Studies, said: "It is worrying that those survivors who are most at risk of developing a new cancer as a... (BBC News -- UK)
Woman delivers the child she always wanted, then begins cancer fight she never expected Jul 15, 2008
Todd was six months pregnant and was just learning that Ewing's sarcoma, a malignant cancer, was growing in her chest ... Ewing's sarcoma is sometimes very aggressive. (AZCentral -- News)
Wickham thought of suicide after tragedy Jul 7, 2008
Wickham, 45, the freestyle gold medallist from the 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games, lost her daughter Hannah Ciobo, 19, to sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in October last year. Wickham told the Nine Network's A Current Affair program on Monday that she had since suffered severe depression and had spent several stints in Brisbane's Pine Rivers private hospital for psychiatric treatment since her daughter died. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Young survivor fishes for a cure for the forgotten cancer’ Jul 6, 2008
Billings Gazette photo - Matt Siegle, with his girlfriend, Katie Shepherd, is undergoing his final round of chemotherapy for sarcoma. Siegle has organized Fishin' For the Cure, a fundraiser for sarcoma ... Siegle was in Billings for five days to undergo his eighth and final cycle of chemotherapy at Billings Clinic to combat sarcoma. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Employers use federal law to deny benefits Jul 5, 2008
She is president and executive director of the Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation, which she founded with her first husband. She recognizes that she is more fortunate than many others who have fought similarly futile battles for benefits under ERISA. "What if we had had children and I was a stay at home mom?" said Amschwand-Bellinger, who previously worked for a public hospital system. (Florida Times-Union)
BATTLING CANCER PART OF THE GAME Jun 30, 2008
The nonprofit Angel 34 Foundation was founded in 2003 by Nicole Sheriff, a freshman at Northampton Area High School who had been diagnosed with Ewing s sarcoma, a bone cancer, in 2002. The foundation works to improve the lives of those with serious illnesses. (Scranton Times, PA)
Vancouver producer of Oscar-winning film dies Jun 24, 2008
Vince was diagnosed with sarcoma about a year and a half ago but the matter was kept private. It began in his leg and spread from there. (Vancouver Sun)
CNFR: Bingham wins Shane Drury Scholarship Jun 21, 2008
Shane was first diagnosed with Ewing s Sarcoma in 2002. He d been complaining of pain in his back, but he was a bull rider and that kind of pain comes with the territory. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
New PET Scanning Probe Will Allowing Monitoring Of The Immune System Jun 11, 2008
5, 2008) Positron emission tomography was much more sensitive and more accurate than conventional imaging methods in detecting response to treatment in sarcoma patients, according to a new. (Nov. (Science Daily)
Service notices Jun 6, 2008
Memorials for the NW Sarcoma Foundation may be sent to Fisher Funeral Home, 306 Washington St. S.W., Albany, OR 97321. DH Reader Comments. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Keynotes for June 5 Jun 5, 2008
OVER 400 WALKERS- More than 400 people walked in the fourth annual 12,402 Steps to Cure Sarcoma Walk May 3, starting at Morgan Bowl, Riverside Park, in memory of the late Jennifer Hunter Yates of Hudson. Walkers included a busload of sarcoma survivors and their families from Hanover, people from Nantucket, Hudson and surrounding towns ... The sarcoma survivors led the walk as it started around the Morgan Bowl track, some with crutches, canes, braces, etc, to complete just one lap. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Woman jumps into car of disoriented driver (1503) Jun 4, 2008
Amanda Campbell was diagnosed in 2006 with Ewing s sarcoma in her skull, and has gone through surgery and chemotherapy since then. After chemo, I didn t know I could run that fast, Amanda Campbell joked. (Montana Standard, MT)
NEW DATA FOR PAZOPANIB - GSK'S LATEST INVESTIGATIONAL ANTI-CANCER AGENT - SHOWS PROMISE ACROSS MULTIPLE CANCERS Jun 1, 2008
Pazopanib is currently being studied in a number of different tumor types; clinical trials are currently underway in RCC, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, NSCLC, cervical cancer and other solid tumors. It is being evaluated as a monotherapy,(4) in combination with targeted therapies(15) and in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy. (PR Newswire)
Two kids have wishes come true May 31, 2008
Ethan suffers from osteogenic sarcoma. All he wanted was to go to Lego Land. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Sons and mothers May 31, 2008
After a reprieve of more than two decades, her cancer returned in the late 1990s, in the form of a uterine sarcoma. The chemotherapy which zapped it probably contributed to her leukaemia six years later. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Infinity Announces Clinical Data Confirming Activity and Safety of IPI-504, a Novel Hsp90 Inhibitor, in Patients With Refractory GIST May 31, 2008
The GIST community is searching for new drugs with a novel mode of action to help address the growing problem of resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors like imatinib and sunitinib,'' said George D. Demetri, M.D., director of the Ludwig Center at Dana-Farber/Harvard, director of Dana-Farber's Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, and principal investigator of the trial ... The open-label trial consisted of a dose-escalation phase and an expansion phase in which a total of 63 patients with... (Primezone Releases)
Family helps Dad fight cancer May 30, 2008
Brennan s diagnosis of mantle cell sarcoma came after a 30-year remission from a childhood cancer, Ewing sarcoma, a form of bone cancer that he was diagnosed with when he was five ... Brennan then went to Dana-Farber to seek care for this particular type of cancer, however Brennan was re-diagnosed with mantle cell sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Dual Functions Of Gene Revealed, For Better And For Worse May 29, 2008
The gene, known as "ERG", has long been associated with a range of human malignancies, including leukemia and sarcoma. American scientists showed in 2005 that ERG is mutated in more than half of all prostate cancers. (Science Daily)
They'll get you to Think Pink May 23, 2008
Come and have a chair massage for $1/minute from Rejuvenations, enjoy some treats at the bake sale and indulge in your favorite beauty products at the sidewalk sale all to benefit the Sarcoma Foundation and Making Strides. 5. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
A senator for the nation May 21, 2008
"Sen. Kennedy & his son took time out of politicking through Indiana in 1980 to bring cheer to my terminally ill 16-year-old nephew who had osteogenic sarcoma (as had Kennedy's son)," a Hoosier remembered. And Dave in San Francisco wrote what we can only echo: "We hope to hear the Liberal Lion roar again soon in the Senate. We wish you a speedy recovery; your work is not done.". (Boston Globe)
Cancer risk soars in HIV-infected people: study May 21, 2008
Some types of cancers like Kaposi's sarcoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma have long been associated with people infected by the AIDS virus ... Many early AIDS patients developed Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer previously associated with older people or people receiving immunosuppressant medications following an organ transplant. (Scientific American)
Why I had to lie to my dying mother May 18, 2008
When my mother Susan Sontag was diagnosed in 2004 with myelodysplastic syndrome, a precursor to a rapidly progressive leukaemia, she had already survived stage IV breast cancer in 1975 that had spread into the lymph system, despite her doctors having held out little hope of her doing so, and a uterine sarcoma in 1998. There are some survivors, even in the worst cancers,' she would often say during the nearly two years she received what even for the time was an extremely harsh regime of... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Collaborators to Present Phase II Sarcoma Trial Results at ASCO Annual Meeting May 16, 2008
CALGARY, May 16 /CNW/ - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) announced today that an abstract covering interim results of a Phase II study of intravenous REOLYSIN(R) in patients with sarcomas metastatic to the lung is available on the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) website at and on the Oncolytics website at. The abstract is entitled "A Phase II Study of Intravenous REOLYSIN (Wild-type reovirus) in the Treatment of Patients with Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas Metastatic... (Canada Newswire)
Heart risks high in childhood cancer survivors May 16, 2008
Dr. Daniel Mulrooney of the University of Minnesota and colleagues conducted the study, which looked at 14,358 survivors of childhood leukemia, central nervous system tumors, Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, kidney tumors, bone cancers, neuroblastoma and soft-tissue sarcoma between 1970 and 1986. They compared these to 3,899 of their siblings. (Scientific American)
Going to Ghana, pathology expertise in tow May 15, 2008
In one month, they saw, on a regular basis, a large number of various sarcomas, varieties of ameloblastoma, schistosomiasis, an alveolar soft part sarcoma, advanced carcinomas from multiple organs, poorly differentiated or undifferentiated carcinomas, high-grade lymphomas, and thyroid and salivary gland tumors. The daily work schedule is such that ample time can be spent with the residents, who need regular instruction in proper grossing practices, Dr. Coppin says. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Family tragedies bring two grieving mothers together May 12, 2008
Jung s daughter, Terra Murrell, was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma a disease usually found in males when she was 11 years old ... Terra Murrell died of Ewing Sarcoma in 2001. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
MicroRNAs Appear Essential For Retinal Health May 9, 2008
They have also been linked to human diseases such as diabetes, hepatitis C, leukemia, lymphoma, Kaposi s sarcoma and breast cancer. This interesting study, together with recent findings reported from three other labs in the United States, provide strong evidence that the microRNA pathway is involved in the health and sickness of many parts of the mammalian nervous system, said Fen-Biao Gao, an investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease at the University of California-San... (Science Daily)
Sixth-grader plans community benefit for Kiersa May 9, 2008
Kiersa has Ewing s sarcoma, a bone and soft-tissue cancer that rarely affects children so young. Because Montana s pediatric cancer services are limited, Kiersa, her parents, Jill and Nick, brothers Tyson, 10, and Avery, 9, and sister Glenna, 7, have moved to Oregon. (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Walkers 'toon' in to fight against cancer May 4, 2008
Woodard originally went in for a roller derby injury, but the doctors discovered she had Sarcoma, a cancer of connective, supportive tissue ... Woodard discovered she had Sarcoma a cancer of the connective, supportive tissue after going to the doctor for a knee injury that resulted from roller derby ... "When the doctors checked it out, they found it was Sarcoma.". (Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel)
Researchers report the cloning of a key group of human genes, the protein kinases May 3, 2008
In addition, together with the group of Dr. Pivi Ojala, University of Helsinki, they identified a novel kinase required for activation of Kaposis sarcoma herpesvirus. The isolated kinase genes form a resource that scientist can now use to systematically map kinase signaling networks in different cellular disease models. (EurekAlert!)
Melanoma Of The Rectum: A Rare Entity May 2, 2008
A 3-cm polypoid tumor of the lower rectum was found at rectosigmoidoscopy, which proved to be a leiomyosarcoma upon biopsy ... In the view of the authors, if there is suspicion of an anorectal sarcoma, one should always perform an S-100 stain following a biopsy. (Science Daily)
Swarner throws first Progressive pitch May 2, 2008
Had he planned to resume a normal teenager's life, Swarner found doing so impossible: Two years later, doctors diagnosed him with Askin's Sarcoma, another potentially fatal form of cancer ... Just like when he had Hodgkins, Swarner beat his Sarcoma. (MLB.com -- Cleveland Indians)
Runners rally to fight cancer Apr 17, 2008
Ferrier began raising money for sarcoma research at Dana Farber and for the Adamson family, she said,raising a total of $10,000, mostly from the Medfield community. The rest of the Adamson family includes Sarah, 8, and Shawn, 10, both very close in age to Ferrier s own kids, and their mom, Rene Adamson. (Medfield Press, MA)
Keynotes for April 17 Apr 17, 2008
SARCOMA FUND WALK- Area families will be walking in the fourth annual 12,402 Steps to Cure Sarcoma Walk, Saturday, May 3, starting at 10 a.m. at the Morgan Bowl, Riverside Park. The walk is in memory of Hudson resident Jennifer Hunter Yates, 33, who succumbed to sarcoma in April 2004, (after living only 12,402 days) ... The walks benefit the Jennifer Hunter Yates Sarcoma Foundation, which in the last three years has raised over $300,000 to assist sarcoma patients and their families at... (Hudson Sun, MA)
Extracts From Reishi Mushroom And Green Tea Shows Synergistic Effect To Slow Sarcoma Apr 15, 2008
Now a new study by Chinese scientists found that combining the active ingredients in the mushroom and the tea creates synergetic effects that inhibited the growth of tumors and delayed the time of death in mice with sarcomas ... In the first study, designed to look at cancer treatment, mice were first injected intraperitoneally with sarcoma cells and then were given either low, medium or high dosages of ReishiMax or low, medium, or high dosages of a combination of ReishiMax and Tegree ... All... (Science Daily)
New Gene Discovery Suggests Which Patients CTI's Brostallicin May Benefit Apr 14, 2008
A phase II study of brostallicin in relapsed/refractory soft tissue sarcoma met its pre-defined activity and safety hurdles and resulted in a first-line phase II study that is currently being conducted by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). About Systems Medicine (SM) In July 2007, CTI acquired Systems Medicine (SM), a privately-held oncology company, in a stock-for-stock merger. (PR Newswire)
Flapjack sales benefit alumnus Apr 14, 2008
DiPietro said Coursen, Class of 1997, and former member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, was diagnosed with sarcoma five years ago and has undergone various treatments. In December, Coursen was directed to a doctor in Germany who will perform laser surgery to attempt to remove 30 tumors in Coursen's lungs, but the surgery, which is not covered by Coursen's health insurance, costs $50,000. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Molecule Disrupts DNA Sequence in Ewing's Sarcoma Apr 14, 2008
MONDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- A molecule that disrupts the oncogene that causes Ewing's sarcoma has been identified by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers. Ewing's sarcoma is a rare cancer that strikes children and young adults and can cause tumors to grow anywhere in the body ... Ewing's sarcoma occurs when there's an exchange of DNA between two chromosomes, a process called translocation. (Health-Finder)
In lab study, researchers find molecule that disrupts Ewing's sarcoma oncogene Apr 14, 2008
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found a small molecule they say can block the action of the oncogene that causes Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer found in children and young adults ... Ewing's sarcoma is caused by the exchange of DNA between two chromosomes, a process known as a translocation ... Toretsky has long led research into the causes of, and treatments for, Ewing's sarcoma. (EurekAlert!)
