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  • Pharma Touting Phase II/III Wins in Run-Up to ASCO
    Presenting preliminary results of three analyses of Vectibix® (panitumumab) in combination with FOLFOX as a first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer, Amgen today said ...
    5-16-2013
  • Softening the Blow from FOLFOX Treatment
    to reposition the MRI contrast agent mangafodipir, a PyridoxyL EthylDiamine (PLED)-derivative, into a drug candidate for colorectal cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. ...
    5-15-2013
  • Lilly Halts Development of Lymphoma Drug After Phase III Failure
    ... Those two Phase III molecules are necitumumab, indicated for squamous non-small cell lung cancer; and ramucirumab for breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and gastric cancer. Lilly ...
    5-10-2013
  • Amgen Forms Joint Venture to Sell Vectibix in China
    Amgen and Zhejiang Beta Pharma said today they will form a joint venture to commercialize Amgen's metastatic colorectal cancer drug (mCRC) Vectibix® (panitumumab) in China. The ...
    5-10-2013
  • Your Genes, Your Choice?
    But, before learning this, consider: Do you also want to know whether you have a heightened risk of developing colorectal cancer later in life? That patients who opt to have their ...
    5-9-2013
  • Companion Diagnostics: 52 Pick-Up
    ... Assists in identifying colorectal cancer patients eligible for treatment with Erbitux (cetuximab) or Vectibix (panitumumab). DAKO C-KIT PharmDx Sponsor/Developer: Agilent ...
    5-9-2013
  • Cancer Diagnostics, Pushing the Boundaries
    ... in the OncoNetwork Consortium, evaluated a custom gene panel that targets hotspot mutations in 22 genes implicated in colorectal cancer and non-small-cell lung carcinoma. ...
    5-8-2013
  • Biomarkers Take Center Stage
    ... Lysates," which showed the results of a survey of proteins relevant to colorectal (CRC) and prostate (PC) tumors to identify potential proteins of interest for cancer research. ...
    5-1-2013
  • Detecting Acquired Drug Resistance in Cancer
    ... Genetics and Therapeutics, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center reported blood-based molecular detection of acquired resistance to anti-EGFR therapies in colorectal cancer patients. ...
    4-29-2013
  • Literature Review: Which Drug Combination Will Unlock Triple...
    ... clinical trial for two noncompetitive antibodies that target EGFR but for different indications (squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and metastatic colorectal cancer). ...
    4-25-2013
  • Noninvasive Colorectal Cancer Test Proves True
    Exact Sciences' Cologuard colorectal cancer screening test met or exceeded all primary and secondary endpoints of its recently-completed Phase III DeeP-C clinical trial, the ...
    4-19-2013
  • Performing "Informative Clinical Trials" in Mice
    ... against several tyrosine kinases linked to cancer in HT-29 colorectal cancer cell-line derived and patient tumor-derived murine xenograft models of human colorectal cancer (CRC). ...
    4-17-2013
  • Top 20 Best-Selling Drugs Approved and Launched During 2012
    ... (€25 million) 11 Marketer(s): Sanofi and Regeneron Indication(s): Metastatic colorectal cancer in combination with 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan-(FOLFIRI) chemotherapy ...
    4-4-2013
  • Personalized Medicine: Health Economic Aspects
    ... But more and more multiple tests and multiple personalised medicines for particular diseases become available. For example, in colorectal cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, a ...
    4-2-2013
  • Querying the Cancer Transcriptome
    ... in dozens of cancer samples, allowed identification of many somatic insertions of transposable elements at a single-nucleotide resolution, including a colorectal sample in ...
    4-1-2013
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  • Antibiotic Regimen and the Timing of Prophylaxis Are Important...
    Vanessa P. Ho, Philip S. Barie, Sharon L. Stein, Koiana Trencheva, Jeffrey W. Milsom, Sang W. Lee, Toyooki Sonoda
    Surgical Infections
    sample of patients undergoing elective abdominal colorectal procedures with anastomosis. ... The most common diagnoses were cancer (38.8%) and inflammatory bowel disease (22.0%). ...
  • A Content Analysis of Chronic Diseases Social Groups on Facebook...
    Isabel De la Torre-Díez, Francisco Javier Díaz-Pernas, Míriam Antón-Rodríguez, Isabel de la Torre
    Telemedicine and e-Health
    This study aims to characterize the purpose and use of Facebook and Twitter groups concerning colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and diabetes. We searched in Facebook ...
  • Simultaneous Laparoscopic Resection of Rectal Cancer and Liver...
    Ka Lau Leung, Janet F.Y. Lee, Raymond Y.C. Yiu, Simon S.M. Ng, Jimmy C.M. Li
    Journal of Laparoendoscopic& Advanced Surgical Techniquesand Part B, Videoscopy
    of Rectal Cancer and Liver Metastasis Journal of Laparoendoscopic& Advanced Surgical Techniquesand Part B, Videoscopy Simultaneous resection of colorectal tumor and liver ...
  • Prevalence and Factors Associated with Colorectal Cancer Screening...
    Sarah Brennenstuhl, Esme Fuller-Thomson, Svetlana Popova
    Journal of Women's Health
    Prevalence and Factors Associated with Colorectal Cancer Screening in Canadian Women Journal of Women's Health Abstract Aims: This representative study investigated the prevalence ...

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