Accelerated chemotherapy given before surgery benefits patients with muscle ... 
EurekAlert (press release)
CHICAGO, IL (May 16, 2012)??For some patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, treatment may begin before they undergo cystectomy, or surgical removal of the bladder. They may be advised by oncologists to receive chemotherapy before surgery.

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Accelerated chemotherapy given before surgery benefits patients with muscle ... 
Science Codex
CHICAGO, IL (May 16, 2012)??For some patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, treatment may begin before they undergo cystectomy, or surgical removal of the bladder. They may be advised by oncologists to receive chemotherapy before surgery.

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Protein RAL associated with aggressive characteristics in prostate, bladder ... 
EurekAlert (press release)
However, until this week, no study had explored the effects of RAL proteins in human cancers ? an essential step on the path to developing drugs to target these proteins. From metastasis in bladder cancer, to seminal vessel involvement in prostate ...

 

Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Presents Research Award For Investigation into ... 
PR Web (press release)
The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN), the first national advocacy organization dedicated to advancing bladder cancer research and public awareness, announced today that Dr. Ami S. Bhatt of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Broad Institute has ...

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Late Stage Cancer Treatment Trends, Multiple Myeloma Vaccine, Predictors of ... 
PR Web (press release)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers will present several landmark studies, including data on treatment trends in late-stage cancer, a promising multiple myeloma vaccine, and predictive models of soft tissue sarcomas, prostate and bladder cancer, ...

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Surgery Plus Brachytherapy for Bladder Cancer: Organ Sparing 
Medscape
May 15, 2012 (Barcelona, Spain) ? Survival rates with brachytherapy for the treatment of early-stage muscle-invasive cancer are comparable to the gold standard, cystectomy, and spare bladder function, according to the largest retrospective series to ...

 

Hawii Diabetes Alert: Actos diabetes medication linked to bladder cancer 
InjuryBoard.com
Actos is a diabetes drug that has been linked to bladder cancer. Actos' single ingredient is Pioglitazone. A medication called Duetact is a combination of Pioglitazone and Glimepiride. ActosplusMet and Actosplus Met XR are Actos combined with ...

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Judge's Actos Lawsuit Order Will Make It Easier For Victims to File Claims 
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
The announcement comes nearly one year after the FDA first warned that Actos may be associated with a higher risk of bladder cancer last June 15, 2011. Since then, hundreds of people have contacted the Actos Resource Center with concerns over bladder ...

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Trial Supports Earlier Use of a Prostate Cancer Drug 
New York Times
But researchers said that with breast cancer and bladder cancer, patients whose tumors are eliminated before an operation, by what is called neoadjuvant chemotherapy, tend to live longer. ?This is the first time we've seen this degree of complete ...
Chemo Before Surgery Clears Prostate Cancer MedPage Today
J&J's Zytiga Helps Eliminate Early-Stage Prostate Cancer BusinessWeek
Unprecedented: Abiraterone in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Medscape

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Symptoms and treatment for bladder cancer 
Fox News
Bladder cancer begins in the bladder, a central organ in the urinary system. The National Cancer Institute reports that 14880 people will die from bladder cancer and 73510 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed this year. Causes "The initial step ...