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UPDATE: Cancer Genetics Plans $48.6M IPO - GenomeWeb



UPDATE: Cancer Genetics Plans $48.6M IPO 
GenomeWeb
The MatBA technology uses comparative genomic hybridization, or CGH, to detect chromosomal gains and losses that are often observed in mature B-cell neoplasms, according to Cancer Genetics' website. It has not submitted to the US Food and Drug ...

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Recent advances and novel agents for gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)



Recent advances and novel agents for gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) 
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Other spindle cell neoplasms arising from the GI tract including lipoma,schwannoma, hemangioma, leiomyoma, and leiomyosarcoma are typically CD117-negative.GIST research and clinical care now represent a paradigm of translating discoveries in ...

 


This Week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute - GenomeWeb



This Week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute 
GenomeWeb
Also in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute this week, researchers in Italy examine the best way to devise a TNM ? tumor, node, metastasis ? staging system for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. Both the European Neuroendocrine Tumor ...

 


New Way to Target B-Cell Lymphomas - Cancer Network



New Way to Target B-Cell Lymphomas 
Cancer Network
Thomas-Tikhonenko's laboratory is studying alternative growth pathways in various B-cell neoplasms to identify new therapy approaches. ?We have some interesting preliminary data that suggest CD19 mutants unable to engage PI3K still promote tumor growth ...

 


Cancer is Derry's biggest killer - Derry Journal



Derry Journal 
Cancer is Derry's biggest killer 
Derry Journal
A new report by the Northern Ireland Research and Statistics Agency (NISRA) show that 251 people died in Derry in 2011 due to malignant neoplasms, more commonly known as cancerous tumours. In total there were 744 deaths recorded in Derry last year ...

 


Population increases slightly in Q1 - Macau Daily Times



Population increases slightly in Q1 
Macau Daily Times
The number of mortality cases totalled 511, up by 14.1 percent quarter-to-quarter; the top three underlying causes of death were neoplasms, diseases of the circulatory system and diseases of the respiratory system. Meanwhile, 6 cases of fetal mortality ...

 


Cyclacel Announces Completion of Enrollment in Investigator-Initiated, Phase 2 ... - MarketWatch (press release)



Cyclacel Announces Completion of Enrollment in Investigator-Initiated, Phase 2 ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
MDS is a family of clonal myeloid neoplasms, or malignancies of the blood, caused by the failure of blood cells in the bone marrow to develop into mature cells. Patients with MDS typically suffer from bone marrow failure and cytopenias, ...

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Encephalitis and psychosis - British Journal of Psychiatry



Encephalitis and psychosis 
British Journal of Psychiatry
First, the aetiological association of anti-NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis with ovarian neoplasms was perhaps understated in the paper. In a large study by Dalmau et al, around 50% of cases were associated with ovarian neoplasms and 80% of such ...

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Homonymous Quadrantanopsia as the First Manifestation of Cerebral Metastasis ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)



Homonymous Quadrantanopsia as the First Manifestation of Cerebral Metastasis ... 
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Cerebral metastasis of invasive mole is rare and there has been no report demonstrating homonymous quadrantanopsia as the first manifestation of metastasisin any trophoblastic neoplasms.Case presentationWe report the case of a 31-year-old Asian woman ...

 


Researchers Make Promising Discovery in Pursuit of Effective Lymphoma Treatments - HealthCanal.com



Researchers Make Promising Discovery in Pursuit of Effective Lymphoma Treatments 
HealthCanal.com
Moreover, Dr. Pagano explained, it is likely that the effects observed in multiple myeloma may be generalized to other B-cell neoplasms, types of lymphomas, especially those in which the tumor cells hide out in the NF-?B pathway.

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