Peritoneal Cancer News

Paris to Paris - N.C. State University Technician Online



Paris to Paris 
N.C. State University Technician Online
Josephine Yurcaba, a sophomore in English and philosophy, sits next to her mother, Paris, a cancer patient fighting stage IV peritoneal cancer. Photo by Jordan Moore. Josephine Yurcaba's grandmother, Beatrice Brazeau, had a dream that one of her ...

 


Strengthening HOPE family fun event set - Cincinnati.com



Strengthening HOPE family fun event set 
Cincinnati.com
Sharonville, OH, 2012 ? Amy Smith founded the non-profit, Strengthening HOPE, Inc. in honor of her mother, Bonnie, who was recently diagnosed with Peritoneal Cancer. In order to increase awareness of this rare cancer, a free, fun family event will be ...

 


Array BioPharma Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2012 - MarketWatch (press release)



Array BioPharma Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2012 
MarketWatch (press release)
Selumetinib (AZD6244) (AstraZeneca) -- MEK inhibitor for cancer: The Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) presented results of a Phase 2 trial with selumetinib in women with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian or peritoneal cancer at the American ...

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New procedure to treat abdominal cancer available in Tulsa - Tulsa World



New procedure to treat abdominal cancer available in Tulsa 
Tulsa World
It is available for those who suffer from colorectal, appendiceal, ovarian, stomach and primary peritoneal cancers. Called hypothermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, or HIPEC, it involves a heated solution being delivered directly to the abdomen during ...

 


Lilly to present new ramucirumab data at ASCO 2012 - Zenopa



U.S. News & World Report 
Lilly to present new ramucirumab data at ASCO 2012 
Zenopa
This will be supported by data from a phase II study that evaluated the drug among persistent or recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal carcinoma patients. Ramucirumab is involved in one of the largest clinical programs ...
Lilly Oncology To Disclose New Pipeline Data At ASCO 2012 PR Newswire (press release)

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Risky Surgical Business - The Jewish Week



Risky Surgical Business 
The Jewish Week
We learned that the cancer demon had navigated its way around that prophylactic procedure, and registered its unwanted presence in the protective lining of her abdomen. She was diagnosed with primary peritoneal cancer. It is a disease that is related ...

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Chemotherapy ?Bath? May Stop Mesothelioma Spread - Surviving Mesothelioma



Surviving Mesothelioma 
Chemotherapy ?Bath? May Stop Mesothelioma Spread 
Surviving Mesothelioma
There is more evidence that washing heated chemotherapy drugs through the open body cavity after mesothelioma surgery may help stop the cancer from spreading. A team at the Washington Cancer Institute followed the movement and absorption of these drugs ...

 


Lilly Oncology To Disclose New Pipeline Data At ASCO 2012 - Sacramento Bee



Lilly Oncology To Disclose New Pipeline Data At ASCO 2012 
Sacramento Bee
A phase II, open-label, multicenter study of IMC-1121B (ramucirumab; RAM) monotherapy in the treatment of persistent or recurrent epithelial ovarian (EOC), fallopian tube (FTC), or primary peritoneal (PPC) carcinoma (CP12-0711/NCT00721162).

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Add-on bevacizumab slows progression of recurrent ovarian cancer - Curetoday.com (press release)



Add-on bevacizumab slows progression of recurrent ovarian cancer 
Curetoday.com (press release)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with recurrent platinum-sensitive ovarian, peritoneal and fallopian tube cancers have had significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) when bevacizumab was added to chemotherapy in an ongoing multicenter trial.

 


Various types of dialysis available for those with failing kidneys - PennLive.com



PennLive.com 
Various types of dialysis available for those with failing kidneys 
PennLive.com
However, unlike cancer, end stage renal disease fails to get people's attention ? or attempts at prevention ? even though it is a great burden on the patient and society to treat it, Rothman said. ?Unfortunately, kidney disease is often silent until ...

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