Breast cancer walk in Sarasota/Manatee brings survivors together

Breast cancer walk in Sarasota/Manatee brings survivors together

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Once they completed their treatments and got clean bills of health, they formed "Dr. Whorf's Chemo Buddies" — a team named in honor of their oncologist — and raised about $ 2,000 for last year's event. The annual noncompetitive 5K walk will be held …
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Bristol-Myers, Merck and Roche Develop Drugs to Zap Tumors Via Immune

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He says the potential advance in cancer treatment that such agents represent is similar to Gleevec—a Novartis drug launched in 2001 that vastly improved treatment of a form of leukemia—but the new agents have “potentially much larger market …
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Updated Guidelines for HER2 Testing of Breast Cancer

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The new update to clinical practice guidelines for HER2 testing in breast cancer has recommendations to improve the accuracy of this testing, helping to ensure that no woman misses out on potential life-saving therapy with HER2-targeted drugs …
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Breaking through cancer's shield

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Dennis M. Sisolak, 72, whose cancer had spread, underwent experimental treatment at Johns Hopkins that allowed his immune system to fight rather than take drugs. [CREDIT: Matt Roth, for The New York Times]. So far, the drugs have been tested and found …
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