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New research, ‘Recent advances in understanding hormonal therapy resistant prostate cancer,’ is the subject of a report. Androgen deprivation therapy has been the major treatment for advanced prostate cancer (PCa) and has shown to prolong life. However, remissions are temporary and patients almost inevitably progress to become castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), scientists in the United States report.
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed what could be a promising new test to help determine the aggressiveness of prostate cancer, says a Bay Area urologist who specializes in treating the disease, although patients may not realize any benefits for another decade or longer.
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Researchers at Columbia University recently analyzed the positive effects of Modified Citrus Pectin (MCP) on human and mouse prostate cancer cell lines. The results, as reported by lead researcher Dr. Aaron Katz in the online-first publication of Integrative Cancer Therapies, show that MCP inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis (programmed cell death) in both androgen-dependent and androgen-independent cancer cells in a time and dose-dependent manner.
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Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the first patient has been screened in a randomized Phase 2 study of the Company’s novel, first-in- class antibody-based vaccine candidate from its Precision Targeted Immunotherapy (PTI) platform.
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A University of Rochester study helps to explain why men get liver cancer more often than women and opens the door for a new treatment pathway, by showing a direct link between the androgen receptor, which is more active in men, and the hepatitis B virus as it relates to the deadly cancer.
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Democratic infighting on a tax “extenders” and jobs bill, which includes a subsidy for COBRA health insurance benefits for newly laid-off workers and halts a scheduled cut in Medicare reimbursements for physicians, is casting doubt on the likelihood of a vote this week…
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The federal government will shoulder almost the entire cost of the expanding Medicaid coverage under the new health reform law (PL 111-148), according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study, the Washington Post reports…
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The Fiscal Times: “As states complain about the burden of expanding health care to millions of poor Americans under the new federal health-care law, a study released Wednesday suggests their claims may be overstated. The issue is the cost of expanding Medicaid …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer: “[M]ore than 200 area hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, and others met with national experts at the Union League in Center City to learn about strategies to reduce hospital readmissions in the five-county Philadelphia area…
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The Associated Press/San Jose Mercury News: A $15 million Medicare fraud case in California has ended as the last of 17 defendants was sentenced this week to 30 months in prison. “The U.S. attorney’s office says Medicare patients at board and care homes throughout Southern California were given unnecessary respiratory tests…
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