Smokers who have a CT scan to check for lung cancer stand a nearly one-in-five chance that doctors will find and potentially treat a tumor that would not have caused illness or death, researchers report. Despite the finding, major medical ...
Tags: lung cancer, over-diagnosis
A study has found diesel fumes could be responsible for as many as six per cent of all lung cancer deaths in the UK and USA. Researchers from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands published a study that found people exposed to ...
Tags: Diesel Fumes, Lung Cancer Risk
The combination of tomato, olive oil, garlic and onion in a sofrito increases the amount of polyphenols and carotenoids, which are bioactive compounds that may help to prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancer, according to new research ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Pfizer has secured regular approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Xalkori (crizotinib) capsules to treat patients with metastatic ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The approval was based on ...
Preliminary studies identified the presence of breast cancer cells from serum biomarkers indicating a blood test may be possible, U.S. researchers say. Study leader biomedical engineer Tony Hu of Houston Methodist Research Institute in ...
The health of most of the planet’s population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where death in childhood is rare, too much food is a bigger problem than too little, and life is long and often darkened by ...
Tags: Burden of Disease
Myriad Genetics, a US-based molecular diagnostic company, has launched a new prognostic test, Myriad myPlan Lung Cancer, for patients diagnosed with early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. myPlan lung cancer test is an RNA expression panel of 31 ...
US-based Loxo Oncology has announced that its lead clinical program is a potent and selective inhibitor of the Trk family of receptor tyrosine kinases. Loxo Oncology acquired rights to this program from Array Biopharma, which had pursued ...
Tags: Loxo Oncology, Medicine
An agreement amounting more than 500 million U.S. dollars between Greek- Swiss pharmaceutical and clinical research group Sellas Clinicals Holding and Chinese pharmaceutical conglomerate Fosun Pharma for the development and marketing of two ...
Eli Lilly and Company has received priority review status from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ramucirumab (IMC-1121B) as a single-agent treatment for advanced gastric cancer following disease progression after initial ...
Tags: Cancer Drug, FDA Priority
Boehringer Ingelheim has submitted a marketing authorisation application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the approval of its oral triple angiokinase inhibitor nintedanib. Nintedanib to be used in combination with docetaxel is ...
Tags: Boehringer Ingelheim, Lung Cancer
US-based biopharmaceutical company NovaRx will present the results from the Phase III trial of Lucanix (belagenpumatucel-L) post-frontline maintenance therapy in non-small cell lung cancer at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) ...
Tags: Novarx, Therapeutic Vaccine Trial
Cell Signaling Technology has presented a specific HER3 rabbit monoclonal antibody (mAb) for researchers studying HER2-mediated breast, lung and ovarian tumors. The company has introduced this product with the recent need for HER3 in HER2 ...
Specialty pharmaceutical company Sagent Pharmaceuticals has introduced an antineoplastic agent, Docetaxel Injection Concentrate, in three preservative-free vial presentations. Designed to help reduce medication errors, the product ...
Tags: Sagent, Medicine errors
Dust, debris, lint, and other particular contaminants are conspicuous by their presence in the industrial sector. Nearly every industrial sector relies on rugged and sturdy industrial vacuums to clear their facility. Industrial vacuum ...
Tags: Vacuum Cleaners, Machinery