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Wired
August 2003
Jennifer Kahn |
The End of Cancer (As we Know it) Diagnosis. Chemotherapy. Radiation. Slow painful death. No more. A new era of cancer treatment is dawning. Meet three scientists who are using the revelations of the Human Genome Project to reshape medicine.   |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2011
Dickmeyer & Rosenbeck |
From Rut to Racetrack Can the pharmaceutical industry deliver on its objective to make cancer a curable, chronic condition? |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2003
Malorye Branca |
Targeting Tumors Next-generation cancer drugs will take aim with unprecedented certainty, but making them requires a new discovery and development paradigm. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Biotech, Finally The past 30 years of biological discoveries, insights into the human genome, and exotic chemical manipulation have unleashed a wave of biological drugs, many of them reengineered human proteins. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
If It Works for Breast Cancer... Studies are under way to see if promising strategies used against breast cancer can be used to fight other killers, such as lung, colon, and prostate cancer. |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2002
Kevin Davies |
Curtailing the Cancerous Cell The highly touted drug Gleevec unleashed new hope in the battle against cancer. Now a group of new drugs, working on the same principle, are showing even greater promise in treating leukemia. |
Scientific American
March 2009
Elaine Schattner |
A Chip against Cancer: Microfluidics Scrutinizes T Cells With just a blood sample, a device could determine whether cancer is about to spread or monitor the progress of treatment |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
Pettypiece & Gibson |
Training the Immune System to Fight Cancer Bristol-Myers' new melanoma drug may be a "game changer." |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Robert Langreth |
Big Pharma Bets on a Novel Cancer Cure Research in epigenetics is booming. The payoff could be in the billions. |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
And When ImClone's Drug Doesn't Work... Physicians have greeted ImClone Systems Inc.'s (IMCL ) cancer drug, Erbitux, with a mixture of glee and grim realism. The drug dramatically shrinks colon tumors in some patients. But in others, it has little effect -- and no one knows why. |
BusinessWeek
June 21, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
Cancer Superdrugs, Costly Side Effects New therapies are extending lives, but the prices could weigh down the nation. Oncologists, pharmaceutical companies, and the government will have to focus on the best way to lower prices for these drugs. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2011
Renee Twombly |
A New Take on Retinoblastoma Basic research findings upend old thoughts on this childhood tumor. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
December 1, 2010
Walter Armstrong |
Cancer: On Target Once More Over the past year or two, a handful of Phase III failures, including megablockbusters like Avastin and Sutent in trials for all kinds of common tumors, indicate that targeted therapy is generally a blunt instrument. |
Bio-IT World
February 18, 2004 |
Pathology Goes Molecular New technologies are enabling clinical diagnostic laboratories to pave the way toward more personalized cancer therapies |
Scientific American
January 2009
Charles Q. Choi |
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly? The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process occurs, John Pawelek thinks, when tumor cells fuse with white blood cells -- an idea that, if right, could yield new therapies |
Scientific American
May 2009
Christine Soares |
Cancer Clues from Embryonic Development Rethinking cancer by seeing tumors as a cellular pregnancy. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Amy Maxmen |
Driving the Immune System to Attack Cancer A researcher's longtime efforts to drive T cells to attack tumors hits pay dirt. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
December 1, 2010
Walter Armstrong |
Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Targeting Pathways and Patients Although the most common cancer worldwide, lung cancer remains poorly treated, with the highest mortality rate. |
Bio-IT World
October 10, 2003
Kevin Davies |
Iressa's Trials and Tribulations The Iressa experience highlights the enormous stakes surrounding breakthrough therapies. |
The Motley Fool
June 6, 2011
Luke Timmerman |
Exelixis Zeroes In on Lead Drug, Sees Activity in the Bones of Prostate Cancer Patients Is Exelixis' risky bet about to pay off? |
BusinessWeek
April 30, 2007
Catherine Arnst |
Teaching The Body To Fix Itself Cancer vaccines still in trial stages may be able to prolong life with few side effects, but the FDA has yet to be convinced. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005
Bob Hirschfeld |
Healing Investments New lung cancer drugs mean good news in both the doctor's office and on Wall Street. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Better Odds Against Breast Cancer New treatments for breast cancer are more effective, and easier to live with |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Tom Randall |
Cocktails Are Next For Cancer-Drug Makers Taking a cue from the cocktails of drugs that have made AIDS survivable, drugmakers are pursuing combination therapies against cancer. |
Managed Care
May 2004
Thomas Morrow |
New Agents Regulating Tyrosine Kinase Can Be Used Against Several Cancers When traditional therapies fail in cancer treatment, turning off a chemical switch may offer hope to the hopeless. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
April 1, 2006
Joanna Breitstein |
HBA Woman of the Year: Susan Desmond-Hellman There are people who hope cancer, one day, will become a manageable disease. Then there are those who know it. Meet Susan Desmond-Hellmann. |
Scientific American
November 2008
Jessica Wapner |
Cancer Vaccine: Looking Beyond Tumor Size Proponents see hope in changing cancer vaccines' bad reputation |
Managed Care
March 2007
Martin Sipkoff |
Managing Cancer Treatment Begins Before Diagnosis Health plans are increasingly involved in promoting the lifestyle changes that help their members avoid cancer, and are increasingly involved in clinical trials if prevention fails. |
Managed Care
November 2004
Thomas Morrow |
Pharmacogenetic, Pharmacogenomic Testing Rapidly Gaining Acceptance New tests will allow better determination of which therapies will work on which patients, thus improving care and reducing outlays for failed therapies. |
Wired
Thomas Goetz |
Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer By getting regular blood tests, doctors may be able to diagnose cancer early, giving the patient a 90 percent chance of survival. |
Chemistry World
July 2010
Hayley Birch |
Special Report: Health breakthroughs of the decade New discoveries have been made with cancer vaccines, genomics, statin drugs, allosteric modulators, and RNA interference during the last decade. |
BusinessWeek
September 5, 2005
Michael Arndt |
Fine-Tuning the Attack on Breast Cancer Genentech's Herceptin, the first drug approved for a specific group, helps patients who are genetically susceptible to a virulent form of the disease. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2010
Ralph Casale |
Companion Diagnostics in Cancer Drug Development Diagnostic companies partnering with drug developers can make for an attractive investment segment. |
Chemistry World
July 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Medicine made to measure Healthcare tailored to suit the genetic makeup of the patient is finally coming to fruition. |
Wired
July 2006
Kevin Kelleher |
Personalize It While Adidas offers customized shoes for your feet, the pharmaceutical industry is moving toward personalizing drugs based on your genes. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Just Enough to Give Investors Hope Hitting a secondary endpoint means all is not lost for Onyx's lung cancer drug. |
Managed Care
June 2007
Thomas Morrow |
Dendritic Cell Vaccine Hits FDA Roadblock Questions about study design and analysis prompted the FDA to postpone action on Provenge, a treatment for advanced prostate cancer. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2009
Robert Steyer |
Beyond Provenge -- The Next Hot Cancer Drug? The search for prostate cancer treatments is filled with prospects and littered with failures. Which companies have the best chance of success? |
BusinessWeek
September 5, 2005
Capell & Arndt |
Drugs Get Smart Future medicines will more effectively target what ails you by tailoring treatment to your specific genetic profile. Personalized medicine will also help prevent another Vioxx. |
Bio-IT World
June 17, 2004 |
Minority Report With Iressa, the AstraZeneca drug approved by the FDA last year, there is a small group, maybe 10 to 20 percent of lung cancer patients, who get an almost miraculous response. Mutations may explain patient responses to the drug. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2004
Charly Travers |
4 Promising Biotech IPOs Several recently gone-public biotechs boast surprisingly interesting drug pipelines. From drugs for hepatitis to hopeful cancer treatments, watch out for these four biotech debutantes. If trials go smoothly, they may be the next up-and-coming stocks in the industry. |
AskMen.com
Harold Russell |
The Truth About Lung Cancer Read this article to find out about the causes, symptoms, treatments, and preventive measures of lung cancer. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
New Cancer Therapies As cancer research explodes, the availability of new and innovative interventions is expanding almost daily. |
Managed Care
January 2004
Thomas Morrow |
Choking Off a Tumor's Blood Supply Angiogenesis blockade is a 30-year-old concept, but it will soon make the leap from lab bench to pharmacy shelf. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2005 |
Early Prostate Cancer: What You Should Know A patient hand-out on the disease, who is at risk, diagnosis and treatment options. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2000
Arthur Allen |
Listening to DNA The genome project is getting the buzz. But the real breakthroughs may come from labs out of the limelight, like Gene Logic. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
The Anti-Cancer Strategist Oncology specialist Judah Folkman pioneered a new treatment: Starve the tumor |
Fast Company
November 2009
David H. Freedman |
The Gene Bubble: Why We Still Aren't Disease-Free When the human genome was first sequenced nearly a decade ago, the world lit up with talk about how new gene-specific drugs would help us cheat death. Well, the verdict is in: Keep eating those greens. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Prostate Cancer Overview Everything you wanted to know and more about prostate cancer in this three-part prostate cancer guide. |
Bio-IT World
September 11, 2003
Kevin Davies |
Chipping Away at Cancer In Vivo, In Situ Two studies probe new applications of DNA microarrays, revealing new insights into the pathogenesis and pharmacogenomics of cancer. |
