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The End of Cancer Begins With Everyone Standing Up
2008-05-31 23:07:00 Touching the lives of every family, the insidiousness of cancer has no regard for age, gender, race, religion, fame, or fortune. It is a leading cause of death. A new initiative aimed at raising philanthropic donations for the purpose of promoting innovative research toward eradicating cancer, Stand Up To Cancer, hopes to "eliminate barriers that have traditionally inhibited creativity and collaboration." Behind Stand Up To Cancer is a strong group of individuals, including Katie Couric, who co-founded the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance with the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Katie has been an effective leader by allowing her own colonoscopy to be broadcast, which later saw a 20% rise in the procedure and a decrease from colon cancer deaths (2003-2005) by 10%. Katie's fundraising has amounted to approximately $30 million, which paid for NCCRA grants for research and in part paid for the Jay Monahan Center...
By: BasilandSpice
Patrick Swayze?s Pancreatic Cancer Spreads
2008-05-07 00:56:00 A gaunt-looking Patrick Swayze, 55, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late January, was spotted on April 25 by paparazzi at a convenience store near his Lake View Terrace, California ranch near Los Angeles. The cancer-stricken actor has been receiving chemotherapy at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto under the care of oncologist Dr. George Fisher. While Swayze initially responded well to chemo, the cancer has metastasized and he?s undergone emergency surgery at Stanford to remove part of his stomach.
By: pajamadeen
Pancreatic cancer
2008-04-15 02:56:00 Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of your pancreas ? a large organ that lies horizontally behind the lower part of your stomach. Your pancreas secretes enzymes that aid digestion and hormones that help regulate the metabolism of sugars. Pancreatic cancer often has a poor prognosis, even when diagnosed early. Pancreatic cancer typically spreads rapidly and ...
By: B-Health
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network [Highlight HEALTH Web Directory]
2008-04-10 19:22:00 The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the first national patient advocacy organization for the pancreatic cancer community. PanCAN works to focus national attention on the need to find a cure for pancreatic cancer. We provide public and professional education embracing the urgent need for more research, effective treatments, prevention programs and early detection methods. PanCAN also funds research grants for pancreatic cancer, as well as providing patient services. Additional website resources can be found in the Non-profit category of the Highlight HEALTH Web Directory.
By: Highlight HEALTH
Pancreatic Cancer
2008-03-23 02:54:00 I am sure that you all have heard of Pancreatic cancer but I am sure not everyone knows what Pancreatic cancer really is and its possible causes. You probably have heard about the recent news that the famous "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with this form of cancer. I have learned that Pancreatic cancer is a very difficult disease to diagnose, and its symptoms easily go unnoticed. Here's a video (below) of Dr. Manny Alvarez. He talks about this deadly disease in light of the news of Patrick Swayze.Dr. Manny Alvarez Talks On Pancreatic Cancer (Video)
By: Lifeos Journey
Patrick Swayze Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer
2008-03-19 17:17:00 Patrick Swayze the actor who starred in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In a statement, his doctor Dr. George Fisher says “Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far.” Dr. George disagrees with the rumors of Swayze’s short time frame that ...
By: Celeb Crust
Pancreatic Cancer Will Cause Diabetes
2008-03-18 20:10:00 In a few days, I will be sitting at the dinner table enjoying a holiday dinner--minus my father. A year ago February, Dad was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer; he hadn't planned for this, and frankly told me that he always thought he'd have a stroke or heart attack. (A colonoscopy one year prior had come out clean.) Life often throws us curve balls which we can either duck to try to avoid or catch them full force. Recently, I reluctantly read the story of Patrick Swayze and his stoic wife Lisa, knowing how they might feel about this difficult situation. Dad and I faced his illness honestly. We knew the outlook was very grim. During my search for a medical cure, I did find hope. We located at least three individuals with the disease intact within the pancreas (it hadn't metastasized or spread to other organs), who were still alive after four or five years. While cancer death rates have declined, pancreatic cancer deaths have in...
By: BasilandSpice
Obesity tied to higher pancreatic cancer risk
2008-03-14 12:14:00 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that obesity may raise older adults' risk of developing pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease. The study, by researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, found that men and women who were severely obese were 45 percent more likely than normal-weight adults to develop pancreatic cancer over five years. Abdominal obesity, in particular, was linked to a higher risk of the disease among women, the researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Pancreatic cancer is difficult to catch early, and 95 percent of patients die within five years of being diagnosed. Because of this dismal prognosis, researchers consider it particularly important to pinpoint the modifiable risk factors for the disease. Smoking is one such risk factor. Some studies have also implicated obesity and physical inactivity in contributing to pancreatic cancer, possibly because of their...
Patrick Swayze has Pancreatic Cancer I Was Shocked and Sad to Hear About, I
2008-03-11 21:17:00 Like everyone I was shocked and sad to hear about Patrick Swayze having pancreatic cancer. A magazine giving out the news saying he had only five weeks left to live. Before Patrick Swayze mentioned it to the media himself that he had the disease. I think it was wrong of a magazine to announce such news is very disrespectful to him. He is one of my favorite hunky men I like to look at. He looks like a man not boy with such a great looking everything. He makes me drool with lust. I think he was so handsome looking in Dirty Dancing. It made me have the fantasy of meeting a guy like that. A fantasy about a guy that would dance with me like that too in a Dirty Dancing way, oh yes. He will always be one of my favorite actors for the reason of the movie Dirty Dancing. Dirty Dancing movie is all time classic now that is special thing for an actor to be part of such memorable and special movie. I do have hope he does get better, pulls through this disease and he is in my prayers. But like an...
PATRICK SWAYZE FIGHTS PANCREATIC CANCER
2008-03-06 21:18:00 Despite early reports that actor Patrick Swayze was dying of pancreatic cancer and had only 5 weeks to live his doctor has released the following official statement. "Patrick's physician Dr. George Fisher states, 'Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far. All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.' Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. The outpouring of support and concern he has already received from the public is deeply appreciated by Patrick and his family." According to his rep Patrick Swayze's work schedule and projects will continue including the upcoming A&E pilot "The Beast". source source
By: Binside TV
PATRICK SWAYZE DYING FROM TERMINAL PANCREATIC CANCER HAS 5 WEEKS TO LIVE?
2008-03-05 20:37:00 The National Enquirer is reporting that actor Patrick Swayze who starred in the hits Ghost and Dirty Dancing is dying from pancreatic cancer and has only 5 weeks to live....
By: Binside TV
Patrick Swayze is dying due to Pancreatic Cancer
2008-03-05 18:43:00 It has just been reported that Patrick Swayze is suffering from a particularly vicious form of pancreatic cancer which has now spread to his other organs, and is not responding to treatment. Its said that he was diagnosed with the disease in January and after having radical chemotherapy the three doses of chemotherapy have failed to ...
By: Product Reviews
Patrick Swayze Dying from Pancreatic Cancer
2008-03-05 18:02:00 Patrick Swayze has pancreatic cancer and has just a few weeks left to live according to several reports out this morning. For the past month, the 55-year-old actor has been traveling to Stanford University’s prestigious cancer centre in Palo Alto for radical chemotherapy, The National Enquirer has reported. He is said to have lost more than 20 ...
Shocking!!! Patrick Swayze Pancreatic Cancer Death Sentence
2008-03-05 16:19:00 I?m totally shocked? if this is really true, Patrick Swayze will have more or less 5 weeks to live unless there?s some kind of miracle.The actor, 55, was reportedly diagnosed in late January with pancreatic cancer that has spread to other organs.For the past month, the actor and dancer has been traveling to Stanford University?s prestigious cancer center in Palo Alto for radical chemotherapy, but his doctors are no longer optimistic that the treatments will be successful, according to the National Enquirer.Swayze ? who has previosuly attended a clinic to overcome alcoholism after his sister Vicky died from an overdose of painkillers in 1994 ? received three doses of chemotherapy and the tumor shrank, but less than his doctors had hoped for ? and Patrick was told he should prepare for the end.?He was told he could have two more treatments, but his cancer was not responding. In short - they held out little hope for a cure,? said an insider.OMG? praying for Patrick? let?s hope this is ...
By: 7Confessions
Shocking!!! Patrick Swayze Pancreatic Cancer Death Sentence
2008-03-05 15:29:00 IÂ’m totally shockedÂ… if this is really true, Patrick Swayze will have more or less 5 weeks to live unless thereÂ’s some kind of miracle.The actor, 55, was reportedly diagnosed in late January with pancreatic cancer that has spread to other orga Popular: 7 hours 29 minutes ago source: (7confessions.blogspot.com)
By: CelebrityPWN
Fiber & Whole Grains May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk
2007-11-28 22:15:00 Eating more whole grain and fiber-rich food may lower the risk of pancreatic cancer by about 40 percent, study findings suggest. Dr. June M. Chan, of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues identified this reduced risk among adults who ate two or more servings of whole grains each day compared with those who ...
Pancreatic Cancer
2007-11-16 01:31:00 My family needs prayers for my mother who is battling pancreatic cancer. But the cancer is taken her day by day. It’s not her time yet she still has living to do here. Heaven needs to wait. This pain she feels and her family is like no other. Please pray that the lord will take ...
By: Prayers Online
Protein Gives Clues to Pancreatic Cancer
2007-10-27 10:55:00 Researchers say they've identified a protein that could play a key role in the development of pancreatic cancer. According to a team at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, the protein -- called pp32 -- is a tumor-blocker than normally inhibits a cancer-causing gene called K-ras. However, pp32 is absent in the most aggressive form of pancreatic cancer, the researchers said. More research is required, but pp32 could eventually become a marker for this deadly form of pancreatic cancer and a potential drug target. In laboratory experiments, the Jefferson team found that when pp32 is absent, mutations in the K-ras gene take over and turn cells cancerous. Adding pp32 to pancreatic cancer cells with K-ras mutations slowed the growth of the fast-growing cells. The researchers concluded that the loss of pp32 may be a key event in determining the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer. The study was published online in the journal Modern Pathology. "If ...
Latest pancreatic cancer treatment
2007-10-11 11:21:00 Researchers from the US Based Radiation Therapy Oncology Group said that according to their findings, a combination of the chemotherapy 5-FU and gemcitabine (Gemzar) should be the new standard treatment for patients who have undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer. 5-FU was also the drug father should have been prescribed if he had opted to undergo ...
Pancreatic cancer stage iv survivors
2007-10-10 11:01:00 If you want to be part of the small group of pancreatic cancer stage iv survivors you need to be very strong! Stage 4 pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer has reached stage 4 if the tumor has spread from the pancreas to other organs like lungs, kidney or liver. In the last case you then have metastatic liver ...
US News--US and German researchers find apples reduce pancreatic cancer ris
2007-10-05 16:20:00 By Karyn Chenoweth Researchers in the United States and Germany found compounds naturally found in apples may help reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer. The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, determined eating quercetin -- a flavonol found most in apples and onions -- significantly reduced the risk of pancreatic cancer in smokers. The researchers tracked food intake and health outcomes of 183,518 participants in the Multiethnic Cohort Study for eight years and evaluated the participants' food consumption and calculated the intake of the three flavonols quercetin, kaempferol and myricetin. Smokers with the lowest intake of flavonols presented with the most pancreatic cancer. Smoking is an established risk factor for the often fatal pancreatic cancer, the researchers said. The study also found women had the highest intake of total flavonols and 70 percent of the flavonol intake came from quercetin -- linked to apple and onion consumption. Unlike many dietary ...
Alternative pancreatic cancer treatment
2007-10-01 12:21:00 Non-traditional approaches to healing are getting popular nowadays especially in cases when standard medical treatment is not able to provide a cure. I still remember the emails I got about liver cleansing when father was diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer. Alternative therapies may include folk medicine, herbal medicine, diet fads, homeopathy, new age and faith healing, ...
Pancreatic cancer causes
2007-10-01 08:30:00 As part of the digestive system, the pancreas has two important functions which are: to produce digestive juices and enzymes and secretes hormones. People who have close relatives that suffered from pancreatic cancer have a higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer themselves. In addition a number of genetic diseases have been associated with an increased risk of ...
Pancreatic cancer diagnosis
2007-09-17 11:29:00 It seems that there is now a way of detecting pancreatic cancer in an early stage without having to do a biopsy of the pancreas! Read more here. It’s based on light and it could be helpful for people who have a high risk factor of getting pancreatic cancer. In other words: for you and me, ...
How to kill ants
2007-09-16 18:44:00 I always loved the idea to combat black ants with red ants: kind of let them fight it out amongst themselves! Biotech gets down and dirty with cancer So it would be logical to fight cancer cells with other cells as well in stead of trying to kill all but the person himself through chemotherapy. Yet the ...
Pancreatic Cancer Walk
2007-09-16 18:17:00 How you can help to raise funds for pancreatic cancer! Pancreatic cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States . It is a silent killer and this type of cancer spreads easily. Signs and symptoms may not appear until the disease is at the advanced stages. By that time, the cancer ...
Pancreatic cancer survival
2007-09-14 09:48:00 What happens if pancreatic cancer treatment no longer works? Basically the doctors tend to go to their next patient and you are kind of left in the cold when it comes to the medical world: in stead of focusing on a cure, the focus will be on living with as little pain as possible. The ...
Steve Jobs pancreatic cancer
2007-09-13 14:26:00 It’s quite astonishing how before father had his metastatic liver cancer, cancer was something that happened like car accidents happen: far away from my daily routine. Until father was diagnosed with cancer and suddenly the whole neighbourhood seems to have cancer. I mean, neighbours suddenly came out with cancer stories, even your own family members ...
Pancreatic cancer survival rate
2007-09-13 12:14:00 For cancer patients where their cancerous tumors can be surgically removed, some patients are cured. I say some, because in the most positive outcome that my father could have been given a complete new liver, since he had metastatic liver cancer with an unknown primary, again one day this primary cancer would most likely infect ...
Cure for pancreatic cancer
2007-09-13 06:21:00 One of the most Mediaeval practices is : if your eye hurts you, remove it. 700 years later we are still as barbaric as then when it comes to curing cancer: breast cancer? Remove your breasts! I mean, are we really living in the 21 century flying all the way to Mars??? With father’s metastatic liver ...
Pancreatic cancer end stage symptoms
2007-09-12 12:20:00 Be prepared that whatever you read in the books doesn’t have to apply to yourself or the person you are taking care of. Although father had metastatic liver cancer he actually died of old age in his sleep with a smile on his face (meaning he was not in pain). Father didn’t have jaundice and ...
Whispers of Angels by Pavarotti
2007-09-12 10:18:00 It’s getting quite clear now for me that Pavarotti pancreatic cancer is helping me to cope with father’s loss and getting father’s picture back to the foreground of my daily actions. Why Pavarotti? Because Pavarotti had a powerful voice and that’s what this blog is all about: being a powerful voice of cancer patients who don’t ...
Cure for pancreatic cancer
2007-09-08 19:01:00 The recent sad news about Pavarotti pancreatic cancer reminds me a lot on fathers’ metastatic liver cancer. Just that months ago I was so busy and so emotional involved, that the few posts I wrote those days maybe are a bit out of chronological context. We - that is father and me - started the ...
Pancreatic cancer prognosis
2007-09-08 18:01:00 It’s always the same: as soon as I hear somebody has this or that type of cancer, I start googling it up. Although I don’t know Pavarotti personally, Pavarotti pancreatic cancer has again alerted me to do some more research about pancreatic cancer. I just want to compare it with father’s metastatic liver cancer and ...
Pancreatic cancer symptoms
2007-09-08 08:24:00 Since I never knew Pavarotti was suffering from pancreatic cancer, I had to have a deeper look into the pancreatic cancer symptoms. (read also previous post: Pavarotti pancreatic cancer) Pancreatic cancer symptoms Early symptoms of pancreatic cancers can include: weight loss, loss of appetite, general discomfort or pain around the stomach area, back pain and jaundice About 5 out ...
Pavarotti pancreatic cancer
2007-09-08 06:46:00 I just read about the last silent song of Pavarotti due to pancreatic cancer whispering his way all to heaven today… (see Pavarotti Pancreatic Cancer) We wish to send our condolences to Luciano Pavarotti who died today from pancreatic cancer. We know that his loved ones have gone a long way already, and we want to ...
Pancreatic cancer prognosis
2007-09-07 11:59:00 It’s always the same: as soon as I hear somebody has this or that type of cancer, I start googling it up. Although I don’t know Pavarotti personally, Pavarotti pancreatic cancer has again alerted me to do some more research about pancreatic cancer. I just want to compare it with father’s metastatic liver cancer and ...
Pancreatic cancer: A lesson from Pavarotti's death
2007-09-06 17:41:00 Even though I?m not a huge opera fan, I?m sad today after learning that the beloved Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti has died after fighting a long battle against pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed last year and underwent surgery in July 2006. In August, he underwent additional surgery and was then released from hospital. Pavarotti suffered kidney failure and was no longer conscious during the final stages of the illness, according to news reports. While his amazing voice will live on thanks to Ipods, CDs and DVDS, his death is a great loss. As in life, we can learn a lot in death?or at least when someone as high-profile and beloved as Pavarotti passes away. So I see this an opportunity for public awareness as not many of us may know where the pancreas is in the body or what it does. More importantly we may not realize that pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest of today's cancers due to limited tools for early diagnosis and few effective treatments. The pancreas: An esse...
By: Gastro Girl
Pancreatic cancer symptoms
2007-09-06 12:24:00 Since I never knew Pavarotti was suffering from pancreatic cancer, I had to have a deeper look into the pancreatic cancer symptoms. (read also previous post: Pavarotti pancreatic cancer) Pancreatic cancer symptoms Early symptoms of pancreatic cancers can include: weight loss, loss of appetite, general discomfort or pain around the stomach area, back pain and jaundice About 5 out ...
Pavarotti pancreatic cancer
2007-09-06 11:46:00 I just read about the last silent song of Pavarotti due to pancreatic cancer whispering his way all to heaven today… (see Pavarotti Pancreatic Cancer) We wish to send our condolences to Luciano Pavarotti who died today from pancreatic cancer. We know that his loved ones have gone a long way already, and we want to ...
Pavarotti pancreatic cancer
2007-09-06 11:30:00 Read more about cancer Our condolences to family and friends of Luciano Pavarotti who died today suffering from pancreatic cancer. As with all cancers, you only hear about it: when the person dies when the person suddenly has no hair "for no reason" This Pavarotti cancer is no exception, and kind of sad way to start off our TotalE! ...
Rash caused by Tarceva (and other EGFR inhibitors), a positive sign
2007-09-03 07:10:00 Development of a rash after treatment with inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) such as Tarceva (erlotinib) may actually indicate that the treatment is working well, according to an analysis of two phase III trials. According to the analysis, the worse the rash, the more likely patients are to survive their cancers or maintain ...
By: Cancer war
Diabetes And Pancreatic Cancer
2007-08-17 16:52:00 Pregnancies in Jerusalem in the 1960s and 1970s may hold vital clues about how pancreatic cancer and diabetes are linked. According to research published in the online open access journal BMC Medicine, women with a history of gestational diabetes had a higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer later in life. The research team drawn from the ...
By: Cancer war
Axitinib for advanced pancreatic cancer
2007-07-10 16:15:00 According to Pfizer, a Phase II trial of axitinib in combination with gemcitabine for advanced pancreatic cancer has shown promising results, conferring a median overall survival of 6.9 months versus 5.6 months for single-agent gemcitabine. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in the Western world and is extremely aggressive and difficult to ...
By: Cancer war
Gene Therapy For Pancreatic Cancer
2007-07-10 08:07:00 A molecularly engineered therapy selectively embeds a gene in pancreatic cancer that shrinks or eradicates tumors, inhibits metastasis, and prolongs survival with virtually no toxicity, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the July 9 edition of Cancer Cell. “This vehicle, or vector, is so targeted and robust in its ...
By: Cancer war
Skin rash in pancreatic and lung cancer patients
2007-07-07 08:34:00 The appearance of a rash in cancer patients treated with erlotinib (Tarceva) is strongly associated with longer survival, according to researchers from the drug’s developer, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. This is not the first time that rash has been associated with a survival advantage with EGFR inhibitors - a class of drugs which includes erlotinib, cetuximab, ...
By: Cancer war
White foods and cancer
2007-06-26 15:45:00 If you eat a lot of things with a high glycemic load, which is a measurement of how quickly food raises your blood sugar, you may have problems not only related to diabetes or being over weight, but you could run a higher risk of colorectal cancer. A Harvard Medical School study involving 38,000 women ...
By: Cancer war
Pancreatic cancer surgery should be at the top of the priority list
2007-06-18 16:14:00 There are certain points on everyone’s life where being tested for various cancers should be at the top of the priority list. With that in mind, it’s distressing to hear that almost 40% of people with early pancreatic cancer that could have treatment to ward off the disease don’t end up getting it at all. ...
By: Cancer war
Cancer prevention: vitamins and pancreatic cancer
2007-06-01 16:39:00 Researchers exploring the notion that certain nutrients might protect against pancreatic cancer found that lean individuals who got most of these nutrients from food were protected against developing cancer. The study also suggests this protective effect does not hold true if the nutrients come from vitamin supplements. In a study published in the June 1 issue ...
By: Cancer war
Pancreatic cancer ? outlook: gene therapy
2007-05-08 08:05:00 Abstract Gene therapy offers an elegant alternative to toxic chemotherapy regimens, mostly without severe side effects. Cancer gene therapy was among the first applications. Following the enthusiasm in the early nineties, a more rationale view is the recent way to look at it. This tutorial review looks upon the tools of gene therapy and the principle ... |
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