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Quest Diagnostics, French agency seek to expand breast cancer gene database
2015-04-21 09:33:22| Biotech - Topix.net
Quest Diagnostics Inc , the world's largest provider of diagnostic testing services, is working with France's national health agency to build an expanded database for BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations to better determine patient hereditary risks of breast and ovarian cancer. Other medical testing companies and public laboratories can participate in the project, called BRCA Share, for which Quest will charge an annual fee in return for access to the curated database, Madison, New Jersey-based Quest said on Tuesday.
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Approved Pfizer breast cancer drug impresses in latest study
2015-04-16 12:55:11| Biotech - Topix.net
Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday the first formal late-stage trial of its approved treatment for advanced breast cancer, Ibrance, was stopped early after the medicine met its goal of delaying progression of the disease in previously treated patients. J.P.Morgan analyst Chris Schott said in a research note that the successful trial results should boost demand for the recently approved treatment, which works differently than approved medicines and has blockbuster sales potential.
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Ormond Beach woman fighting breast cancer gets one last ride on a Harley
2015-03-14 17:17:05| Automakers - Topix.net
Kathy Mackenzie stood outside her home and flashed a thumbs up next to a Harley Davidson motorcycle parked in her driveway. For seven years, the 55-year-old Ormond Beach woman has been fighting breast cancer.
First TomoTherapy System in Latin America Dedicated Solely to Breast Cancer Care Now Treating Patients
2015-02-09 11:31:46| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Advanced Radiation Therapy System Ideally Suited for Efficient, Effective Treatment of Range of Breast Cancer Cases SUNNYVALE, Calif. Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY) announced today that the first TomoTherapy System in Latin America dedicated solely to the treatment of breast cancer is now operational at...
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FDA approves Pfizer drug to treat breast cancer in postmenopausal women
2015-02-04 01:08:56| Biotech - Topix.net
U.S. federal health regulators on Tuesday approved a highly anticipated medicine from Pfizer Inc. to treat postmenopausal women with a certain type of advanced breast cancer who have not already taken other drugs. The Food and Drug Administration approved Ibrance for women who have tumors that do not contain a protein known as HER-2.
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