As a committee member of the inaugural Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Lecture & Luncheon on March 8, Kay is determined to help raise awareness for about fifth most common cancer. One in 42 people will be diagnosed with bladder cancer and the Palm Beach event was created to raise awareness and funds to help find a cure for the disease, which has some promising new treatment options and medical breakthroughs.
Category: bladder cancer
Animated Dynamics, Inc. Co-Founder, Dr. David Nolte, Receives Award…
This award is truly an honor. Purdue’s outstanding model for commercialization of intellectual property should serve as an inspiration for other universities around the world.
Obese cancer patient ‘dropped by ambulance crew’
… down there on the floor like a beached whale.’ Mr Wiley, who worked as a van and coach driver before retiring due to health problems, was diagnosed with bladder cancer last month. Mr Wiley was dropped on the ground while being carried by medics down …
New drug offers hope for patients with bladder cancer
A bladder cancer drug discovered and developed at The University of Kansas Cancer Center is set to become its first cancer drug to go from bench to bedside. KU Cancer Center’s nationally recognized proof-of-concept center and product development arm, the Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation , translates laboratory and bedside discoveries into new drugs, diagnostic tests and medical devices with the goal of advancing promising medical innovations to patients.
Del Grou with his beard that he grew for more than a year
A High Wycombe man raised more than A 1,000 for a cancer charity, smashing his A 600 target, by growing his beard for more than a year. Del Grou, 44, who is originally from Marlow, decided he was going to grow his beard last January for Cancer Research, after three members of his family – his wife, brother and aunt – were diagnosed with the disease.
World Cancer Day: What to eat and what to avoid to keep the disease at bay
One of the highest growing diseases in the world, cancer blocks channels, stops body systems to function and ultimately leads to death in most of the cases. Interestingly, several lifestyle factors contribute to the cancer risk.
Urothelial Carcinoma Treatment Market: Growth and Opportunities in Global Industry by 2024
… fatigue unexplained weight loss. These symptoms are associated with malignant cancer of the ureter and other health conditions. The treatment of Urothelial carcinoma involves surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The tests to diagnose Urothelial …
New immunotherapy active against mucosal melanoma and improves survival for bladder cancer patients
Clinical trials of a new immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, have shown that it prolongs life significantly for patients with bladder cancer and is active against a rare sub-type of melanoma, called mucosal melanoma. The findings were presented in two presentations at the European Cancer Congress 2017 today .
Futility
This past December was a hard month. Bigelow lab where I work, lost our director, Graham Shimmield to colon cancer, and we lost a trustee to cancer, I lost a cousin to ovarian cancer, and a colleague lost her mother, also to cancer.
Ostomy Drainage Bags Market Expected to Reach $3,524 Million by 2022, …
According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, “Ostomy Drainage Bags Market: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2014-2022,” the ostomy drainage bags market was valued at $2,742 million in 2015, and is expected to reach $3,524 million by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 3.6% from 2016 to 2022. High prevalence of colorectal cancer owing to the increase in geriatric population drives the market growth.