ScienceDaily (Jan. 2, 2010) — The prevalence of left-sided advanced colorectal neoplasms was lower in participants in a community setting, but not right-sided advanced neoplams, who had received a colonoscopy in the preceding 10 years, according to a new study published online December 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Effectiveness of colonoscopy in preventing colorectal cancer has been studied, but evidence from community settings is sparse, especially with respect...

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Medical News Today
Article Date: 30 Dec 2009 - 2:00 PST

US researchers have discovered two genes that appear to work together as master switches to turn on hundreds of other genes that drive the most aggressive forms of brain cancer: they hope their findings will help develop completely new approaches to treat these incurable tumors.

These are the findings of a study published in the 23 December advanced online issue of the journal Nature, that was led by Dr Antonio...

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Pfizer Discontinues A Phase 3 Trial Of Figitumumab In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) For Futility

Business Wire
December 29, 2009 05:01 PM Eastern Time

Findings to be Incorporated into Ongoing Clinical Trial Program

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. announced today the discontinuation of A4021016 (also known as ADVIGO 1016), a Phase 3 trial examining the effects of investigational compound figitumumab (CP-751,871) as first-line treatment in patients...

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