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Boehringer Ingelheim To Present New Phase II Clinical Data On Two Lead Oncology Compounds At ASCO 2009
Boehringer Ingelheim will present new data on the company"s two lead oncology compounds, BIBW 2992* and BIBF 1120** at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the company announced today. Two studies in the LUX-Lung clinical development programme for BIBW 2992 and a Phase II study of BIBF 1120 in ovarian cancer patients will be presented.

Novel Epigenetic Markers Of Melanoma May Herald New Treatments For Patients
Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer, diagnosed in more than 50,000 new patients in the United States annually. While the rate of incidences continues to rise, survival rate has not improved and the race is on to find the genetic and cellular changes driving melanoma and to devise new means of detection and treatment. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have mapped chemical modifications of DNA in the melanoma genome, finding new markers that will help develop more effective treatment strategies to fight this disease.
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Study Finds Survival Rates From Gastrointestinal Tumors Improving Among African-Americans
New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reveals that African Americans with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), a rare cancer that begins in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract, now have survival rates equivalent to those of Caucasians. Prior to 2000, African Americans were more likely to develop GIST and less likely to undergo surgical treatment for this type of cancer.
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Global Confirmed Swine Flu Cases Nears 10,000

According to WHO (World Health Organization), the total number of confirmed swine flu A(H1N1) cases of human infections stands at 9,830, including 79 deaths. The numbers of confirmed cases are rising by approximately 1,000 per day, says WHO. Japan has seen confirmed cases rise sharply over the last few days. Several medical charities say that wealthy countries have taken up such a high proportion of vaccine orders that there is not much left for the rest of the world over the medium term. The A(H1N12) influenza virus strain (swine flu) is much less virulent than previously thought. It is no more likely to lead to serious complications or death than ordinary seasonal human influenza, say experts. However, WHO says it is still too early to predict which way this outbreak will go. Influenza viruses may mutate if they come into contact with other flu viruses. If a person who is already ill with flu gets infected by the swine flu virus as well, that virus would have the opportunity to exchange genetic material with the virus present in the sick person - this could result in a mutation. Fortunately, the majority of mutated viruses are nowhere near as virulent as the Avian Flu Virus (H5N1). See our Map Of H1N1 Outbreaks See our Mexico Swine Flu Blog Below is a list of countries, confirmed case totals, and total deaths: *Mexico - total cases 3648 - total deaths 72 *USA - total cases 5123 - total deaths 5 *Canada - total cases 496 - total deaths 1 *Costa Rica - total cases 9 - total deaths 1 *Japan - total cases 159 *Spain - total cases 103 *UK - total cases 102 *Panama - total cases 59 *France - total cases 14 *Germany - total cases 14 *Colombia - total cases 11 *Italy - total cases 9 *New Zealand - total case 9 *Brazil - total cases 8 *China - total cases 7 *Israel - total cases 7 *El Salvador - total cases 6 *Belgium - total cases 5 *Chile - total cases 4 *Cuba - total cases 3 *Guatemala - total cases 3 *S.Korea - total cases 3 *Netherlands - total cases 3 *Sweden - total cases 3 *Finland - total cases 2 *Malaysia - total cases 2 *Norway - total cases 2 *Peru - total cases 2 *Thailand - total cases 2 *Turkey - total cases 2 *Argentina - total cases 1 *Australia - total cases 1 *Austria - total cases 1 *Denmark - total cases 1 *Ecuador - total cases 1 *India - total cases 1 *Ireland - total cases 1 *Poland - total cases 1 *Portugal - total cases 1 *Switzerland - total cases 1 *Global - total cases 9830 - total deaths 79 Written by Christian Nordqvist Copyright: Medical News Today Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today


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