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Harvey I. Pass, MD: What is Mesothelioma?

Dr. Harvey Pass explains mesothelioma in depth and also discusses treatments, advocacy and what about those lawyer ads? Dr. Pass is tne Director, NYU Division of Thoracic Surgery, NYU Medical Center, New York.
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From: vitaloptions

Time : 22 min 07

Added : 17/08/11 20:43

Tags: clinical trials for lung cancer / mesothelioma lung cancer treatment

Detecting Lung Cancer Early

Dr. Pierre Massion, associate professor of medicine and cancer biology at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, explains why it is difficult to detect lung cancer at an early stage. He also describes the Nashville Lung Cancer Screening Trial and how he hopes the study will establish a better screening process. If you are interested in learning more about the clinical trial, please visit www.vicc.org/lungscreening/. If you are at high risk for lung cancer, between 55 and 74 years old and live in the...
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From: vanderbilthealth

Time : 4 min 53

Added : 07/11/11 18:23

Tags: early detection lung cancer / early stage lung cancer / clinical trials for lung cancer

CBS Video: Tonya's Follow-up Story (3 of 3)

5.31.11 - CBS - CBS DFW News Follow-up Coverage of Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers Patient, Tonya Hughes. A liver & lung cancer patient living in Frisco, TX.
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From: MaryCrowleyCancerRes

Time : 3 min 30

Added : 10/11/11 20:42

Tags: gene therapy for lung cancer / clinical trials for lung cancer / cancer treatments research

Cantonese Part 18 - Clinical Trials - Living with Lung Cancer


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From: CancerCouncilVic

Time : 3 min 41

Added : 02/08/11 00:06

Tags: clinical trials for lung cancer / lung cancer clinic / lung cancer

Mayo Clinic Researchers Say Drug Shows Dramatic Results in Fight Against Some Thyroid Cancers

A medication that helps stop the growth of new blood vessels has produced dramatic benefits for some patients with aggressive thyroid cancer, research from Mayo Clinic indicates. At the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Mayo investigators report that cancer in about two-thirds of 37 patients with aggressive differentiated thyroid cancer treated with the drug pazopanib either stopped growing, or quickly shrank. The patient responses seen to date are promising,...
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From: mayoclinic

Time : 5 min 08

Added : 11/05/09 20:57

Tags: thyroid cancer treatments / clinical trials for lung cancer / lung cancer spreads to lymph nodes

MGH Clinical Trial for Lung Cancer: Targeted Therapies to Halt Tumor Growth

Linnea Duff tells her story about participating in a clinical trial of a potential new targeted treatment drug that has provided powerful evidence that it can halt or reverse the growth of lung tumors characterized by a specific genetic abnormality. In their report in the October 28 New England Journal of Medicine, a multi-institutional research team reports that daily doses of the investigational drug crizotinib shrank the tumors of more than half of a group patients whose tumors were driven...
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From: MassGeneralHospital

Time : 3 min 42

Added : 27/10/10 19:53

Tags: targeted therapy for lung cancer / clinical trials for lung cancer / lung cancer clinic

Lung cancer is a life-changing experience, for patients and oncologists

Interview with Raffaele Califano, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, on the key challenges of treating lung cancer patients versus the big rewards offered by new available therapies.
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From: ESMOchannel

Time : 7 min 03

Added : 15/12/11 13:56

Tags: clinical trials for lung cancer / lung cancer clinic / therapy for lung cancer

A New Hope for Lung Cancer.wmv

PT 107, a new treatment for lung cancer, is currently in Phase 2 clinical trials. The drug showed a dramatic improvement in survival in a Phase 1 trial. This is the story of the drug and one of the survivors.
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From: Pique3623

Time : 1 min 36

Added : 21/11/11 16:49

Tags: new treatments for lung cancer / clinical trials for lung cancer / therapy for lung cancer

Connie's Story

Connie West was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in June 1999 and given 6-9 months to live. She received a vaccine while participating in a Phase 1 clinical trial at Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers and had a complete response. Connie continues to be cancer free in 2011.
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From: MaryCrowleyCancerRes

Time : 2 min 56

Added : 09/11/11 18:48

Tags: stage 4 lung cancer clinical trials / clinical trials for lung cancer / lung cancer clinic

SU2C Epigenetics Dream Team: Treating Lung Cancer 2011

In honor of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, see what SU2C's Epigenetics Dream Team is doing to fight lung cancer.
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From: SU2C

Time : 2 min 34

Added : 28/10/11 19:10

Tags: clinical trials for lung cancer / lung cancer clinic / lung cancer