vendredi 30 octobre 2015

Onco Actu du 30 octobre 2015


1. Biologie

TSRI Study Suggests Tumors May ‘Seed’ Cancer Metastases Earlier Than Expected [TRSI]

How many mutations does it take? [The Darwin Cancer Blog]

3.1 Tabac

The devil you know: Experts discuss the public-health consequences of e-cigarettes [Scope Blog]

4. Dépistage, diagnostic et pronostic

Enrollment Begins at UCSF in Study of Avelas Cancer Illuminator [Xconomy]

4.2 Dép., diag. & prono. - Génome

Targeted therapy for gastric cancer possible [Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute]

Stomach cancer ‘fingerprint’ may offer clues for targeted treatment [Cancer Research UK]

4.9 Dép., diag. & prono. - Sein

Like Groundhog Day: the Mammogram Story That Won’t Die [The Last Word On Nothing]

5.10 Traitements - Essais

Ovarian cancer drug 'can help with some types of prostate cancer' [NHS Choices]

5.12 Immunothérapies

Immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer boosts survival by more than 75% in mice [Fred Hutch]

Successful GMP Production Process for UCART19 [Cellectis]

Cellectis shares jump after off-the-shelf CAR-T clears manufacturing hurdle [FierceBiotech]

Splicing Alterations That Cause Resistance to CD19 CAR T-cell Therapy Identified [AACR]

Novartis, Juno face production hurdles for new blood cancer drugs [Reuters]

5.2.2 Pharma - Fusions & Acquisitions

With Allergan Deal, Pfizer Would Flee The U.S. Over Taxes [Forbes]

5.4 Traitements - Economie

Pancreatic cancer drug 'does not justify cost' [BBC News]

Drugs 'costing pennies' could help those with breast cancer, Parkinson's disease and MS, experts say [The Telegraph]

6. Lutte contre les cancers

Genomic discoveries to clinical applications: Are we reaching an inflection point toward precision medicine? [Genomics and Health Impact Blog]

MD Anderson’s moon shots mission grows to confront six more cancer types [MD Anderson Cancer Center]

Breast cancer patients encouraged to share genetic data in new project [The Boston Globe]


6.1 Observation

Breast Cancer Becoming As Common among African American Women as among White Women [ACS]

Well: A Grim Breast Cancer Milestone for Black Women [NY Times]

6.6 Publications

Duplicated data, "careless errors" expire lung cancer paper [Retraction Watch]

6.8 Communication

That Breakthrough Miracle Cancer Cure Usually Isn't [NPR]

Journalists love superlative terms for cancer drugs [HealthNewsReview]

Glowing terms often used for new cancer drugs in health news [Reuters]