jeudi 1 décembre 2016

Onco Actu du 1er décembre 2016


3.1 Tabac

UK court rejects tobacco companies' appeal on plain packaging [Reuters]

U.S. Will Ban Smoking in Public Housing Nationwide [NY Times]

3.1.1 Tabac - e-cigs

How e-cigarettes could ‘health wash’ the tobacco industry [The Conversation]

5. Traitements

New device could help make cancer surgery more accurate [Cancer Research UK]

A New Probe May Aid in Complete Removal of Cancer Tissue During Surgery [AACR]

5.12 Immunothérapies

The Next Revolution in Cancer Medicine [Scientific American]

5.12.2 Immunothérapies - CAR-T

In Year of CAR-T Trouble, Can Bluebird, Penn Make Headway in Myeloma? [Xconomy]

After Juno deaths, bluebird posts positive CAR-T safety, efficacy signals [FierceBiotech]

bluebird bio Announces Interim Phase 1 Dose Escalation Data for its Anti-BCMA CAR T Product Candidate in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma [Bluebird Bio]

Bluebird, Celgene T-Cell Therapy Eliminates Multiple Myeloma With Minimal Side Effects [The Street]

Deaths in Immune-Therapy Trials Haunt the Experimental Cancer Treatment [MIT Technology Review]

Triple meeting – Bluebird upstages its Ash rivals [EP Vantage]

Bluebird, Celgene myeloma treatment impresses in tiny study [Reuters]

5.2 Pharma

Early data on OncoMed's cancer antibodies 'intriguing, but preliminary' [FierceBiotech]

New KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Data to be Presented at 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer Highlight Research Across the Spectrum of Thoracic Malignancies [Merck]

Pfizer's Herceptin biosimilar succeeds in key breast cancer study [Reuters]

5.3 Traitements - FDA, EMA, NICE...

Top U.S. heart doctors want Califf to remain FDA Commissioner [Reuters]

5.8 ASH

58th ASH Annual Meeting to Celebrate Major Advances in Hematology Research [ASH]

5.9.4 ENA

Man 'cured' of prostate cancer after doctors shock tumour to death with testosterone [The Telegraph]

Anti-cancer drug, CB-839, in combination with everolimus, stops tumours growing in patients with advanced kidney cancer [ECCO]

How highs and lows in testosterone levels ‘shock’ prostate cancer cells to death [ECCO]

‘Revolution in our understanding of cancer’ [ECCO]

Promising results from new drug combination in patients with advanced solid tumours [ECCO]

6. Lutte contre les cancers

Hallucinogenic Drug Psilocybin Eases Existential Anxiety in People With Life-Threatening Cancer [Johns Hopkins]

Magic mushrooms drug shown to ease cancer patients’ depression [STAT]

Hallucinogenic drugs help cancer patients deal with their fear of death [Science]

Hallucinogen Eases Depression in Cancer Patients, Studies Find [NY Times]

Magic mushroom ingredient psilocybin can lift depression, studies show [The Guardian]

6.1 Observation

Women with cancer 'should be told more about fertility options' [The Guardian]

6.10 Politiques

Industry warns of Brexit uncertainty for thousands of medicines [Reuters]

6.10.1 Politiques (USA)

Brushing Aside Critics, House Votes in Landslide for Cures Act [Xconomy]

House approves the 21st Century Cures Act, sending landmark bill to Senate [STAT]

The Current 21st Century Cures Legislation Is Still A Bad Deal For Patients [Health Affairs]

Why Elizabeth Warren and medical researchers are worried about a new bill that boosts research funding [Vox]

Why Patients Support the 21st Century Cures Act [Forbes]

6.11 Patients

After he was gone, a shy man comes to life in words left behind [STAT]

6.3 Associations/Fondations

£226 million UK investment in cancer research announced [Cancer Research UK]

6.6 Publications

How to keep up with the scientific literature [Science]

6.7 DMP, Big Data & applis

Newly Developed CancerLinQ Discovery™ Translates Big Data into Practical Knowledge for Cancer Community [ASCO]