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October 3, 2010
Safeway kicks off 10th annual breast cancer awareness initiative

Safeway kicked off its annual breast cancer awareness initiative for the 10th year in a...

September 30, 2010
Study: Jevtana combined with Novantrone reduced death risk in prostate cancer patients

Data published in the latest issue of medical journal The Lancet showed that a recently...

September 27, 2010
Pfizer abandons Sutent trial

Pfizer has halted a late-stage trial of a drug therapy in men with prostate cancer,...

September 26, 2010
Stater Bros. announces tamoxifen giveaway for breast cancer patients

Supermarket chain Stater Bros. is marking National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October by giving...

September 22, 2010
City of Hope’s Walk for Hope event

Regional retail pharmacy chain Bartell Drugs is sponsoring an annual women’s cancer benefit in Seattle...

September 21, 2010
Drug offerings expand under Merck Helps programs

Merck is expanding its patient assistance program, the drug maker said Wednesday....

September 12, 2010
P&G kicks off third annual Give Hope program for breast cancer

Procter & Gamble, in partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation, once again will raise...

August 17, 2010
Kmart, Jaclyn Smith raise breast cancer awareness

Proceeds from Jaclyn Smith clothing sold at Kmart will go toward breast cancer research as...

August 11, 2010
Amgen's Vectibix fails to meet main goal in trial

An investigational biotech drug didn’t significantly improve patients’ survival, according to results of a late-stage...

July 21, 2010
NAD scrutinizes Millenium Health's cancer benefits claim for dietary supplement

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has recommended that Millennium...

July 20, 2010
Safeway raises more than $11 million for prostate cancer research

During what has become a familiar summer tradition that reaches millions of Safeway customers each...

July 13, 2010
Pfizer, Samsung Medical Center form liver cancer research partnership

Treatments for liver cancer could emerge from a new research partnership between the world’s largest...

June 21, 2010
Datamonitor: Melanoma cases expected to double

Cases of the potentially deadly skin cancer melanoma are expected to almost double before the...

June 20, 2010
Public interest group welcomes regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests

The Center for Genetics and Society recently praised the Food and Drug Administration's decision to...

June 16, 2010
FDA approves Jevtana

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment for advanced prostate cancer, the...

June 15, 2010
Patient enrollment complete for lung cancer treatment trial

Drug maker OXiGENE has finished enrolling patients for a mid-stage clinical trial of a lung...

June 15, 2010
Stater Bros. continues fundraising efforts for blood cancers

Stater Bros. is partnering with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for three weeks in June...

June 13, 2010
Bayer, Onyx: Nexavar fails in lung cancer study

A drug made by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals failed to extend overall survival...

June 13, 2010
Diabetes may up cancer risk in women, study finds

Women with Type 2 diabetes may be more likely to develop certain cancers, a new...

June 6, 2010
Bristol-Myers Squibb: Skin cancer drug increased patient survival in clinical trial

An investigational drug for skin cancer that had spread to other parts of the body...

May 19, 2010
Asda to sell cancer drugs on 'not-for-profit' basis

A retailer in the United Kingdom said Thursday it would become the first to sell...

May 18, 2010
Amgen seeks regulatory approval for bone metastasis treatment

Amgen has submitted a regulatory approval application to the Food and Drug Administration for a...

May 16, 2010
Lilly to present more than 50 studies at oncology conference

The cancer drug arm of Eli Lilly plans to show data from more than 50...

May 5, 2010
The Apothecary Shops' founder and CEO named semifinalist in Ernst & Young competition

John Musil, founder and CEO of The Apothecary Shops, a specialty pharmacy provider operating in...

May 2, 2010
BioSante to re-initiate prostate cancer vaccine program

Drug maker BioSante Pharmaceuticals has restarted a development program for a prostate cancer vaccine, the...

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