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Twenty physicians with the Indiana University School of medicine have been recognized as the best in their field. The 20 are among 25 in Indiana included in the most recent edition of America's Top Doctors for cancer. The current guide identifies the nation's most outstanding physicians for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers in adults and children.

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St Vincents & Mater health Sydney will today announce plans to jointly establish a new $100 million cancer Centre within the St Vincent's Research Precinct. The Garvan St Vincent's Campus Cancer Centre (GSVCCC) will integrate internationally acclaimed cancer research with best practice cancer services, enabling research findings to move quickly into patient care.

ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) announced that three posters describing significant recent results of the company's proprietary polymer DACH platinum prodrug, ProLindac, in clinical and preclinical studies are being presented this week at a major international oncology conference held in Geneva, Switzerland.

(ECCO-the European cancer Organisation) A new anti-cancer compound that works by blocking a part of the cell's machinery that is crucial for cell division has shown promising results in a phase I clinical trial in patients who have failed to respond to other treatments.

(ECCO-the European cancer Organisation) Scientists have developed a new imaging agent that can be used in scanning for tumors, and which gives a much clearer and more precise image than existing methods. The discovery has the potential to revolutionize pre-clinical cancer research and clinical diagnostic practice.

(ECCO-the European cancer Organisation) Research has shown for the first time that identifying patterns of gene expression can be used to predict response to treatment in patients with advanced metastatic colorectal cancer.

Reuters - Genentech and Roche's cancer drug Avastin can help find tumors as well as treat them, scientists said on Wednesday.

Researchers have developed a method of assessing the quality of phase I clinical trial abstracts submitted to two different oncology conferences: EORTC-NCI-AACR (ENA) [1] and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Research by scientists in France has shown for the first time that identifying patterns of gene expression can be used to predict response to treatment in patients with advanced metastatic colorectal cancer.

Scientists have developed a new imaging agent that can be used in scanning for tumours, and which gives a much clearer and more precise image than existing methods.