Multiple Myeloma News for March 10, 2010

Abbott to boost business with Facet acquisition
Drug Store News

It also has several treatments for multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia in phase 1 and phase 2 trials. “We believe this transaction provides ...

Betty Jane Gordon — Rochester
Post-Bulletin

ROCHESTER — Betty Jane Gordon, 84, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at Samaritan Bethany Heights, after enduring multiple myeloma for 25 years. ...

Mayo Clinic Receives Unique Philanthropic Gift for Cancer Research
Earthtimes (press release)

Dr. Stewart's research focuses on the biology and treatment of multiple myeloma. His achievements include establishing a large clinical practice with ...

Expert on multiple myeloma to speak at UK Friday Medicine Kentuckycom
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Book helps patients navigate cancer
OCRegister

By JANE GLENN HAAS Gordon Aldrich was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, on May 13, 2004. He died May 13, 2006, two years to the day ...

Abbott makes some waves in Pharma - Pharma Strategy Blog
MaverickNY

There are also several anticancer antibodies such as volocizumab (solid tumours) and elotuzumab (multiple myeloma) in Facet's R&D. Oncology is an area where Abbott has been relatively weak, although they have some interesting compounds ...

» Well??? What about those free kappa lightchains? Life's Journey ...
alexfl

So there it is … we've been told my the Myeloma Expert not to worry and so we're taking his advice for now. Alpesh started his Revlimid again this week so will continue this for another 21 days per the usual maintenance program. ...

Multiple Myeloma Blog: CaringBridge Helps Cancer Patients Interact ...
Pat Killingsworth

Here is a comment an old friend and mother of a fellow multiple myeloma survivor left on my CaringBridge site last week: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 6:25 PM, CST Pat, Sometimes your blog just won't accept my comment and sometimes it does, ...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals to Present at the 22nd Annual ROTH OC Growth Stock ...
MarketWatch (press release)

KRX-0401 is currently in a Phase 3 trial, under Special Protocol Assessment (SPA), in multiple myeloma, with a Phase 3 trial in refractory metastatic ...

Velcade for Multiple myeloma eHealthMecom
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Oncogene - Abstract of article: Upregulated c-myc expression in ...
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Nephrolithiasis Caused From Multiple Myeloma - a comprehensive ...
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Multiple myeloma in a liver transplant recipient: Diagnostic value ...
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Clinical Care Options Oncology - Relapsed/Refractory Multiple ...
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Blood -- Kinome-wide RNAi studies in human multiple myeloma ...
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Mark Logsdon, 47
Iowa City Press Citizen

... March 7, 2010 at Cedar Ridge Health Care Center, Lebanon, IL after a four year, hard-fought battle with a terrible cancer, Multiple Myeloma. ...

Looking Good, Feeling Sexy and Preventing Cancer with Sunshine ...
Admin

These include the previously mentioned breast and ovarian cancers and also include cervical cancer, colon cancer; brain cancer, lung cancer, and multiple myeloma just to name a few. Following the American Society for Dermatologic ...

multiple myeloma for dummies: There's no place like Dr. J's ...
Cassie

Dr. J had wonderful things to say to us and we left, as we always do, in awe of not just his competence and knowledge and determination, but also his compassion for and sense of responsibility toward people suffering from myeloma. ...

Listen to your heart, doctors say
Chicago Tribune

Olofsson is also a cancer survivor who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma five years ago, so he takes little for granted. ...