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News and information from the pharmaceutical industry. In this issue: 1) Multiple Deals for Affitech 2) Pfizer's Sutent Wins European Association of Urology Support 3) Aurora Breast MRI Will Meet Surge in Screening Demand 4) Two New Products for VioQuest 5) Cytyc and Quest Sign Multi-Year Agreement 6) Calando's Lead RNAi Candidate Shows Anti-Cancer Effect

The Academy delivers the latest news on biotech and oncology research, providing a link between the clinical world of cancer care and the university researchers who are pushing farther toward knowledge and discovery. In this issue: 1) University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX: Assessment Model for Lung Cancer Risk 2) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA: Diabetes Drug Boosts Efficacy of Platinum Chemotherapy Agents 3) University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, WI: Virtual Colonoscopy Safe and More Cost-effective than Optical Colonoscopy 4) Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD: New Blood Test for Prostate Cancer Screening 5) Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK: Aspirin Use Can Prevent Colorectal Cancer 6) Ohio State University, Columbus, OH: Molecular Marker for Pancreatic Cancer

The Academy delivers the latest news on biotech and oncology research, providing a link between the clinical world of cancer care and the university researchers who are pushing farther in pursuit of knowledge and discovery. In this issue: 1) University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI: Gene Fusions Switch on Prostate Cancer 2) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA: New, Powerful Lung Tumor Suppressor Gene Found 3) Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC: Two-Drug Combo for Kidney Cancer 4) University of California, Los Angeles: COX-2 Inhibitors Delay Pancreatic Cancer Precursors 5) James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Gardasil Developers Working on Affordable HPV Vaccine 6) Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN: Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Treatment Could Cure Metastatic Testicular Cancer 7) Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: Optical Technique Captures Early Signs of Pancreatic Cancer

The Academy delivers the latest news on biotech and oncology research, providing a link between the clinical world of cancer care and the university researchers who are pushing farther in pursuit of knowledge and new discoveries. In this issue we highlight presentations from the 43rd annual ASCO meeting as well as research being done at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

The Academy delivers the latest news on biotech and oncology research, providing a link between the clinical world of cancer care and the university researchers who are pushing the envelope of knowledge and discovery. In this issue: 1) Paterson Institute at the University of Manchester, UK: New Drug Shows Promise for Childhood Cancers 2) University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center: African-American Women Suffer Worse From Breast Cancer 3) University of Montreal: Nomogram Predicts Prostate Cancer Life Expectancy 4) Johns Hopkins Medicine: Research Shows How Vitamin C Fights Cancer 5) University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center: Virus Designed to Kill Brain Tumor Stem Cells Genomic Tests for Breast Cancer Decisions

The Academy delivers the latest news on biotech and oncoloy research, providing a link between the clinical world of cancer care and the university researchers who are pushing the envelope of knowledge and discovery. In this issue:1) University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas: Protein-Mimetic Kills Lung Cancer Cells 2)

The Academy delivers the latest news on biotechand oncology research, providing a link between the clinical world of cancer care and the university researchers who are pushing the envelope of knowledge and discovery. In this issue: