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2008

• Mayo Clinic study reports improved survival rates for pancreas cancer patients treated with new approach
• Tumor Suppressor Genes Speed Up and Slow Down Aging in Engineered Mouse
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Common Gene Disorder Doubles Risk of Lung Cancer, Even Among Nonsmokers
• Virtual biopsy can tell whether colon polyp is benign without removal, Mayo researchers say
• New Method Proposed for Determining Which Patients Should Get Treatment for Colorectal Cancer
• Cancer Patients' Quality of Life Directly Relates to Their Survival
• Mastectomies on the Rise and MRI Use May Explain Part of the Trend, Say Mayo Researchers
• Mayo Clinic Researchers find Adding Epratuzumab to Standard Therapy for Aggressive Lymphoma Produces Significant Overall Response
• Some Early Stage Colon Cancer Patients Should Not Receive Chemotherapy, Mayo Researchers Say
• Study Shows that Administering Calcium and Magnesium Effectively Reduces Neurological Sensitivity Caused by the Chemotherapy Drug Oxaliplatin
• Mayo researchers isolate compound that obstructs cell growth in multiple myeloma and other cancers fueled by certain proteins
• FSU Enters Research Partnership with Mayo Clinic
• Mayo-Led Study Finds Smoking Related to Subset of Colorectal Cancers with Absent DNA Repair Proteins
• Mayo Clinic Research Trials Lead to New National Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines
• New Study of Targeted Therapies for Breast Cancer Establishes Model for Global Clinical Trials
• Mayo Clinic and TGen announce strategic alliance to foster cancer programs
• Mayo Clinic announces genetically engineered model capable of imitating the progression of multiple myeloma
• Gene Expression Profiling Advance for Lung Cancer Prognosis
• Researchers Find Less Invasive, Highly Accurate Methods for Lung Cancer Staging
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Further Association between Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer
• How Less Can Be More When Treating Some Kidney Cancers
• Mayo Clinic, IBM Establish Medical Imaging
  Research Center

2007

• Researchers Train the Immune System to Deliver Virus that Destroys Cancer in Lab Models
• Even Tiny Breast Tumors Can Be Aggressive and May Require Maximum Therapy
• Survival Shortened When ER/PR Negative Breast Cancer Spreads to the Brain
• Addressing Care Gap in Underserved Women Not Easy, Mayo Researchers Find
• Herceptin Helps Women With Multiple Chromosomes Containing HER2 Gene, Study Finds
• Mayo Clinic/Nemours Children's Clinic/Wolfson Children's Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant Program Earns National Accreditation Renewal
• New Therapeutic Options for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients
• Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trial Shows Distinct Survival Benefit with Lower Dose of Steroids
• Evidence Links Anemia Drugs With Leukemic Transformation in Patients with Primary Myelofibrosis
• Freezing Bone Cancer Tumors Reduces Pain, Mayo Clinic Study Shows
• Mayo Clinic Study Shows Drug Could Effectively Treat, Prevent the Spread of Breast Cancer
• Normal tissue not spared in new forms of breast cancer radiotherapy
• Tiny radioactive spheres effectively treat cancer that has spread to the liver
• Mayo Clinic Study Points to a Possible Biomarker for Colon Cancer in People 50 and Under
• Mayo Clinic Reports Possible New Therapy for Patients with Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
• Mayo Clinic tests novel vaccine to treat aggressive brain tumors
• Mayo Clinic to Dedicate Opus Building, Imaging Research Center
• Mayo Clinic/University of Iowa Lymphoma SPORE Grant To Be Renewed
• Biodesign Institute Leads Innovative Project to Prevent Breast Cancer
• Mayo Clinic-led Study Improves Breast Cancer Risk Prediction in Women with Atypia
• Mayo Clinic invests in advanced imaging technology to aid in brain tumor surgery
• Benefits of Trastuzumab Are Lasting, Reducing Both HER2 + Breast Cancer Deaths and Recurrence
• Vorinostat Shows Anti-Cancer Activity in Recurrent Gliomas
• Study Shows Combination Chemotherapy and VEGF Blocker Improves Progression-free Survival of Metastatic Melanoma Patients
• Nonhormonal Drug Reduces Hot Flashes in Men Treated for Prostate Cancer
• Herb Shows Potential to Reduce Cancer-related Fatigue
• MRI Detects Cancers Missed by Mammography in Breast Cancer Patients
• New Mayo Clinic MRI Technology Enables Noninvasive Liver Diagnoses
• International conference showcases new diagnostic tools for digestive diseases
• Cancer Survivors, Families and Friends to Unite for 20th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration
• Minnesota Partnership to Recruit Top Scientists to State
• Spread of breast cancer to lungs in asthma patients may be prevented by use of common inhalers
• Men's Cancer Conference 2007: A Focused Look at Prostate Cancer
• Medica Foundation Supports Minnesota Partnership
• Breast Cancer Vaccine Stimulates Potent Immune Response to Cancer Cells
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — A Discovery That May Lessen A Health Disparity
• Mayo Clinic and IBM Score Significant Advance in Real-Time Medical Imaging
• Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trial Closes Early Due to Significantly Superior Results of Comparative Treatment
• Cryoablation — A New Treatment Option for Some Kidney Tumor Patients
• Computerized Reminders Boost Mammography Screening Rates
• Mayo Clinic Tests New Drug to Prevent Hepatitis C Recurrence after Liver Transplant
• Mayo Clinic Studies New Ways to Help Friends and Family Members of Smokers Provide Effective Support
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — Investigating the Measles Virus as a Tool to Kill Multiple Myeloma
• Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic join forces to develop cancer vaccine
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — Surgery and Adjuvant Therapy May Work for Pancreatic Cancer

2006

• Mayo Clinic Uncovers Key Step in Repair Mechanism of DNA Double-Strand Breaks
• Mayo Clinic — Advances in Breast Imaging
• Mayo Clinic — Collaborating to Move Treatment Research Forward
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — Individualizing Treatment for Multiple Myeloma Patients
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Collaborating to Find New Tools to Fight Leukemia
• Mayo Clinic Develops Medical Device That Reduces the Need for Invasive Surgical Biopsy Procedures
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — What Cures Your Aches Might Prevent Cancer
• Octogenarians Are Not Too Old for Cancer Surgery
• Gene Expression Profiling Not Quite Perfected in Predicting Lung Cancer Prognosis, Mayo Clinic Study says
• Mayo Clinic Study Observes Normal Aging Process Lowers Breast Cancer Risk
• The American Legacy Foundation® and Mayo Clinic Announce Collaboration to Reduce Smoking Rates
• Mayo Discovers Protein as Potential Tactic to Prevent Tumors
• Mayo Clinic Finds What Causes Men Pain in Prostate Biopsy and Best Method to Alleviate It
• Preventive Ovary Removal Linked to Early Death in Younger Women, Mayo Clinic Discovers
• Liver Diagnosis Breakthrough with Mayo Clinic MRI Development
• Mayo Clinic Discovers Mechanisms of Communication Between Cells Regulating Immunity
• Mayo Clinic Provides New Recommendations for the Use of Bisphosphonates in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
• Botulinum Toxin Helps Facial Scars Heal Better, Mayo Clinic Finds
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Enhance Safety and Effectiveness of Therapeutic Virus that Fights Cancer
• Melanoma May Be Over-Diagnosed
• Mayo Clinic, Indian Health Service Form Education, Research and Clinical Practice Collaboration
• Mayo Clinic Pioneers New Method of Jaw Reconstruction for Oral Cancer Patients
• Mayo Researchers Discover Immune System Blocker at Work in Kidney Cancer
• Researchers Find Biomarker May Indicate Probable Response to Therapy for Ovarian and Gastric Cancers
• Research Shows Poor Ability to Determine Which Adverse Events Are Caused By Which Drug in Cancer Treatment Trials
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — On the Forefront of the Fight Against Multiple Myeloma
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Names New Director
• Families, Friends and Survivors to Unite for 19th Annual Cancer Survivors Day Celebration
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Majority of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Could be Treated Surgically if Diagnosed Just Six Months Earlier
• Mayo Clinic Studies Find Association Between Acid Reflux and Esophageal Cancer, and Possible Genetic Basis for Both Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer
• B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma — Immune Response Capability Suppressed By Intratumoral T-Cells
• Initial Results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) Released: Osteoporosis Drug Raloxifene Shown to be as Effective as Tamoxifen in Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer
• Genomics Researchers Discover Predictors for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Cell Cue for Destroying Tumors
• Mayo Clinic Expands Understanding of p53 in Fighting Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Cancer Cells May Move Via Wave Stimulation
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Two Genes Predict Outcome for Breast Cancer Patients
• Researchers Find Better Prostate Cancer Indicators
• Ground Broken for Mayo Clinic Opus Imaging Research Building
• Mayo Collaboration Discovery in How Cell Sorting Works
• Study Suggests MPA is Effective Treatment for Hot Flashes
• North Central Cancer Treatment Group — Finding Ways to Make Treatment Easier
• Colon Cancer Free Zone — Coming Soon to Rochester
• Experts to Address Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials at Joint Mayo-FDA Forum
• Mayo Clinic Collaboration Discovers Protein Amplifies DNA Injury Signals
• Mayo Clinic Finds Aggressive Surgery Best Option for Advanced-Stage Ovarian Cancer Patients

2005

• Mayo Clinic Finds Kidney Cancer Patients are Unlikely to Respond to Potential Treatment Drug
• Mayo Clinic Brings First Broad Pharmacogenomics Test to Cancer Patients
• Mayo Clinic Co-sponsoring FDA Forum on Patient-Reported Outcome
• Mayo Clinic Reports Tamoxifen Benefit for Breast-Cancer Patients Tied to Inherited Gene
• Mayo Clinic Discovers Two Key Players in Cancer Prevention and How They Work
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Reports Advancements and Solutions for Quality of Life Assessments
• Mayo Clinic Receives Gift for Cancer Care and Research
• Young Women Who Smoke Prior to Their First Pregnancy Have a Higher Risk of Breast Cancer in Their Later Years
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Molecule Allowing Cancer to Spread
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Finds Better Predictors for Outcomes after Radical Prostatectomy
• Mayo Clinic Tobacco Quitline to Provide QUITPLAN Helpline Services
• Mayo Clinic Measures Psychological and Social Impacts of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomies
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Finds Possible Genetic Link to Pancreatic Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Reports Breakthrough Treatment for Breast Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Finds Radical Surgery to be Best Option for Most Ovarian Cancer Patients with Cancer in the Diaphragm
• Mayo Clinic's Nicotine Dependence Center offers Group Program for Quitting Tobacco
• Mayo Clinic Research Collaboration Discovers Why Some DNA Repair Fails
• Mayo Clinic Boosts Immune System
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Receives SPORE Grant for Breast Cancer Research from NCI
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Invent "Hitchhiking" Viruses as Cancer Drug Delivery System
• Mayo Clinic Oncologist Dr. Charles Loprinzi To Receive ACCC Clinical Research Award
• Mayo Researchers Discover Key Step in Immune System Development
• Recovering Alcoholic Smokers Can Quit Second Addiction
• Skin Cancers Growing in Young People - A Case for Prevention
• Mayo Clinic Says Open Nephron-Sparing Surgery Remains the "Gold Standard"
• Mayo Clinic Collaboration Invents "Virus in Stealth" to Help Kill Cancer Cells
• Mayo Clinic Reduces Breast Cancer Treatment Time
• Two ultrasound procedures combined are superior to bronchoscopic biopsy to detect lung cancer spread
• Benign Breast Disease an Important Breast Cancer Risk Factor
• Mayo Collaboration: Discovery Blocks Breast Cancer Growth, Stimulates Immunity
• Mayo Clinic recruiting men with prostate cancer for a quality of life study
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Develop New Treatment for Incurable Recurring Form of Adult Brain Cancer
• Mayo Researchers Seek Methods to Make New Cancer Therapies Available More Quickly
• Mayo Researchers to Announce New Findings about Promising Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treatment
• Mayo Clinic Researcher Team Discovers Biomarker That May Improve Quality of Life During Treatment for Colorectal Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Report on Effectiveness of Treatments for Hot Flashes
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Use Pharmacogenetic Test Prior to Chemotherapy to Reduce Toxic Side Effects, Determine Best Dose of Three-Drug Treatment for Various Cancers
• Promising Results on Horizon for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients
• MEDIA ADVISORY: NCI reports significant clinical findings for treatment of breast cancer: Trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy improves disease-free survival
• Major Colorectal Cancer Screening Study Enters Last Phase of Recruitment
• Earlier Screening for Colorectal Cancer Recommended for African Americans
• Mayo Clinic Teams Up With 'Hollywood Quits' to Reduce Tobacco Use in Entertainment Industry
• Cryoablation Treatment Helps Diminish Pain of Bone Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Study Shows Advanced Prostate Cancer Previously Considered Inoperable May Be Operable, Curable
• Mayo Clinic Tobacco Quitline Launched to Help United States Coast Guard Tobacco Users
• Mayo Clinic Discovers "New Pathway" Against Pancreatic Cancer
• Short-Term Effects of Spit Tobacco Suggest Long-Term Health Risks
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Scan Tumors of the Prostate for More Effective, Targeting Radiotherapy Treatment
• Mayo Clinic Identifies Key Cellular Process in Prostate and Other Cancers — New Target for Better Treatments
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Create 'Obedient Virus'; First Step to Use Measles Virus Against Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Study Recommends Broadening Treatment to Battle Recurrence of Endometrial Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Report Success in New Molecular Breast Imaging Technique
• Mayo Clinic Medical Oncologist Awarded Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Professor of Survivorship
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Receives SPORE Grant for Brain Cancer Research from NCI

2004

• Mayo Clinic Researchers Announce Promising Next Generation Treatments for Multiple Myeloma
• Mayo Clinic Discovers Potential Marker for Aggressive Kidney Cancer; New Help for Tailoring Treatments
• Ovarian Cancer Does Have Early Warning Signs, Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center Find
• Mayo Clinic radiation oncologists use respiratory gating technology to target tumors
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover One Mechanism for Why Men and Women Differ in Immune Response
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Successfully Use Anticancer Drug to Fight Fatal Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Hosts Major Education Event Targeting Women's Cancers
• People Living with Cancer are Invited to a Weekend of Renewal at the Hilltop Retreat
• Pioneering the Basics for New Kind of Cancer Vaccine
• Researchers discover location of possible lung cancer gene
• Mayo Clinic Editorial Discusses New Targeted Therapy for Treatment of Resistant Colorectal Cancer
• Researchers Use Human Antibody to Cure Malignant Melanoma in Mice
• After a Tragic Past, Thalidomide's Promising Future in Fighting Cancer Explored in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
• Healthy Eating and Living Can Indeed Reduce Women's Risk of Getting Cancer
• Phase 3 Study Shows Patients Newly Diagnosed With Cancer in the Bone Marrow Have Superior Response to Thal/Dex Drug Combination
• Abnormal Protein Indicates Poorer Prognosis for Patients with Rapidly Growing, Malignant Brain Tumors
• Cancer Patients' Genes May Influence How They Experience Fatigue and Quality of Life
• Cancer Survivors and Their Families Invited to National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration on Sunday, June 6
• Mayo Clinic and TGen Begin Joint Research on Multiple Myeloma
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and Sound Files (MP3) - International Study Led by Mayo Clinic Finds Minimally Invasive Surgery Safe, Effective for Patients with Colon Cancer
• International Study Led by Mayo Clinic Finds Minimally Invasive Surgery Safe, Effective for Patients with Colon Cancer
• Discovery Sheds Light on How Cancer Cells Grow and Divide
• New Calculator Provides More Accurate Estimates of Colon Cancer Survival
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Green Tea Component Helps Kill Leukemia Cells
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Testing to Help Better Select Patients for Prostate-Related Radiation Treatments
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Better Way to Help Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Experience Significantly Less Pain
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover that Key Cancer Gene CBP Doesn't Work Alone; Important Clue to Targeting New Treatments for Lymphoma, Breast and Colon Cancers
• National Cancer Institute Selects Mayo Clinic to Coordinate Clinical Trials for Cancer Prevention
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Researchers Discover How to Target Cell Fusion as Possible Way to Repair Organs, Deliver Cancer Vaccines
• New Radiation Treatment for Breast Cancer Patients at Mayo Clinic

2003

• Study Finds New FOLFOX 4 Treatment Helps Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Live Significantly Longer, With Fewer Chemotherapy Side Effects
• Paclitaxel, carboplatin and trastuzumab demonstrate better survival, response and tolerability by HER 2+ metastatic breast cancer patients
• Radiation and Chemotherapy, In Conjunction with Surgery, Increase Stomach Cancer Survival Rates
• Lung Cancer Screening Motivates Smokers To Quit
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover How Key Cancer Protein Works; May Open Door For Controlling Abnormal Cell Growth in Breast Cancer
• Mayo Clinic to Study Families with Incidence of Pancreatic Cancer
• Mayo Clinic to Conduct Large Mammography Study
• Press Conference Will Report Significant Clinical Findings for Treatment of Breast Cancer
• New Treatment Significantly Improves Long-Term Outlook for Breast Cancer Survivors
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - New Treatment Significantly Improves Long-Term Outlook for Breast Cancer Survivors
• Elderly Cancer Patients Can Benefit From Aggressive Treatment
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Invites Women, Public to Special Breast Cancer Programs at Mall of America
• Will screening for lung cancer save lives?
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Invites Women To Learn about Cancers that Affect Them
• Laparoscopic Removal of Kidney Tumors Proven Safe and Effective
• Art and Music as Components of Emotional Healing in Cancer Care
• New Procedure to Localize Breast Tumors Piloted at Mayo Clinic
• People Dealing With Cancer Invited to a Weekend of Renewal at the Hilltop Retreat
• Speaker describes breast cancer's upside
• Mayo Clinic, TGen launch melanoma research collaboration with universities
• Using Chemoradiation for Advanced Esophageal Cancer Increases Survival Rates
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover New Immune System Molecule That Can Help or Harm Health
• Study Conclusively Shows Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Live Longer and Have Fewer Severe Side Effects on New Drug Treatment
• Paclitaxel, Carboplatin and Trastuzumab Better Tolerated by HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients When Administered Weekly
• Survey Finds That Majority of Women Are Satisfied With Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Surgery to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Women's Cancer Program Will Lead National Research Study to Search for Molecular Predictors of Breast Cancer
• MR-guided breast biopsy offered as surgical alternative
• Important to review advances in diagnosis and treatment during Brain Tumor Awareness Week
• Mayo Clinic receives funding to continue program to diagnose uninsured women with abnormal mammograms
• Cancer Survivors and Their Families Invited to National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration on Sunday, June 1
• Mayo Clinic Study Shows Thalidomide May Effectively Delay the Progression of Early Stage Multiple Myeloma, a Fatal Cancer of the Bone Marrow, in Some Patients
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Teach RNA to Act as Decoy Inside Living Cell to Prevent Disease Activation
• People Living With Cancer Are Invited to a Weekend of Renewal at the Hilltop Retreat
• Study Suggests an Aspirin a Day Can Reduce Recurrence of Colorectal Polyps
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Among First in the World to Discover Possible Early Gene Involved in the Development of Cancer
• Green Tea Is Not an Effective Anticancer Treatment for Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds CT Detects Smaller, Earlier-Stage Lung Cancer . . . But Also Many Benign Lung Tumors
• Mayo Clinic dedicates its new cancer research building
• Cancer Survivor, Author and Rochester Native Dr. Geoffrey Kurland Will Speak at Mayo Clinic on Feb. 27
• Mayo Clinic Research Shows Abnormal Number of Chromosomes is One Step in Cancer Development
• Thalidomide Therapy for Multiple Myeloma Patients may Lengthen Survival, Mayo Clinic Researchers Report