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The world’s top lung cancer specialists, medical professionals and researchers are convening this week in San Francisco, Calif., for the 13th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), organized by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. According to a series of studies presented today at the WCLC, targeted therapies, as first-line treatment, have the potential to slow cancer growth and improve patient outcomes.

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Patients with second primary lung cancers, when compared to those with one primary lung cancer, are more likely to have localized disease at the time of diagnosis and are more likely to receive surgical treatment rather than radiation treatment. However, patients with SPLC have a 12 percent higher lung cancer specific mortality, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers reported today at the annual meeting of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

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Previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer patients over the age of 70 respond well to a combination of bevacizumab and erlotinib, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers reported today at the annual meeting of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

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Non-small cell lung cancer patients who have progressed on a cetuximab-containing regimen may respond to erlotinib, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers reported today at the annual meeting of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

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It’s a very charitable review of a creationist movie, the latest bit of dishonest propaganda since Expelled. It is apparently very professionally made, which means less and less nowadays as digital video gear gets cheaper and easier to …

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…that my parents tied the knot. All I can say on such an occasion is that my parents, though their example, have taught me what marriage can be at its best. This evening a few dozen of our closest family and friends will gather …

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Posted on: August 1, 2009 11:29 AM, by Greg Laden. On this day in 1971, on the second day of the Apollo 15 lunar mission, astronauts dug up a really old rock which, of course, they named “The Genesis Rock” …

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PLoS ONE Blog Pick of the Month. Category: PLoS. Posted on: August 1, 2009 1:30 PM, by Coturnix. It is time to announce the July winner. To see who won this time, you’ll have to go here. Find more posts in: Technology · Brain & Behavior …

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Yes, it’s a day late. Dr. Free-Ride and Dr. Free-Ride’s better half are currently engaged in sprog retrieval maneuvers at the home of the Grandparents Who Lurk But Seldom Comment. What follows is this morning’s attempt to get the …

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World’s second fastest computer · Overheard at airport: · Answers in Genesis has a Department of Public Safety???? « Happy Anniversary Finding of Genesis Rock | Main | Freeman Dyson: Life in the outer solar system » …

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