Randomized controlled study of natural interferon α as adjuvant treatment for …UroTodayThe subjects were patients diagnosed with stage II or III renal cell carcinoma who underwent radical nephrectomy. The subjects were randomly allocated to receive …
UC Davis transplant surgeon uses minimally invasive technique for kidney donorsHealthCanal.comWhalen's single-port (or "single-site") nephrectomy is the latest development in minimally invasive procedures to safely extract a kidney from l…
Asian Scientist MagazineSFJ Pharma To Conduct Phase III Trial Of Pfizer's Axitinib Adjuvant Treatment …Asian Scientist MagazineSFJ Pharma Ltd. will conduct a Phase III clinical trial in Asia of Pfizer's axitinib for the adjuvant treatment of …
Smiley first-grader Ke'ala Thomas recovering from sudden liver failureRedlands Daily FactsThe 6-year old is currently at Loma Linda Hospital where she is recovering from liver transplant surgery. The Redlands family, along with 4-month old Sophia, …
Investigational RCC agent improves progression-free survivalModernMedicineAll 517 patients in the study had clear cell RCC, had undergone a prior nephrectomy, and had not previously been treated with either a vascular endothelial growth factor or mamma…
CTV.caPfizer receives backing for late-stage trial of kidney cancer drug in AsiaCanadianBusiness.comThe study will focus on patients at high risk of recurrent renal cell carcinoma following a nephrectomy, or removal of the kidneys. Pfizer, based in New…
Physicians of Ghent University conduct first face transplant.The Voice of RussiaBelgium has thus become the third in Europe country after France and Spain to carry out face transplant surgery. It was prepared by a team of experts in the course of three…
Sioux County kidney donor search leader finds herself in giving modeSioux City Journal4, 2012, just a day before a kidney transplant surgery. Vander Berg headed up a search committee to find a kidney donor for Lieu. Turns out Vander Berg was the match …
AVEO: More Open Questions Than AnswersSeeking AlphaThe activity in the patient population that was studied in Sutent's phase III trial (clear-cell histology and prior nephrectomy) was even more impressive – 14.8 months. (The Sutent study recruited …
Bill for Claire Murray surgery loomsPerth NowMs Murray had used illicit drugs after her first transplant surgery in WA and local doctors refused to operate on her a second time. The 25-year-old mother of two was forced to travel to Singapore instead fo…