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New research group offers hope to asbestosis sufferers
The Asbestos Research Group, offering hope to sufferers of asbestos-related diseases, was launched at The Wesley Research Institute today.   view more (2008-06-11)

Survival of head and neck cancer patients is greatly affected by coexisting ailments
Current estimates for head and neck cancer survival are largely inaccurate because they widely disregard many of the most common diseases such patients have in addition to their primary cancer, says Jay Piccirillo, M.D., a head and neck specialist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Siteman Cancer Center and Barnes-Jewish... view more... (2008-11-20)

Life Threatening Gastrointestinal Tumour More Common Than Suspected
Swedish Data Show that GISTs Occur at Triple the Rate Previously Believed, Highlighting Importance of Effective New Therapy NICE, France, 20 October 2002 - The incidence of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs), generally considered a rare sarcoma, is more than three times as high as previously believed, according to data presented today at the... view more... (2002-10-21)

Study finds association between hepatitis B and pancreatic cancer
A new study has shown that evidence of past hepatitis B infection was twice as common in people with pancreatic cancer than in healthy controls. This study is the first to report an association between past exposure to the hepatitis B virus and pancreatic cancer, but researchers cautioned that more studies are necessary to evaluate the nature of... view more... (2008-09-30)

IS THE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN CLINICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH DECLINING? A CITATION ANALYSIS
Citation analysis is a powerful measurement of the scientific impact of medical papers. All papers which were published in journals of general and internal medicine (such as the Lancet or the New England Journal of Medicine), the citations which attracted and their impact (citations divided by number of papers) were analyzed according to country... view more... (2001-11-13)

New study seeks deeper understanding of bereaved families' attitudes to organ donation
Researchers at the University of Southampton are looking for people to take part in a major new study into organ donation. The national study will look at the decision-making and experiences of bereaved people who after the death of a family member chose not to donate organs or tissues of the deceased relative for transplant operations.   view more (2005-04-05)

University of Surrey Professor appointed to the Council of the Royal Society of Medicine
The University of Surrey is pleased to congratulate Professor Ri Hornung MB BS MSc DRCOG FRCGP on his election to the Council of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM). For two years Professor Hornung, a visiting professor at UniS' Postgraduate Medical School, has been an instrumental member of a RSM working examining Continuing Professional... view more... (2004-09-28)
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