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Differential hearing difficulties cause kids to fall behind at school
(Medical Xpress)—Some children who have trouble learning in the classroom have difficulty switching their listening attention and so have trouble following a conversation from one talker to the next, according to a University ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 05, 2013 |
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New drug overcomes resistance in patients with rare sarcoma
A new targeted drug demonstrated its ability to control metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor, an uncommon and life-threatening form of sarcoma, after the disease had become resistant to all existing therapies, report ...
Cancer
Nov 21, 2012 |
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Regorafenib active in metastatic GI stromal tumors
(HealthDay) -- Regorafenib, an inhibitor of multiple cancer-associated kinases, is active in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) who have failed to respond to imatinib and sunitinib, ...
Cancer
May 23, 2012 |
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Longer treatment with cancer drug following removal of GI tumor results in improved survival
Among patients with a high risk of recurrence of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor following surgery for its removal, patients who received imatinib (a drug to treat certain cancers) for 3 years instead of 1 had improved recurrence-free ...
Cancer
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Forgotten cancers: Patients are paying a high price
Thousands of patients with rare "forgotten cancers" are paying a high price because doctors lack awareness of their conditions, according to a speaker at the 4th ESMO Conference on Sarcoma and GIST.
Cancer
Mar 07, 2012 |
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