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Article: Sirtex Supports the Sixth Annual Colorectal Cancer Conference; Information on SIR-Spheres(R) microspheres to be presented at annual meeting.
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- September 13, 2006
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Sirtex, a leading developer of targeted and innovative cancer therapies, is a participating sponsor of the Colon Cancer Alliance's (CCA) sixth annual colorectal cancer conference to be held September 15-17 at the Hyatt Lodge in Oakbrook, Ill. The event, with a theme of H.O.P.E. (Healing, Options, Peer Support and Education), will be attended by colorectal cancer patients, cancer survivors, caregivers and healthcare professionals.
Sirtex manufactures SIR-Spheres microspheres, the only FDA-approved microsphere therapy for advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver. Of the nearly 150,000 Americans diagnosed with colorectal cancer ...