The Online Cancer News and Information
Germany’s biggest Drug makers Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. and US Partners Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. said that Phase III skin cancer tests of their Nexavar (sorafenib) tablets failed to meet their primary endpoint of improving progression-free survival (PFS). The addition of the drug Nexavar to chemotherapy failed to improve the survival of skin cancer patients. “We are [...]
{ 0 comments }
Common cancer drugs may be more harmful to the brain than the tumor cells they are meant to destroy. Cancer chemotherapy can damage the brain, killing crucial brain cells and causing key parts of the brain to shrink, according to the study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center and published in [...]
{ 0 comments }
Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard said that Australia will spend $342 million USD on Merck and Co.’s Gardasil vaccine which can protect against 70 percent of cervical cancer in young women. Australia had recently been in talks with distributor CSL Ltd. to bring down the price. The company readily agreed to cut down the prices [...]
{ 0 comments }
A synthetic steroid compound used to abort pregnancy could fight breast and ovarian cancer, caused by a mutant gene, from growing, according to researchers at the UniversityCalifornia, Irvine. The research published in the December 1 issue of journal Science, revealed that by blocking the hormone progesterone in breast tissue cells, the drug can also prevent [...]
{ 0 comments }
In a clinical trial conducted at the University of Nottingham, scientists gave a vaccine to 67 colorectal cancer patients before and after surgery to remove the cancerous tumors. The British researchers say they have developed a vaccine that stimulates the immune system to fight colorectal cancer cells.Vaccine trials are not new in the search for [...]
{ 0 comments }
The lung cancer drug Gefitinib has been taken off shelves in the United States due to ineffectiveness. But it remains effective in some Taiwanese lung cancer patients, according to a study published in the journal Lung Cancer. The study, conducted by the National Health Research Institutes, involved 65 non-small-cell lung cancer patients and found that [...]
{ 0 comments }
In September of 1998, the FDA approved Herceptin to treat breast cancer after it had become metastatic. Few days back, the FDA approved Herceptin’s use for women diagnosed with breast cancer just after surgery. The drug is already widely prescribed for adjuvant therapy even without the FDA’s approval, a practice called off-label use. Off-label use [...]
{ 0 comments }
An experimental vaccine may help colorectal cancer patients battle the disease. This vaccine developed in the U.K. stimulated the production of killer T cells in up to 70 of colorectal cancer patients. Researchers at the University of Nottingham cloned an antibody called 105AD7 from a patient with colorectal cancer who survived seven years with liver [...]
{ 0 comments }
A new drug has been approved in Scotland for the treatment of breast cancers in the early stages. The drug named Arimidex seems to be beneficial specifically in treating breast cancer in women, who have crossed menopause. Arimidex is an aromatase inhibitor that works by inhibiting the oestrogen production in the adrenal gland. Scotland became [...]
{ 0 comments }
Scientists helping to develop the next generation of cancer beating drugs say they have had a major breakthrough with their latest results. The new drugs would target an enzyme that helps cells divide; in cancer, this enzyme is called Aurora B. This enzyme can go into overdrive and possibly lead to uncontrolled and abnormal cell [...]
{ 0 comments }
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) comprises the majority of lung cancers.According to the results presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology, the combination consisting of Platinol (cisplatin) plus Navelbine (vinorelbine) improves survival among non-small cell lung [...]
{ 0 comments }
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center specialists have figured out how to accurately test drive chemotherapy drugs to learn in advance which drug treatments offer each individual pancreatic cancer patient the best therapeutic journey.Test driving cancer drugs is used widely to test cancer therapies, the Hopkins design is personalized to each patient who has relapsed after [...]
{ 0 comments }
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||