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Ninety percent of acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients respond to investigational personalized cellular therapy, CTL019

Written by | 17 Oct 2014

by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that 90% of subjects with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who had relapsed multiple times or failed to respond to standard therapies have achieved… read more.

Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening lowers incidence of colorectal cancer and death rate

Written by | 26 Sep 2014

by Bruce Sylvester – Compared to no screening, flexible sigmoidoscopy screening has resulted in a reduced incidence of colorectal cancer and rate of death from colorectal cancer, researchers… read more.

Higher BMI associated with 10 common cancers

Written by | 24 Sep 2014

by Thomas R. Collins – After evaluating data on 5 million adults in the UK, researchers concluded that an increasing body mass index (BMI) raises the odds of… read more.

Ibrutinib has greater efficacy than ofatumumab as second-line therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Written by | 23 Sep 2014

by Bruce Sylvester – Ibrutinib has significantly outperformed ofatumumab as a second-line therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to a Phase 3 study published on May 31,… read more.

Video Interview WCGC: Professor Lenz summarises how our understanding of the treatment of mCRC has moved on over the last year following CALGB/SWOG 80405, FIRE-3, PRIME etc.

Written by | 5 Sep 2014

World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer (WCGC) meeting, Barcelona 25 – 28 June 2014.

ASCO Report 2014: The evolution of our molecular understanding of Colorectal Cancer

Written by | 4 Sep 2014

What we are doing now, what the future Holds, and how Tumour profiling is just the beginning by Dr Paul Ross, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London.  At… read more.

Ibrutinib has greater efficacy than ofatumumab as second-line therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Written by | 1 Sep 2014

by Bruce Sylvester – Ibrutinib has significantly outperformed ofatumumab as a second-line therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to a Phase 3 study published on May 31,… read more.

FDA Highlights: Fenofibrate reduces cardiovascular events in type-2 diabetes, especially for women

Written by | 29 Aug 2014

by Bruce Sylvester: Fenofibrate treatment reduces cardiovascular disease risks in persons with type-2 diabetes, especially women, researchers reported on August 18 in Diabetologia. 

FDA Highlights: Rapamycin shows pre-clinical potential in pancreatic cancer

Written by | 27 Aug 2014

by Bruce Sylvester: Rapamycin appears to shrink one type of pancreatic cancer tumor and prevents it from spreading, researchers reported on August 3, 2014 in the journal Gut.

FDA Highlights: Everolimus fails to improve overall survival in advanced liver cancer

Written by | 26 Aug 2014

by Bruce Sylvester: In spite of preclinical signs of preventing tumor progression and improving survival, everolimus does not improve overall survival in patients with advanced liver cancer when… read more.

‘Suicide tourism’ to Switzerland has doubled within 4 years

Written by | 25 Aug 2014

German and UK citizens make up bulk of numbers; neurological diseases most common reason to end life.  Citizens from Germany and the UK make up the bulk of… read more.

'Suicide tourism' to Switzerland has doubled within 4 years

Written by | 25 Aug 2014

German and UK citizens make up bulk of numbers; neurological diseases most common reason to end life.  Citizens from Germany and the UK make up the bulk of… read more.

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