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CWRU School of Medicine researchers discover new molecule linked to late-stage breast cancer

Written by | 21 Dec 2012

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a molecule linked to more aggressive forms of breast cancer – a discovery that could point the… read more.

PRT versus IMRT toxicity in prostate cancer

Written by | 21 Dec 2012

There is no difference between proton radiotherapy (PRT) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) when comparing the toxicity among  patients with prostate cancer at 12 months post-treatment according to a… read more.

Denosumab lowers cell count in giant-cell tumor of the bone

Written by | 14 Dec 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – FDA Highlights – Treatment with denosumab decreases the number of tumor giant cells in patients with giant-cell tumor of the bone, and increases new… read more.

Early resection of low-grade gliomas brings better survival rate than watchful waiting

Written by | 14 Dec 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – Researchers comparing methods for treating low-grade gliomas have found early surgical resection produced… read more.

ASCO 2012 Report – Bendamustine with Rituximab: More than doubles PFS in certain lymphoma patients

Written by | 20 Nov 2012

by Marybeth Burke – Initial combination chemotherapy with bendamustine and rituximab more than doubled progression-free survival to nearly 6 years compared with standard R-CHOP therapy among patients with… read more.

ASCO 2012 Report – New treatment option for women with platinum resistant ovarian cancer

Written by | 20 Nov 2012

by Marybeth Burke – Adding bevacizumab to chemotherapy halves the risk of the disease getting worse in platinum resistant patients with ovarian cancer,

ASCO 2012 Report – Crizotinib shows promise in patients with advanced NSCLC with ROS1 rearrangements

Written by | 20 Nov 2012

by Marybeth Burke – Crizotinib demonstrated significant anti-tumour activity in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harbouring ROS1 rearrangements,

ASCO 2012 Report – Radiation in childhood cancer increases risk of breast cancer

Written by | 20 Nov 2012

by Marybeth Burke – Women treated for childhood cancer with chest radiation therapy have a high risk of developing breast cancer at a young age, comparable to that… read more.

ASCO 2012 Report – Regorafenib improves outcomes in patients with GIST

Written by | 20 Nov 2012

by Marybeth Burke – Regorafenib significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and disease control rate (DCR) in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) that progress due to resistance… read more.

ASCO 2012 Report – T-DM1 improves progression free survival in breast cancer

Written by | 20 Nov 2012

by Marybeth Burke – The investigational agent trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) demonstrated improved efficacy over capecitibine plus lapatinib and improved progression-free survival (PFS) in women with HER2-positive locally advanced… read more.

ASCO 2012 Report – Trametinib delays tumour growth and extends survival in certain melanoma patients

Written by | 20 Nov 2012

by Marybeth Burke – Median progression-free survival (PFS) was significantly greater in the trametinib group, 4.8 months, vs the chemotherapy group, 1.4 months, according to a study presented

ASCO 2012 Report – American Ginseng alleviates cancer related fatigue

Written by | 20 Nov 2012

by Marybeth Burke – Wisconsin grown ginseng significantly reduced cancer related fatigue in patients receiving cancer treatment after 8 weeks of ginseng treatment,

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