In Second Trial, Avastin Is Found Effective in Treating Breast Cancer
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The results from the new clinical trial could increase the chances that the Food and Drug Administration will approve the drug for that use.
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A new breast cancer drug is so effective it will see the end of the current &quot;gold standard&quot; treatment Tamoxifen, researchers said today.
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Adding the drug Avastin to a  regimen of targeted therapy Erbitux and chemotherapy in  patients with advanced colon cancer is more effective than the  two drugs alone, a leading cancer researcher said on Wednesday.
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(Dec. 8) -- Researchers believe they have a better drug for preventing recurring cases of breast cancer. After breast cancer surgery, women are often given the drug Tamoxifen to keep the cancer from coming back.
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Arimidex has been shown to reduce the recurrence of breast cancer in women better than tamoxifen, the standard breast cancer therapy for postmenopausal women.
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Adding the drug Avastin to a regimen of targeted therapy Erbitux and chemotherapy in patients with advanced colon cancer is more effective than the two drugs alone, a leading cancer researcher said on Wednesday.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have developed two genomic tests to help doctors better predict how breast cancer patients will respond to hormonal therapy or chemotherapy.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Switching to newer breast cancer drugs, called aromatase inhibitors, after two to three years of treatment with tamoxifen may extend disease-free survival and slightly reduce the risk of death in women who've been treated for early stage disease, an international study finds.
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SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New data presented today from the world&#39;s largest early breast cancer treatment trial (ATAC) report that ARIMIDEX reduced the relative risk of breast cancer recurrence
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NEW YORK  - Eye injections of the widely-used cancer drug Avastin (also called bevacizumab) curb vision loss caused by radiation treatment for eye cancer, according to results of study.
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A new type of breast cancer drug is clearly superior to the old standard, tamoxifen, in many women and should now be the first drug used
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A new type of breast cancer drug is  superior to the old standard, tamoxifen, in older women and  should now be the first drug used to treat the cancer, U.S. and  British researchers said on Wednesday.
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Novartis AG said on Wednesday that its  breast cancer pill Femara is more effective than the current  standard treatment tamoxifen in reducing the risk that the  cancer will return to older women after surgery.
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The FDA asks for more data about Avastin, which could be used to treat various cancers.
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SAN ANTONIO -- A newer drug clearly outperforms tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning and should become the first-choice treatment for most women who have had the disease, doctors are reporting.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the drug Avastin to traditional chemotherapy for patients with advanced lung cancer prolonged survival by several months, a new study found.
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An analysis of the results of  several studies confirm previous reports suggesting that  chemotherapy offers little or no survival benefits for young  women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancers and,  if given, it should not be the sole second-phase, or "adjuvant"  therapy.