New Form of Breast Cancer Drug Approved
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new form of the widely used cancer drug Taxol that is easier to administer and avoids some side effects.
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Older women suffering from breast cancer should take a newer drug in place of the tried-and-true tamoxifen, researchers from the US and Britain have announced.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators yesterday approved the first molecular-based laboratory test that -- within minutes -- can tell surgeons whether breast cancer has spread and requires more intensive surgery.
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British women who have had breast cancer can now have a new treatment which has been found to prevent the disease returning and to prolong survival.
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A fast-acting pathway used by the drug tamoxifen to kill damaged breast cells before they become cancerous has been identified by scientists at Duke University.
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A new type of drug shows growing promise as a more potent way for many breast cancer patients to significantly cut their risk of a recurrence, researchers reported yesterday.
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The US drug agency agreed to allow a drug currently used against advanced breast cancer to be prescribed to prevent the disease from recurring in women who have been treated for early forms of the disease.
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THE REPORT: Doctors are reporting that a new breast cancer drug outperforms the tried-and-true tamoxifen at preventing the disease from recurring.
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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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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
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A breakthrough cancer drug made by a Long Island company won federal approval late Thursday in a major victory for cancer patients and the region&#39;s budding biotech industry.
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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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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- A newer drug called anastrozole could replace tamoxifen as the standard drug for postmenopausal breast cancer patients whose cancer is fueled by estrogen, a new study finds.
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WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to allow broader application of a breast cancer drug. The drug (letrozole) is currently used against advanced breast cancer and the FDA will now allow
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WASHINGTON -- Women with an aggressive form of advanced breast cancer that other treatments have failed to stop gained a new option yesterday with the approval of a novel drug -- but how much benefit it offers is unclear.
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SAN ANTONIO Dec 8, 2004 - 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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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A new chemotherapy drug called Ixempra has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat women with advanced breast cancer who haven't responded to three other types of chemotherapy.