Light activated cancer drug hope
120543
Scientists say they may be able to make cancer drugs target tumours by using ultra-violet light to activate them.
533073
A food extract could be used to improve the effects of an established cancer drug, research suggests.
140958
A major trial of one of a new generation of "smart" drugs that selectively attacks cancer cells is launched.
555669
Scientists from Boston&#39;s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are hoping to garner new methods of treating skin cancer from studying the ageing processes that turn a person&#39;s hair grey.
547259
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.
138493
A drug now used to treat breast cancer could help men with advanced prostate cancer live longer, say scientists.
397304
WITH nearly three new cases of breast cancer detected in Singapore every day, a drug that greatly reduces the risk of the disease recurring after surgery is giving such women hope.
145678
Doctors are hopeful about a new drug to treat skin cancer by causing tumor cells to self-destruct by overloading them with oxygen.
323228
A potent anti-cancer drug may provide a new treatment for Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.
752247
NEW YORK  - Studies in mice show that a   group of drugs currently being evaluated as anti-cancer agents   promotes recovery from muscular dystrophy, a disease marked by   progressive weakness and degeneration of the muscles that   control movement for which there is no cure.
756718
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a pediatric leukemia drug developed by Southern Research Institute of Birmingham. It is the first new treatment in a decade for children who have been stricken with the life-threatening disease.
516134
A new blood test holds promise for improving the treatment of advanced breast cancer, researchers report. The test, which looks for malignant cells in the blood, gives
87028
NEW YORK  - Scientists may be closing in on a remedy for a common degenerative condition of the retina called retinitis pigmentosa.
129104
Scientists have shown that a common antibiotic can turn off cancer cells in mice, offering hope of new treatments for cancer patients.
485506
A Merck &amp; Co. Inc. drug received federal approval Friday to treat a slow-growing cancer that affects infection-fighting white blood cells. The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug, Zolinza, to treat advanced cases of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a rare cancer that's a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Roughly 20,000 Americans have the cancer, Merck said.
546521
British scientists have discovered a new way to improve the effectiveness of drugs used to treat prostate cancer. Researchers at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular
284659
MONDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- An antibiotic called siomycin A shows early promise as an anti-cancer agent, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.