Cancer drug helps early lung cancer patients
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A drug that starves tumors of their blood supply can help patients live longer, without adding to some of the worst effects of chemotherapy, researchers reported on Thursday.
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LONDON - Drug manufacturer AstraZeneca PLC announced Friday that trials of its new lung cancer drug found it didn&#39;t help patients live longer.
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A test can help doctors determine which  lung cancer patients will respond to a leading chemotherapy  drug and avoid ineffective treatments and side effects in those  who don't, Spanish researchers said on Monday.
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Scientists have shown that a common antibiotic can turn off cancer cells in mice, offering hope of new treatments for cancer patients.
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An experimental cancer drug made by Abbott Laboratories Inc. passed its first round of human testing about six months faster than usual, thanks to a new program that aims to speed drug development.
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Patients volunteering for early trials of experimental cancer drugs may be far safer today than their counterparts were a decade ago.
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A common asthma drug slowed  pancreatic cancer tumor growth in mice and made standard  chemotherapy more effective, scientists said on Tuesday,  indicating a possible new way to fight the deadly disease.
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Men with advanced prostate cancer that is not responding to hormone therapy could benefit from a drug now used to treat breast cancer, say scientists.
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A drug made from the ocean's sea squirt may help those with a rare form of cancer, research suggests.
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A potent anti-cancer drug may provide a new treatment for Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.
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The drug toremifene, used to treat breast cancer in women, has been found to also reduce the incidence of prostate cancer in men at risk for the disease.
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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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A drug now used to treat breast cancer could help men with advanced prostate cancer live longer, say scientists.
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New data presented today confirm that advanced lung cancer patients canlook forward to better-quality survival when treated with Alimta(R)(pemetrexed), a newly approved anticancer agent in the European Unioncompared with Taxotere(R) (docetaxel).
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This lung cancer drug is not as effective as once hoped.
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CHICAGO -- For the first time, doctors say they have found a pill that improves survival for people with liver cancer, a notoriously hard to treat disease diagnosed in more than half a million people globally each year.
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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.