New Drug Targets Pancreatic Cancer Two Ways
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SATURDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDayNews) -- A new drug that targets pancreatic cancer in two ways is being tested by oncologists at the University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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A newer drug prevented far more breast cancers from recurring in older women than the old standby tamoxifen and with far fewer side effects, doctors said Wednesday, citing a new 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 to treat the cancer, U.S. and British researchers said on Wednesday.
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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.
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This lung cancer drug is not as effective as once hoped.
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An experimental lung cancer drug has extended patients' life expectancy by more than 50% in preliminary trials.
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FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer drugs may be able to switch on a gene that tumor cells have switched off, potentially offering a new target for treatment, scientists say.
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Tiny bubbles injected in mice delivered potent cancer drugs to tumors without harming surrounding tissue, a U.S. researcher said on Tuesday, in a finding that may lead to new targeted cancer therapies.
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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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A drug used to treat advanced breast and  lung cancers has been found to prolong the lives of men with  advanced prostate cancer whose tumors don't respond to hormone  therapy, according to two studies published on Wednesday.
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Two drugs provide good results in preliminary trials.
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A common antibiotic is able to turn off cancer cells in mice, offering hope of new treatments, say researchers.
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A major trial of one of a new generation of "smart" drugs that selectively attacks cancer cells is launched.
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SAN DIEGO - Two different novel targeted therapies can produce strong responses in patients who have become resistant to Gleevec(tm), the standard therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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A Washington state family that has lost nine members to pancreatic cancer is helping researchers better understand the disease. After 10 years research, scientists at the University of Washington identified a gene important in the inherited form of pancreatic cancer &#151; one of the deadliest forms. The finding could help diagnose the disease earlier and treat it.
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Local researchers have found that two new designer drugs produce strong responses in patients who&#39;ve become resistant to Gleevec, the leukemia wonder drug that heralded a new era in cancer treatment 3 1/2 years ago.