Compound Fights Gleevec-Resistant Leukemia
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MONDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The drug Gleevec has proven a lifesaver for people with a blood cancer called chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, a growing number of CML patients have cancers resistant to the medication.
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Two drugs provide good results in preliminary trials.
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Leukemia patients who do not respond to the new drug Gleevec are holding out hope for two new experimental drugs that may be able to help.
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Doctors are hopeful about a new drug to treat skin cancer by causing tumor cells to self-destruct by overloading them with oxygen.
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For prostate cancer, a tomato a day has been shown to keep the doctor away. And now the compound responsible has been found highly effective at inhibiting the growth of existing tumors, even in
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A successful cancer-fighting drug may also damage the heart, although a researcher says leukemia patients who need Gleevec should not abandon it.
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US regulators said Tuesday they approved a new cancer drug from Genzyme Corp. for treating a type of childhood leukemia. The Food and Drug Administration, in a statement on its
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Medarex's partner advances one of its compounds into later stage clinical testing.
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An experimental drug under development by Bristol-Myers Squibb is showing early promise in reversing the signs and symptoms of patients whose chronic myeloid leukemia failed to respond to Gleevec, which is considered the standard of treatment for the
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A new compound gives hope as the disease has become increasingly resistant to current drugs. By Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times.
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THURSDAY, Feb 10 (HealthDay News) -- A compound derived from a rare South American plant shows promise as a treatment for breast cancer, according to a University of Virginia Health System study.
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A second-line drug to treat a life-threatening form of leukemia has won federal approval, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday.
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Arsenic may be a suitable first-line treatment for a rare form of leukaemia called acute promyeloctytic leukaemia (APL), an Iranian study claims.
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The kidney cancer pill Nexavar has shown promise in treating a small number of people with a type of blood cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia or AML, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Government scientists turned regular blood cells into tumor attackers that wiped out all signs of cancer in two men with advanced melanoma. The striking finding, unveiled Thursday, marks an important step in the quest for gene therapy for cancer.
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Genzyme Corp. won approval Wednesday for a childhood leukemia drug under an accelerated government approval process for potentially lifesaving treatments.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- The results of a multi-center trial involving a quartet of drugs may bring fresh hope to patients battling advanced colorectal cancer, researchers reported Thursday.