Cancer Drug Avastin Fights Brain Tumors
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TUESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) appears able to slow the growth of the most common and deadly form of brain cancer -- gliomas -- and extend patient survival, according to a pilot study conducted at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.
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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.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A compound designed to block growth hormone, coupled with a standard chemotherapy drug, successfully treated human breast cancer in mice.
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SATURDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used as part of a regimen to treat HIV also appears to kill cancer cells, researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute report.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of the drug bevacizumab (brand name Avastin) and the standard chemotherapy agent irinotecan may benefit patients with a type of deadly brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), says a Duke University pilot study.
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The commonly used cancer drug Avastin helped slow tumor growth in patients with advanced forms of lung cancer, the leading cancer killer worldwide, a study presented on Saturday found.
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THURSDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- A recent warning that the colorectal cancer drug Avastin has life-threatening side effects seems unlikely to change its application, experts say.
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More than a quarter of patients with advanced kidney cancer saw their tumors shrink after treatment with GlaxoSmithKline Plc's pazopanib, a new pill designed to rival Genentech's blockbuster drug Avastin, researchers said on Saturday.
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A Merck &amp; Co. Inc. drug received federal approval Friday to treat a slow-growing cancer that affects infection-fighting white blood cells.
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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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Merck KGaA's cancer drug cilengitide showed encouraging results in a Phase I study in the treatment of glioma, an aggressive form of brain tumor, the German drugs and chemicals group said on Monday.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have discovered that a gene that triggers the growth of stem cells during early brain development is also key to the growth of deadly adult brain tumors called gliomas.
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It's running trials to see if the drug can be used in earlier stages of cancer.
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A drug widely used to treat H.I.V. infection may also be effective in fighting cancer, a new study suggests, and a human trial of the medicine is already under way.
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Genentech Inc. and Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG said Monday that a recent study showed their colon cancer drug Avastin significantly extended patient survival when combined with oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy drugs.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc announced further clinical trial results on Sunday underlining the ability of a drug combination including its product Tykerb to fight breast cancer that has spread to the brain.
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Two experimental drugs are showing strong early results in treating patients with a blood cancer that has grown resistant to the most commonly prescribed medicine, doctors reported here on Sunday.