Breast Cancer Drug Study Canceled
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The federal government yesterday canceled a $100 million study designed to test a new generation of drugs to prevent breast cancer in women at risk for the disease.
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LONDON - Arimidex, one of a new class of breast cancer drugs, has clearly beaten standard treatment tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning in a 5-year study, researchers said on Wednesday.
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A study testing whether naproxen would reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease was halted after researchers noted an increase in heart attack and stroke among participants who were taking the pain reliever.
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A clinical trial of the blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was shut down Friday after researchers found an increase in the risk of serious heart disease and strokes in those taking the drug.
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BEIJING -- China's drug watchdog announced Saturday it has suspended the sale of a drug used to treat acute leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis in the latest move to hit the country's scandal-ridden drug industry.
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THE QUESTION: Tamoxifen is commonly taken by women with breast cancer to prevent its recurrence and by women at high risk for the disease.
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Tamoxifen reduces the risk of breast cancer returning long after women stop taking the drug, research suggests.
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CHICAGO -- A medical school and a group of about 50 breast cancer patients have agreed to settle a lawsuit over a canceled experimental vaccine program that some patients claimed had kept them alive.
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Women with a high risk of breast cancer are declining to take tamoxifen because they are afraid of side-effects, even though the drug can protect them from the cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Cancer patients are being put at risk because of the refusal of drug companies to publish the results of clinical trials, scientists claimed yesterday.
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Home Health United has canceled the flu shot clinics scheduled for this week in the Madison area in the wake of a decision by British health officials to halt shipments of vaccine from a company
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CHICAGO A North Chicago medical school and about 50 breast cancer patients agreed to settle a lawsuit. It arose after the school canceled an experimental vaccine program that some patients claimed kept them alive.
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Women with a high risk of breast cancer are declining to take tamoxifen because they are afraid of side effects, even though the drug can protect them from the cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A clinical trial of the blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was shut down yesterday after researchers found an increase in the risk of serious heart disease and strokes in those taking the
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GenVec Inc. shares lost almost half their value Thursday after the Food and Drug Administration halted a study of its lead product candidate because the anti-cancer drug may increase blood clots in patients.
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PHILADELPHIA - US health officials are warning of flawed research in two major studies that recently suggested birth control pills can reduce the risk of heart disease and have no effect on rates of breast cancer.
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NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc. said yesterday it has halted all clinical trials and development for a cholesterol drug because of an unexpected number of deaths and cardiovascular problems in patients who used it.