Asthma drug shows promise against pancreas cancer
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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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Drug developer EntreMed Inc. said Wednesday that an animal study suggests its lead product candidate, a cancer drug called Panzem, can effectively slow growth of head and neck tumors.
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Scientists said on Friday they were a step closer to developing a new class of easy-to-take asthma and allergy drug, capable of tackling the underlying cause of disease rather than just the symptoms.
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Gestational diabetes may be associated with a substantially increased risk for pancreatic cancer, a new study has found.
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Genentech and OSI's launch of Tarceva brings a new choice in the treatment of lung cancer.
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Two drugs provide good results in preliminary trials.
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A potent anti-cancer drug may provide a new treatment for Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.
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Two newly published studies in the September 17, 2004 issue of Science give rise to the possibility of developing drug therapies that target eosinophils, white blood cells long known to be associated with the asthma.
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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.
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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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A drug that helps the immune system recognize and attack lung cancer cells may improve survival time among patients with advanced disease.
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Two experimental drugs could offer hope to leukemia patients who no longer benefit from Gleevec, the groundbreaking cancer pill, research presented Sunday in San Diego at the meeting of the American Society of Hematology shows.
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A study shows promising results for Novartis's COX-2 inhibitor.
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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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NEW YORK  - The inhaled drug fluticasone  propionate is unlike to cause major hormone disturbances in  patients with severe asthma, according to a report in the  Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.
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THE REPORT: Doctors are reporting that a new breast cancer drug outperforms the tried-and-true tamoxifen at preventing the disease from recurring.
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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.