Extra drug &#39;cures half of bowel cancers&#39;
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Half of those suffering the early form of Britain&#39;s second biggest cancer killer can be cured when an extra drug is added to standard treatment, doctors announced yesterday.
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Extra copies of a certain gene found  in about a third of breast cancers may be responsible for their  unchecked growth and survival, researchers reported on  Thursday.
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UK scientists have identified a gene which increases the risk of bowel cancer by 20 per cent.
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Adding the drug Avastin to a regimen of targeted therapy Erbitux and chemotherapy in patients with advanced colon cancer is more effective than the two drugs alone, a leading cancer researcher said on Wednesday.
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Scientists believe they may have found a much more accurate way of diagnosing bowel cancer.
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British scientists have discovered a new way to improve the effectiveness of drugs used to treat prostate cancer.
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New data presented today has shown Xeloda, a targeted oral chemotherapy, improves disease outcomes and saves money when used as post surgery (adjuvant therapy) colon cancer treatment.
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About half the patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin&#39;s lymphoma in the United States don&#39;t receive the recommended dose and schedule of chemotherapy, which reduces their
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Israeli and American researchers have discovered that if taken for at least five years, a simple drug for treating gout can reduce the risk of getting colorectal cancer cancer the second most common malignancy in Israel by an amazing 66 percent.
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Cancer cells often have a way of  outsmarting new targeted drug therapies, but U.S. researchers  said on Thursday a combination of targeted drugs could shut  down a tumor&#39;s backup plan, resulting in much more effective  treatments.
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CHICAGO -- For the first time, doctors say they have found a pill that improves survival for people with liver cancer, a notoriously hard to treat disease diagnosed in more than half a million people globally each year.
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A new type of drug shows growing promise as a more potent way for many breast cancer patients to significantly cut their risk of a recurrence, researchers reported yesterday.
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Cancer patients treated with Genentech Inc.&#39;s colon cancer drug bevacizumab (Avastin) along with the chemotherapy regimen FOLFOX4 lived longer than patients treated with the chemotherapy alone in a late-stage clinical
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LONDON -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second-largest pharmaceutical company, said Monday that it expects to introduce five new cancer treatments through 2010.
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Scientists have found a way to prevent bowel cancer from growing.
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Medicare payment cuts will leave more than half of clinics and doctors&#39; offices that provide cancer-fighting chemotherapy unable to cover costs of some key drugs, oncologists said on Wednesday.
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Misaligned incentives are leading two potentially life-saving drugs for treating lymphoma to go underused.