Novartis anti-leukemia drug works for 5 years, study says
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Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's cancer-fighting drug Gleevec can still help treat chronic myeloid leukemia even after five years of use, a new study showed on Wednesday.
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Genentech's cancer drug Avastin helped patients with advanced kidney cancer live twice as long as those on standard therapy alone, according to a study released on Saturday.
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NEW YORK  - Unlike cranial radiation,   chemotherapy for children with a certain type of leukemia does   not appear to have harmful long-term effects on intelligence,   even at high doses, a new study shows.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved Novartis AGâs Femara (letrozole) tablets for use in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who have already received post-surgery tamoxifen therapy for five years.
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An experimental lung cancer drug has extended patients' life expectancy by more than 50% in preliminary trials.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Food and Drug Administration is giving hope to children with Leukemia that don&#39;t respond to traditional treatments.
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Sirtris-sponsored study shows potential for the fight against aging.
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Two infusions of the cancer drug Rituxan  given two weeks apart slowed the progression of multiple  sclerosis for nearly a year, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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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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Roche Holding AG on Monday said new data  showed cancer drug MabThera significantly extended survival and  cured more patients with aggressive lymphoma than chemotherapy  alone.
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By Sabine Vollmer, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 7--It took five years, but Cardinal Health has received regulatory approval to start making drugs at its North Raleigh plant.
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Chemotherapy treatments for children with brain tumours reduces long-term damage, say researchers.
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Blood from a newborn&#39;s umbilical cord, often thrown away but rich in cells that may rebuild the body&#39;s blood production system, is safe to treat leukemia in adults, two studies released on Wednesday show.
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Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on   Saturday that clinical tests had shown its once-yearly Aclasta   medicine had proved effective in reducing incidence of bone   fracture in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO).
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Letrozole tablets (Femara-Novartis) have been approved by FDA for the extended adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who have received adjuvant tamoxifen therapy for 5 years.
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Next-generation leukemia pills,  designed to help patients not cured by the successful drug  Gleevec, work even better than doctors had hoped, researchers  said on Sunday.
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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.