Tykerb Approved for Advanced Breast Cancer
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TUESDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- GlaxoSmithKline&#39;s Tykerb (lapatinib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat advanced breast cancer when other cancer drugs haven&#39;t succeeded, the agency said Tuesday.
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The FDA has approved the drug letrozole for use in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who have completed standard adjuvant tamoxifen therapy.
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Novartis AG won US approval to promote the drug Femara for women who have finished standard therapy for early-stage breast cancer and run out of options, the company said on Friday.
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The ATAC (Arimidex, tamoxifen, alone or in combination) trial is the largest and longest-running early breast cancer treatment study.
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Biogen and Elan receive an additional approval for Tysabri.
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For those that missed it last night, Biogen Idec (BIIB:Nasdaq - news - research) and Elan Pharmaceuticals (ELN:NYSE ADR - news - research) received FDA approval for their new multiple sclerosis drug, now called Tysabri (formerly known as Antegren.
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Using Herceptin in combination with chemotherapy before surgery could cut the number of mastectomies needed in women.
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Doctors researching breast cancer say a new drug has had "exciting" results.
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Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who take tamoxifen for five years appear to have a 30 percent lower risk of dying from coronary heart disease than
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Arimidex has been shown to reduce the recurrence of breast cancer in women better than tamoxifen, the standard breast cancer therapy for postmenopausal women.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a genetic test that, when conducted soon after a woman learns she has breast cancer, can predict the odds of the disease returning and worsening.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A new chemotherapy drug called Ixempra has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat women with advanced breast cancer who haven't responded to three other types of chemotherapy.
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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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A blood test has been developed which counts cancer cells in the advanced breast cancer patientâs blood stream and tells whether the treatment is successful.
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BEIJING, Aug.20(Xinhuanet) -- Scientists say the effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be quickly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient&#39;s blood.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has granted fast-trackapproval to Tarceva (erlotinib) to treat advanced non-small cell lungcancer that has failed to respond to other therapy.
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A drug now used to treat breast cancer could help men with advanced prostate cancer live longer, say scientists.