Novel Leukemia Pills Show Promise
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Dec. 6, 2004 (San Diego) -- A new generation of medications to treat leukemia is wiping out cancer in people who fail to benefit from the blockbuster drug Gleevec, researchers say.
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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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Scientists at the University of Cambridge develop new treatments for cancer.
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MONDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- The high price of the leukemia drug Gleevec is offset by the expected increase in survival rates among patients who take it, say two Duke University studies in the December issue of Cancer.
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Harvard researchers are developing the first drug that specifically targets cancer stem cells.
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A panel of medical experts on Wednesday recommended approval for Ilex Oncology Inc.'s new drug Clolar for use against one type of leukemia but not against another.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a pediatric leukemia drug developed by Southern Research Institute of Birmingham. It is the first new treatment in a decade for children who have been stricken with the life-threatening disease.
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For the first time, doctors said Monday 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 drug used to treat people infected with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
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British researchers have identified the cancer stem cells that spawn tumors in the most common form of childhood leukemia, and said on Thursday it provided a "bull's eye" target for new drugs.
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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 recurrence, researchers reported yesterday.
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Researchers have discovered a genetic mutation that causes an aggressive form of childhood leukemia and said on Thursday it may mean that drugs being developed for Alzheimer's disease could also provide a better treatment for the cancer.
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Five years ago, Portland&#39;s Dr. Brian Druker told a gathering of blood scientists about a few dozen cancer patients who were taking an obscure new drug with surprising success.
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A next-generation leukemia pill designed to help patients not cured by the successful drug Gleevec works even better than doctors had hoped, researchers said Sunday.
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Two experimental drugs could offer hope to leukemia patients who no longer benefit from Gleevec, says research presented Sunday at the meeting of the American Society of Hematology in San Diego.
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New drugs that are currently in clinical trials for muscle-wasting diseases could become the next big thing for athletes.
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Federal health advisers recommended approval of the first new cancer drug in the past decade specifically aimed at treating the most common childhood leukemia.