Cancer drug shows potential
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OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc., which has placed its future hopes almost entirely on its flagship anti-cancer drug Tarceva, said yesterday the experimental medication slightly improved the length
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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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A VACCINE for treating lung cancer has shown very promising results in a trial, according to results presented yesterday. More than half the patients, in whom the disease was at an advanced
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There's encouraging news about an enzyme replacement drug.
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In what may be good news for cervical cancer patients, a new study suggests a bone cancer drug seems to shrink the size of these tumors in mice.
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SCIENTISTS at Stanford University have discovered an antibiotic capable of turning off cancer cells in mice. It could offer hope to cancer treatment in future.
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Lifestyle may play a big role in how well the latest generation of anti-cancer drugs works, research suggests.
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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 drug approved last year as a last-ditch hope for some lung cancer patients who didn&#39;t find relief from other forms of therapy has come up short in a large clinical trial.
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Two drugs provide good results in preliminary trials.
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An experimental cancer drug made by Abbott Laboratories Inc. passed its first round of human testing about six months faster than usual, thanks to a new program that aims to speed drug development.
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Scientists have discovered a new  cancer-causing gene that they believe could be a molecular  master switch for the disease.
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Identifying the properties of the cancer stem cells could provide crucial information and lead to more potent treatments, researchers say.
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Scientists launched a trial on Monday to test whether a new drug works as an initial treatment against the most common form of lung cancer.
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A new drug may give older women with early stages of breast cancer a better chance of beating the disease and stopping it returning and spreading.
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New technology could lead to safer, more effective drugs.
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The company faces a pivotal clinical trial.