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Eight Genes That Help Predict Patients Response to Melanoma Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 31, 2009
...esponse to treatment .
Dr. Tawbi and his colleagues examined the tumor tissues of 21 patients with metastatic melanoma, some of whom responded to chemotherapy and some who did not. Once the cases wer...
Pathwork Launches New Version of Tissue of Origin Test
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 13, 2009
...tive percent agreement (akin to specificity). This statistically significant study consisted of 352 metastatic, poorly differentiated and undifferentiated tumors that had been identified as one of the...
Stopping the Spread of Cancer by Using Nanoparticle-Mediated Drug Delivery
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 22, 2008
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When cancer spreads, this is called metastases and it can be devastating. Metastatic cancer means that the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, including organs like the liver, brain, bo...
Oncology Diagnostics By AviaraDx
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 14, 2008
...he market.
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Two new oncology tests have been launched for the classification of metastatic cancer and identification of patients with estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer ...
Taxol+Avastin Greatly Slowed Progression of Breast Cancer
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 30, 2007
...nefits of an antiangiogenic agent in breast cancer therapy.
The study enrolled 722 women with metastatic disease from the United States, Canada, peru and South Africa. Patients were rando...
Lapatinib (Tykerb) -Capecitabine (Xeloda) Combo Shrinks Breast Cancer Metastases in the Brain
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 18, 2007
...apatinib - a targeted therapy - and capecitabine - a chemotherapy agent - has been found to shrink metastatic brain tumors by at least 50 percent in one-fifth of patients with aggressive HER2-positiv...
Risk of Severe Metastatic Breast Cancer-related Pain, Higher in Non-Caucasians
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 29, 2007
...Chapel Hill and colleagues found that non-whites experience poorer pain control among women with metastatic breast cancer.
Studies indicate that chronic or recurrent pain affects 30 percent ...
Cannabis Compound Can Potentially Fight Metastatic Breast Cancer
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 25, 2007
...ite.
If that is the case, the CBD could be the first non-toxic agent to show promise in treating metastatic forms of breast cancer .
According to Pierre -Yves Desprez, Ph.D., a cancer resear...
New Bristol-Meyers Squibb's New Anti-Cancer Treatment: Ixempra, FDA-Approved
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 22, 2007
... Ixempra (ixabepilone) - has recently been approved by the US FDA for use use in patients with metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer who have not responded to certain other cancer drugs.
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Pfizer's Axitinib: New Promising Experimental Drug Against Advanced Kidney Cancer
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 28, 2007
...g.
The study found the tumour remained stable in 37 percent of the patients."
Advanced or metastatic kidney cancer is difficult to treat. This study result suggests that many more patients ...
First Molecular-Based Lab Test to Detect Metastatic Breast Cancer, Approved by the FDA
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 18, 2007
...mpany - Veridex - has developed and manufactured a molecular-based lab test that will determine metastatic breast cancer: the GeneSearch™ Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Assay .
The good news is...
GeneSearch™ BLN Assay: First Molecular-based Lab Test for Metastatic Breast Cancer Detection, FDA-Approved
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 17, 2007
...f whether the cancer has spread and is used to help decide appropriate therapy for a woman with metastatic breast cancer.
Lymph nodes are part of the system that helps protect the body against infec...
TYKERB®: GlaxoSmithKline's Breast Cancer Drug, Approved by the FDA
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 16, 2007
...e-daily oral treatment option for the following patient population:
patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer whose tumors overexpress HER2 and who have received prior therapy incl...
USFDA Approved GlaxoSmithKline's Breast Cancer Drug TYKERB®
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 15, 2007
...) , in combination with Xeloda® (capecitabine), for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer whose tumors overexpress HER2 and who have received prior therapy (anth...
Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Metastasis
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 18, 2006
...patients with no lymph node spread. The peak at 4,871 could also predict patients with four or more metastatic nodes who have significantly worse outcomes.
Scientists say further tests will have to c...
Vitespen (Oncophage) Vaccine Shows Promising Results Against Glioma
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 17, 2006
...has received fast track and orphan drug designations from the Food and Drug Administration, in both metastatic melanoma (skin cancer) and renal cell carcinoma ( kidney cancer).
More details of t...
Nanoparticle anti-cancer drug tested on humans
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 21, 2006
...-cancer compound, says a company press release :
The study involves patients with inoperable or metastatic solid tumors and has been designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmaco...
A Case of Metastasised Lung Cancer
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 12, 2006
Couple of weeks ago, a dear friend of mine was diagnosed with metastasised lung cancer .
She was just undergoing a routine APE (annual physical examination) when her chest x-ray revealed something suspicious.
Later, her chest CT scan looked like a star-filled sky on both lungs .
Pulm...
How cancer cells spread
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 8, 2005
...ng, Steeg said in a telephone interview yesterday. Bone marrow cells are ''setting up a pre-metastatic site we didn't know existed." ...
GRN163L: Drug Candidate Against Lung Adenocarcinoma
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 5, 2005
...ons, and given at the appropriate dose, may prevent telomerases from binding, eventually preventing metastatic tumors from forming.
Does it work? Yes, in mice. The researchers injected human lung tum...