News tagged with chemotherapy
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Intensified chemotherapy shows promise for children with very high risk form of leukemia
Young patients with an aggressive form of leukemia who are likely to relapse after chemotherapy treatment can significantly reduce those odds by receiving additional courses of chemotherapy, suggest the findings of a clinical ...
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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FDA OKs expanded use of prostate cancer drug
(HealthDay)—The approved use of the drug Zytiga has been expanded to include treatment of men with late-stage, hormone therapy-resistant prostate cancer before they undergo chemotherapy, the U.S. Food ...
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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Novel drug therapy targets aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and the seventh most frequently diagnosed cancer. The most chemotherapy resistant form of DLBCL, called activated B-cell – DLBCL ...
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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Scientists identify liposarcoma tumors that respond to chemotherapy
Liposarcoma, the most common type of sarcoma, is an often lethal form of cancer that develops in fat cells. It is particularly deadly, in part, because the tumors are not consistently visible with positron emission tomography ...
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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Stem cell research provides hope for infertile cancer survivors
Radiation and chemotherapy can pack a powerful punch against all kinds of cancers. Those who survive, however, are often left with bad news: Their treatments have rendered them infertile.
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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More than a third of high-risk leukemia patients respond to an experimental new drug
A new drug for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) marked by a specific type of genetic mutation has shown surprising promise in a Phase II clinical trial. In more than a third of participants, the leukemia was completely ...
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Dec 09, 2012 |
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Pre-clinical data shows Angiocidin effective against leukemia
Angiocidin, a novel tumor-inhibiting protein, has been shown to reduce acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells in vivo by almost two-thirds in pre-clinical experiments.
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Dec 09, 2012 |
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Genetic susceptibility to anthracycline-related congestive heart failure (CHF) in survivors of hematopoietic cell transp
Researchers have identified specific genetic factors that are associated with heart failure in patients who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) for blood cancer.
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Dec 09, 2012 |
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'Chemo brain' may occur before treatment even starts
(HealthDay)—So-called "chemo brain"—problems with thinking, concentrating and remembering that are associated with receiving chemotherapy—may actually start to occur before the treatment is initiated, ...
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Dec 07, 2012 |
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Study compares standard against newer treatment in women whose breast cancer has spread
Results from a phase III clinical trial comparing a newer chemotherapy agent called eribulin mesylate with capecitabine, a standard drug used for chemotherapy today in women with previously treated metastatic breast cancer, ...
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Dec 07, 2012 |
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Diverse genetic alterations found in triple-negative breast cancers after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Many different genetic alterations were detected in tumor cells left behind after patients with triple-negative breast cancer were treated with chemotherapy prior to surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy), according to data presented ...
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Dec 07, 2012 |
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Chemo may extend survival after breast cancer's return
(HealthDay)—In women with breast cancer that has recurred but remains confined to in or near the breast, post-surgical chemotherapy appears to boost survival, new research shows.
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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FDA: Zofran 32-mg dose pulled from market
(HealthDay)—The 32-mg, single intravenous dose of Zofran (ondansetron), an anti-nausea drug, is being removed from the market due to its potential to cause serious, even fatal, cardiac damage, according ...
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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Less invasive surgery detects residual breast cancer in lymph nodes after chemotherapy
Most patients whose breast cancer has spread to their lymph nodes have most of the lymph nodes in their armpit area removed after chemotherapy to see if any cancer remains. A study conducted through the American College of ...
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Dec 05, 2012 |
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Longer life expectancy, aging population necessitate new strategies for prostate cancer care
The population of the United States is getting older, due not only to aging boomers but also to a four-year increase in life expectancy from 1990 to 2010. An aging population means increased diagnosis of prostate cancer. ...
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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