News tagged with oncology group
Studies help clarify the role of lapatinib and trastuzumab in treating HER2 positive breast cancer
In patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, Tykerb (lapatinib) has been used both in combination with herceptin (trastuzumab) and as an alternative single-agent therapy for pre-surgery (neo-adjuvant) chemotherapy treatment. ...
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Study reports steady increases in long-term survival among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
A study by the Children's Oncology Group (COG) reported that five-year survival for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL, the most common type of pediatric cancer) among children treated through COG clinical trials increased ...
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Mar 12, 2012 |
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Inherited risk factors for childhood leukemia are more common in Hispanic patients
Hispanic children are more likely than those from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and are more likely to die of their disease. Work led by St. Jude Children's Research ...
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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Study: Preoperative estrogen-blocking therapy may preempt need for mastectomy
Preoperative treatment with aromatase inhibitors increases the likelihood that postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer will be able to have breast-conserving surgery rather than a mastectomy, according ...
Cancer
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Intervention helps mothers of children diagnosed with cancer
(HealthDay)—Compared with a nondirective support intervention, mothers of children recently diagnosed with cancer who participate in the Bright IDEAS problem-solving skills training (PSST) intervention ...
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Jan 31, 2013 |
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Adjuvant radiochemotherapy has lasting benefit in gastric cancer
(HealthDay) -- Ten-year data from the Southwestern Oncology Group-directed Intergroup Study 0116 confirm the benefits of adjuvant radiochemotherapy after gastric cancer resection in terms of overall survival ...
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May 18, 2012 |
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