Oncology & Cancer
Rare leukaemia survival-rate breakthrough
A pioneering genetic study means that children with a rare subtype of leukaemia have 75% less chance of their leukaemia recurring.
Aug 13, 2013
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News tagged with treatment regimens
Oncology & Cancer
Study confirms adding chemotherapy to surgery improves survival in advanced gastric cancer
For patients with advanced gastric cancer, treatment with chemotherapy after surgery can reduce the risk of cancer related death by 34% over five years compared to surgery alone, researchers said at the 15th ESMO World Congress ...
Jul 3, 2013
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Cardiology
Specialized treatment helps cholesterol patients who suffer side effects from statins
Up to 15 percent of patients who take cholesterol-lowering statin medications experience muscle pain or other side effects, and many patients simply stop taking the drugs.
Jun 28, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds greater potential benefit in overall survival for eribulin compared with capecitabine
Subgroup analyses from a phase III clinical trial comparing a newer chemotherapy agent called eribulin mesylate, with capecitabine, a standard chemotherapy medication in women with previously treated metastatic breast cancer, ...
Jun 12, 2013
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Long-term apremilast demonstrates continued efficacy in patients with psoriatic arthritis
New data presented today at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism show that apremilast administered to patients with psoriatic arthritis continues to demonstrate meaningful clinical responses ...
Jun 12, 2013
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Medical research
Lifespan-extending drug given late in life reverses age-related heart disease in mice
Elderly mice suffering from age-related heart disease saw a significant improvement in cardiac function after being treated with the FDA-approved drug rapamycin for just three months. The research, led by a team of scientists ...
Jun 10, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Nontoxic cancer therapy proves effective against metastatic cancer
A combination of nontoxic dietary and hyperbaric oxygen therapies effectively increased survival time in a mouse model of aggressive metastatic cancer, a research team from the Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory at ...
Jun 5, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Many solid tumors carry genetic changes targeted by existing compounds
Nearly two-thirds of solid tumors carry at least one mutation that may be targeted, or medicated, by an existing compound, according to new findings from researchers Fox Chase Cancer Center that will be presented at the 49th ...
May 31, 2013
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Health
Epigenetic biomarkers may predict if a specific diet and exercise regimen will work
Would you be more likely to try a diet and exercise regimen if you knew in advance if it would actually help you lose weight? Thanks to a new report published in the June 2013 issue of The FASEB Journal, this could become ...
May 30, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Shorter duration steroid therapy may offer similar effectiveness in reducing COPD exacerbations
Among patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring hospital admission, a 5-day glucocorticoid treatment course was non-inferior (not worse than) to a 14-day course with regard ...
May 21, 2013
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