Archive: 06/06/2016
Intensive treatment of glucose levels can lead to serious complications
With a more-is-better mindset common in society, frequent commercials encouraging checks of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) levels, and ads for new diabetes medications to lower HbA1C in adults with Type 2 diabetes, Mayo Clinic ...
Jun 6, 2016
Novel targeted drug shows promise against advanced small cell lung cancer
The experimental "smart-bomb" drug rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T) appears safe and shows efficacy in treating patients with advanced small cell lung cancer (SCLC), according to results from a first-in-human clinical trial ...
Jun 6, 2016
Progression-free survival triples in select metastatic lung cancer patients with surgery or radiation after chemotherapy
Lung cancer patients with oliogometastases, defined as three or fewer sites of metastasis, may benefit from aggressive local therapy, surgery or radiation, after standard chemotherapy, according to research led by The University ...
Jun 6, 2016
Dual stem-cell transplant improves outlook for children with high-risk neuroblastoma
Children with high-risk neuroblastoma whose treatment included two autologous stem-cell transplants were more likely to be free of cancer three years later than patients who underwent a single transplant, a Phase 3 clinical ...
Jun 6, 2016