Oncology & Cancer

Researchers to present progression-free survival results

Results from the final analysis of progression-free survival, response rate, and safety for the randomized, phase III Breast Cancer Trials of Oral Everolimus-1 (BOLERO-1) are to be presented here at the 2014 San Antonio Breast ...

Oncology & Cancer

SABCS: no benefit in extending trastuzumab in HER2 breast CA

(HealthDay)—For patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive early-stage breast cancer, one year of adjuvant trastuzumab should remain the standard of care, according to a study presented at the ...

Medications

Understanding what causes trastuzumab's cardiotoxicity

A new meta-analysis published in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology helps shed light on how changes in mitochondria-related gene expression may cause the cardiotoxicity associated with the cancer therapy trastuzumab.

Oncology & Cancer

Are too few women being offered breast-conserving treatment?

Two new studies presented at the ESMO 2012 Congress in Vienna, Austria show how improvements in breast cancer treatments are making it possible for more women to conserve their breasts following therapy, but raise concerns ...

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