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By Peter West , HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've found a major cellular flaw that may drive the rapid spread of...
FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've found a major cellular flaw that may drive the rapid spread of relapsed lung cancer. When caught early, lung cancer can often be treated. But most cases are not detected until the disease is well advanced.
FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've found a major cellular flaw that may drive the rapid spread of relapsed lung cancer.
BARCELONA – July 1, 2009 – Patients treated with Sutent® for a form of pancreatic cancer survived without the disease progressing for an average of 6 months longer than patients not treated, according to a study presented today at the 11th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer.
AstraZeneca announced that it has received a licence by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for its oral targeted anti-cancer drug, gefitinib, for EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase) activating mutation positive patients with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). NSCLC is the most common type of lung cancer and accounts for 80% of all lung cancer cases.
Pfizer announced preliminary results from a randomized Phase 3 trial of Sutent (sunitinib malate) in patients with advanced pancreatic islet cell tumours, also known as pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours, which is a different type of cancer than the more common pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Study findings demonstrated that median progression-free survival (PFS) was 11.
Helicobacter pylori survives in the body by manipulating important immune system cells. This is shown in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The discovery may lead to new treatments against the common peptic ulcer bacterium.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest tumours and causes a disproportionate number of deaths in Australia
Pancreatic cancer is often called a silent killer because symptoms usually don’t surface until the cancer is in its late stages.
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