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According to a study that appeared online in the January 22 issue of Lancet Oncology, patients taking Nexavar® (sorafenib) need to be carefully monitored and treated.
In clinical testing, Nexavar improved overall survival by 44 percent among people with HCC. Median overall survival was 10.7 months among those treated with the drug, versus 7.9 months among […]
According to Wildon Farwell, M.D., of the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and colleagues, patients that are on cholesterol-lowering drugs – statins – may be at a lower risk for developing cancer — especially lung and colorectal cancers.
Statin users had a reduced risk of all cancer types compared with non-statin users. The incidence of cancer […]
The Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida is seeking patients who have primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) that has spread to other organs or is too advanced to be treated by surgery and must have had prior chemotherapy treatments.
The said patients are being recruited by Moffitt for the phase II study of the oral medication […]
Just four months of hormonal (androgen deprivation) therapy before and with standard external beam radiation therapy slowed cancer growth by as much as eight years–especially the development of bone metastases–and increased survival in older men with potentially aggressive prostate cancer.
Such were the findings reported by researchers of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group.
This “neoadjuvant” hormonal therapy […]
A new experimental drug has been found by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Cancer Institute researchers to be effective against a highly resistant mutation in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
The said new drug candidate - SGX393 - has been found to inhibit most resistant mutations — including T315I — both in mouse models and […]
Molecules found in the common fungus Ganoderma lucidum aid in suppressing some of the mechanisms involved in the progression of prostate cancer. The said fungus works by disrupting the androgen receptor activity and impeding the proliferation of cancerous cells.
Such were the findings of a recent research from University of Haifa.
In this research, conducted by Dr. […]
Speaking of breast cancer…
Previously popular treatments – i.e. big-dose chemotherapy – apparently are of no help against breast cancer.
Such were the findings recently reported by a group of Houston researchers.
A grueling and controversial breast cancer treatment that was popular in the late 1980s and the 1990s does not extend the lives of patients in advanced […]
The targeted cancer pill – Gleevec - has been approved for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors, pediatric CML, as well as five additional rare cancers.
While it has been reported to have saved more than 100,000 lives, Gleevec is now saving more children with a dire leukemia (Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) ), […]
We already know that smokers have a higher risk of developing lung cancer.
However, smokers and non-smokers alike may be able to substantially reduce the risk of developing lung cancer by simply eating four or more servings of green salad a week and working in the garden once or twice a week.
Such were the findings of […]
I’ve blogged on and on above the beneficial effects of a fruits-and-vegetable-rich diet against cancer.
Though the effects are not immediate, in the long run, such diet has a role on cancer prevention.
Now, there is new evidence for the protective effects of fruits and vegetables.
Researchers presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Sixth Annual International […]
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