April 15th, 2008
This came to my attention a while back, but for some reason got buried in my inbox. So sorry Laura!
Two new oncology tests — classifying metastatic cancer and identifying patients with estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer who are at high risk of recurrence as well as unlikely to respond favorably to standard adjuvant […]
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November 26th, 2007
CBD, a compound found in Cannabis Sativa (or marijuana) may prove to be effective in helping stop the spread of breast cancer cells throughout the body.
Such were the findings by scientists at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute. CBD could be the first non-toxic agent to show promise in treating metastatic forms of breast […]
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October 23rd, 2007
Cancer is said to be metastatic once cancer in one body spreads to other body parts. In lay man’s term, the spreading of cancer to other locations.
When cancer becomes metastatic, it becomes an advanced stage cancer that is most often difficult to treat because the cancer becomes unresponsive to typical treatment.
Like metastatic breast cancer that […]
By Gloria Gamat -- 3 comments
March 16th, 2007
A product of GlaxoSmithKile Plc - TYKERB® (lapatinib) – has recently been approved by the USFDA, in combination with Xeloda® (capecitabine), for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer whose tumors overexpress HER2 and who have received prior therapy including an anthracycline, a taxane, and trastuzumab.
TYKERB® (a pdf file) - a small […]
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