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Dose-dense chemo aids high-risk breast cancer patients

Posted on: 08/10/2014 - 20:10

MADRID – A dose-dense, third-generation chemotherapy regimen surpassed a more standard regimen for adjuvant therapy of high-risk breast cancer patients with positive nodes and either triple-negative...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Rolapitant curbs chemo-induced nausea and vomiting

Posted on: 07/10/2014 - 17:01

MADRID – The investigational neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist rolapitant met all of its endpoints in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in a phase III trial. Among 532...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

New drug boosts survival in metastatic CRC

Posted on: 07/10/2014 - 14:50

MADRID – Treatment with a new nucleoside-analogue drug produced clinically meaningful improvements in survival and performance status in a phase III trial that enrolled 800 patients with metastatic...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

New drug boosts survival in metastatic CRC

Posted on: 07/10/2014 - 14:50

MADRID – Treatment with a new nucleoside-analogue drug produced clinically meaningful improvements in survival and performance status in a phase III trial that enrolled 800 patients with metastatic...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

More people die from thin melanomas than thick melanomas

Posted on: 02/10/2014 - 13:45

EDINBURGH – Contrary to the perception that most melanoma deaths result from thick melanomas, long-term data from Australia show that more people die who initially present with thin melanomas. Among...

Field of Interest: Dermatology
Type: News Item

MicroRNA test improved preop pancreatic cancer diagnosis

Posted on: 01/10/2014 - 08:00

Cytology and a microRNA-based test identified pancreatic cancer 91% of the time in specimens obtained by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration – a substantial improvement, compared with...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Veterans at increased risk of skin cancer

Posted on: 30/09/2014 - 17:58

EDINBURGH – U.S. military personnel deployed overseas during the past decade have increased risk factors for skin cancer, a new survey suggests. Researchers reported that 77% of veterans were...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

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