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New Melanoma Drug Boosts Survival Rates

Written on 22 Jun, 2011 at 4:54 in Cancer, New Drugs | viewed 559 views times | No Comments

Patients with advanced skin cancer can now hope to extend life. The new treatment unveiled at a cancer meeting in Chicago has been praised by the cancer care fraternity. Vemurafenib is an experimental drug that attacks the root of the... (Continue reading)

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New Drug Target in Breast Cancer

Written on 1 Jun, 2011 at 7:32 in breast cancer, Cancer, New Drugs | viewed 306 views times | 1 Comment

Researchers at the Imperial College London have now identified a novel protein –LMTK3, which is involved in the process of drug resistance in breast cancer. This protein can purportedly act as a target for new treatments. Breast cancer is the... (Continue reading)

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Reasons for Breast Cancer Among Men

Written on 27 May, 2011 at 15:10 in breast cancer, Cancer | viewed 210 views times | No Comments

Breast cancer is very rare in men although the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment are a bit similar to women with breast cancer. According to the U.S. National Cancer Institute (1), breast cancer in men occurs in about 1 percent of... (Continue reading)

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New Drug to Fight Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Written on 19 Apr, 2011 at 9:23 in Cancer, New Drugs | viewed 316 views times | No Comments

A new drug has shown a lot of potential to fight chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), which has become resistant to regular treatment. According to the study conducted by the Tufts Medical Center, the drug named DCC-2036 decreased the mutant enzyme,... (Continue reading)

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Pfizer’s New Drug Slows Pancreatic Tumors

Written on 5 Apr, 2011 at 13:22 in Cancer, New Drugs | viewed 251 views times | No Comments

Pfizer’s experimental drug, CP- 870,893 slowed down pancreatic cancer significantly. The treatment tricks the immune system and shrinks pancreatic tumors by targeting the tissue around the cancer mass instead of the malignant cells. The method was tested on lab mice... (Continue reading)

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Leflunomide to Fight Skin Cancer

Written on 30 Mar, 2011 at 12:15 in Cancer, New Drugs | viewed 325 views times | 1 Comment
Leflunomide to Fight Skin Cancer

The drug leflunomide, which is currently being used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, could now help to fight melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer. After conducting the ability to affect the development of pigment cells in tadpoles, scientists seemed... (Continue reading)

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Ipilimumab – New Melanoma Treatment

Written on 15 Jun, 2010 at 9:16 in Cancer, New Drugs | viewed 1,549 views times | 1 Comment
Ipilimumab - New Melanoma Treatment

Ipilimumab is a new treatment for advanced melanoma that has generated a lot of excitement.  While a step in the right direction, it has limited efficacy and still has to be determined as to its best use. Considering that only... (Continue reading)

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Olaparib, a PARP Inhibitor

Written on 23 Mar, 2010 at 5:12 in Cancer, New Drugs | viewed 1,272 views times | No Comments
Olaparib, a PARP Inhibitor

Olaparib is a member of the poly-ADP ribose polymerase  (PARP) inhibitors and may work as a treatment for certain types of breast, ovarian and prostate cancer.  PARP is involved in repairing DNA damage.  By inhibiting PARP, rapidly growing cells such... (Continue reading)

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Dendreon’s Provenge for Prostate Cancer

Written on 9 Mar, 2010 at 5:22 in Cancer | viewed 687 views times | No Comments
Dendreon's Provenge for Prostate Cancer

Provenge is a promising new therapy made by Dendreon for certain types of prostate cancer.  It has shown strong efficacy to date in several studies, but concerns about how it is made played a large role in the FDA asking... (Continue reading)

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Thoughts on Cancer Medications

Written on 26 Feb, 2010 at 8:33 in Cancer, Medication | viewed 891 views times | No Comments
Thoughts on Cancer Medications

Some of the most interesting – on a pharmacological level – medications I’ve encountered are cancer treatments. Take Tamoxifen, for instance.  This highly effective treatment for certain types of breast cancer works because it blocks the effects of estrogen in... (Continue reading)

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