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New Melanoma Drug Boosts Survival Rates
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)
New Drug Target in Breast Cancer
Written on 1 Jun, 2011 at 7:32 in breast cancer, Cancer, New Drugs | viewed 265 views times | No Comments
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)
Reasons for Breast Cancer Among Men
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)
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)
Treatment of Cancer: Now and the Future
Written on 24 Aug, 2010 at 12:24 in Uncategorized | viewed 226 views times | No Comments
Cancer is when something in your body goes wrong. A cell that normally should stop growing or die refuses to do so. It keeps dividing. As it grows, it forms a mass of cells that may or may not decide... (Continue reading)
List of New Cancer Drugs
As follows, here is a list of new cancer drugs that show especial promise. Herceptin or trastuzumab is a monoclonal antibody to the HER2 receptor and a recent innovation in breast cancer treatment. In those who have the mutation specific... (Continue reading)
Sutent or Sunitinib: Uses, Side Effects
Sutent – an exciting new cancer treatment Sutent, generic sunitinib, is a new cancer medication that has quickly become accepted as a first line treatment for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) as well as a treatment for gastrointestional stromal tumor (GIST)... (Continue reading)
Issues with Iressa or Gefitinib, Efficacy
Iressa or gefitinib targets epidermal growth factor receptor and disrupts its intracellular behavior. This was hoped to have significant anti-cancer effects. Unfortunately, it seems increasingly that the clinical benefit of Iressa is limited. Although it showed some benefit in treating... (Continue reading)
Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer & Side Effects
Written on 11 Dec, 2009 at 13:03 in breast cancer | viewed 2,154 views times | 53 Comments
What is this drug? Tamoxifen is a treatment for breast cancer in both men and women that works by blocking estrogen from stimulating breast tissue. That stimulation leads in part to roughly 2/3 of breast cancers, and so blocking it... (Continue reading)