Topic: Breast Cancer Treatment
BusinessWeek | 2009-12-25 06:05:39
<div><h1>HERCEPTIN HELPS DELIVER A WARHEAD
</h1><p>Roche and ImmunoGen reported on a "guided missile" combination drug called T-DM1 that shrank tumors by 30% or more in one-third of critically ill, advanced breast cancer patients in a trial. The therapy combines Roche's Herceptin with a second, potent cancer-killing drug ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-12 01:03:17
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers may have found a way to overcome resistance to hormone-blocking breast cancer drugs, extending the life of treatments that keep the disease in check.</p><p>They said the drug Nexavar or sorafenib, made by German drugmaker Bayer and its development partner Onyx Pharmaceuticals, helped ...
AP News | 2009-12-12 00:38:22
<div id="subtitle">Novel drug combo boosts survival of breast cancer patients with advanced disease, study finds</div><div><p>Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-11 15:43:53
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chemotherapy helps improve breast cancer survival in post-menopausal women, adding to a long-standing debate about how best to treat these women, U.S. researchers said Thursday.</p><p>A gene-based test called Oncotype DX made by Genomic Health Inc may help identify a small group of women who ...
