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GSK receives FDA approval of Promacta® for use in patients with severe aplastic anaemia (SAA) who have had an insufficient response to IST
Aug 28, 2014
GlaxoSmithKline plc has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for the once-daily use of Promacta® (eltrombopag) in... Read More
Knowledge is power: UCLA study finds men who are uneducated about their prostate cancer have difficulty making good treatment choices
Aug 28, 2014
They say knowledge is power, and a new UCLA study has shown this is definitely the case when it comes to men making the best decisions about how to treat their prostate cancer. Read More
New approach to treating cancer: personalized radiation therapy during - instead of after - cancer surgery
Aug 28, 2014
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center is finding new ways to use individualized, internal radiation delivered in the operating room immediately after a cancer tumor is removed. Read More
Probing cancer's molecular make-up
Aug 28, 2014
Scientists have shown how to better identify and measure vital molecules that control cell behaviour - paving the way for improved tools for diagnosis, prediction and monitoring of cancer. Read More
Better classification to improve treatments for breast cancer
Aug 28, 2014
Breast cancer can be classified into ten different subtypes, and scientists have developed a tool to identify which is which. Read More
To address symptoms following breast cancer surgery, patients need to be treated on an individual basis
Aug 28, 2014
For those affected, breast cancer is a dramatic diagnosis. Patients often have to endure chemotherapy and surgery, which, depending on the individual scenario, may mean breast conserving surgery or... Read More
Choosing antiplatelet therapy in East Asian patients
Aug 28, 2014
A specific set of guidelines are needed for the treatment of East Asian patients who require antiplatelet drugs, according to an expert consensus statement published online in Nature Reviews... Read More
Depression untreated in many cancer patients, new approach could help
Aug 28, 2014
New research finds that nearly three quarters of depressed cancer patients do not receive treatment for their depression. A new treatment program for depression could help. Read More
Potential for early attack on malaria offered by cancer-fighting drugs
Aug 28, 2014
Scientists searching for new drugs to fight malaria have identified a number of compounds -- some of which are currently in clinical trials to treat cancer -- that could add to the anti-malarial... Read More
The epigenetic signature could be key to glioblastoma's therapeutic resistance
Aug 28, 2014
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found one of the keys to why certain glioblastomas - the primary form of a deadly brain cancer - are resistant to drug... Read More
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