Lung cancer patients treated with an experimental new drug lived over a third longer than patients treated with standard chemotherapy, according to data released. The phase II study, carried out by UK biotech company Antisoma plc, looked at 70 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common type of lung cancer.
UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) researchers are investigating whether a common but usually harmless virus can be used to treat a particularly devastating type of brain tumor called malignant glioma. The virus — respiratory enteric orphan virus, or reovirus — inhabits the lungs and intestines of humans. By adulthood, most humans have been exposed to it but demonstrate no illness or effects from the infection.
A researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has discovered a new part of the complicated mechanism that governs the formation of blood vessels, or angiogenesis.
Benzimate is the lead compound selected from a series of compounds known as benzimidazoles. The anti-cancer and anti-viral activity of the benzimidazoles was originally investigated by the Proctor & Gamble Company (P & G) beginning in the 1990’s.
Anti-cancer drug developer AmpliMed Corp. announced a clinical benefit rate of 44.4 percent for its lead drug candidate Amplimexon.
Study Finds No Increased Risk of Lymphoma or Tumors Associated with Anti-TNF Therapy Over Methotrexate Use Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune, inflammatory disease marked by progressive joint and organ damage, face a high risk of developing cancer.
Although surgery is the most effective (and hence, the most widely used) breast cancer treatment method, there are several other ways of dealing with the disease, some are more powerful than the others. These include radiation therapy, chemotherapy or hormonal therapy, each of them with their own assets and downsides.
Women getting over breast cancer treatment who engage in aerobic and resistance training exercises may have better physical fitness and better quality-of-life than their more sedentary counterparts, new study findings show.
Chest X-rays of women with high-risk genes could increase their chances of breast cancer, a study says.
According to a research conducted by University of Southern California (USC) an analytical new test will be able to detect the recurrence of prostate cancer.