A subset of lung cancer patients seem to live longer and experience delays in disease progression when a new drug that targets a cancer-associated molecule called MET is added to treatment with erlotinib, the results of a double-blind Phase-II trial show.
Oct 10, 2010
A surgical technique appears to offer quick and effective relief for debilitating spinal fractures often suffered by patients with metastatic cancer, researchers reported at the 35th Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) in Milan.
Oct 10, 2010
For patients with advanced lung cancer whose tumors carry EGFR activating mutations, first-line treatment with erlotinib nearly tripled progression-free…
Oct 10, 2010
In a study presented at the 35th Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), Dr Giovanni Bernardo from Fondazione Maugeri in Pavia, Italy…
Oct 10, 2010
A drug being developed as a treatment for ovarian cancer has shown single agent activity with durable disease control in some patients in a Phase-II clinical trial, an international research group has reported.
Oct 10, 2010
MILAN, ITALY - October 10, 2010 - Novocure reported today that patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) achieved a significant increase in…
Oct 10, 2010
Children with autism will tell white lies to protect other people's feelings and they are not very good at covering up their lies, according to a Queen's University study.
Oct 8, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A new study looking at how hospitals identify pediatric patients who develop catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CA-BSI) found significant inconsistencies in the methods used to report the number of patients who develop them.
Oct 8, 2010
The sudden death of bee colonies since late 2006 across North America has stumped scientists.
Oct 8, 2010
Saranac Lake, N.Y. -- A billion people living in underdeveloped areas around the world are infected with parasitic helminthes, worms that survive by residing in and feeding on their hosts.
Oct 8, 2010
New York, NY, October 8, 2010 -- Young adults continue to represent one of the largest groups of Americans without health insurance, with nearly 15 million…
Oct 8, 2010
PHILADELPHIA - Heart muscle cells do not normally replicate in adult tissue, but multiply with abandoned during development.
Oct 7, 2010
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- By creating a better way to see molecules at work in living brain cells, researchers affiliated with MIT's Picower Institute for Learning…
Oct 7, 2010
STANFORD, Calif. -- A genetic marker touted as a predictor of coronary artery disease is no such thing, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Oct 7, 2010
