Posts Tagged ‘Cancer Drug’

New Hope for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

29th September 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Inhibiting the action of an enzyme called TAK-1 reverses pancreatic cancer resistance to chemotherapy, a finding that could lead to the development of a new way to treat the disease, researchers say.
Pancreatic cancer is resistant to every currently available anti-cancer treatment.
“During the past few years we have been studying the role [...]

Drug Shows Promise in Nervous-System Tumor Treatment

9th July 2009 by admin No Comments

U.S. researchers report the first successful drug treatment of tumors in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2).
In people with NF2, benign tumors develop throughout the nervous system. The most common tumor is a vestibular schwannoma, which grows on the nerve connecting the ear to the brain. This type of tumor, also called acoustic neuroma, causes [...]

Sun Pharma Gets U.S. Nod for Prostate Cancer Drug

7th July 2009 by admin No Comments

India’s Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (SUN.BO) said on Tuesday it had received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to launch generic version of AstraZeneca Plc’s (AZN.L) prostate cancer drug Casodex.

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Medarex Shares Up As Prostate Cancer Drug Shows Promise

24th June 2009 by admin 2 Comments

Shares of Medarex Inc (MEDX.O) rose as much as 22 percent Monday on a Mayo Clinic report that two prostate cancer patients became cancer-free after being treated with the company’s experimental drug, ipilimumab, in combination with other therapies and surgery.
On Friday, the Mayo Clinic said both patients experienced reduction in levels of a protein called [...]