Posts Tagged ‘Tumor Shrinkage’

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 [...]

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 [...]