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Unique study focuses on combined treatment approach for locally advanced pancreatic cancer
Investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute are developing a novel, multistep investigational…
AstraZeneca’s call to speed approval of cancer drug rejected by US panel
Source: The Guardian – Julia Kowelle. AstraZeneca has suffered a setback after a panel of US…
Low-dose aspirin may halve the risk of pancreatic cancer
Source: The Guardian – Ian Sample. Taking a low dose of aspirin every day may halve the…
CHAARTED prostate cancer trial results are practice changing: the expert’s opinion
There has been a great deal of hype following a plenary presentation at the 2014…
Leukaemia Drug Found to Stimulate Immunity Against Many Cancer Types
A class of drug currently being used to treat leukaemia has the unexpected side-effect of…
How prostate cancer sufferers can add a year to their lives
Source: Australian Financial Review – Jill Margo. Researchers have extended the lives of men with…
New experimental wonder drug a cancer buster
Source: Herald Sun – Brigid O’Connell. Victorians with advanced chemotherapy-resistant leukaemia or are too frail…
Astra-Zeneca cancer drug hailed as ‘great white hope’ in fight against illness
Source: The Guardian – Rupert Neate. Drug MEDI4736 fast-tracked to phase-III trials following tests on…
Asprin could combat permanent hearing loss caused by cancer drug
A new Cancer Research UK trial investigating whether high doses of aspirin can help prevent…
Big Pharma, my cancer patient and me
Source: Guardian – Ranjana Srivastava. My patient was refused compassionate access to a cheap chemotherapy. Why?…