Oncology pharmacology news
Molecule prevents effect of chemotherapy
Annually about 2000 Danish patients with colorectal cancer are treated with chemotherapy. Today, a range of…
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Nivolumab in advanced lung cancer: Indication of major added benefit
Nivolumab has been approved since April 2016 as a checkpoint inhibitor for the treatment of…
Venetoclax safe & shows promise in patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia
Patients whose acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) had relapsed or was resistant to chemotherapy and those…
Cancer drug for mums-to-be may curb baby girls’ future fertility
Chemotherapy treatment during pregnancy may affect the future fertility of unborn baby girls, a study…
Cancer Research UK launches new trial to test drug against resistant bladder cancer
A clinical trial to test a drug which may stop bladder cancers becoming resistant to…
Excess weight linked to cardiotoxicity in breast cancer
In patients with breast cancer, obesity was significantly associated with a greater risk of developing…
Pancreatic cancer resists personalised medicine — what researchers are doing to fight back
A team led by University of Arizona researchers is taking a new, patient-directed approach to…
Gold particles shown to boost prototype cancer therapies
In a case of ancient medicine meeting post-millennial technology, researchers have found that attaching tiny…
No link found between erectile dysfunction drugs and risk of prostate cancer
While some previous studies have indicated that taking erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs may reduce the…
Early detection of leukaemia patients’ resistance to therapy
David Ellis, University of Adelaide Adelaide researchers have made a world-first breakthrough in the early…