Oncology pharmacology news
How aspirin does more than kill pain
By Emma Young – Mosiac Science. As inflammation in our bodies is being linked with…
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Weekly dose: Taxol, the anticancer drug discovered in the bark of a tree
By Nial Wheate, University of Sydney. Taxol is a chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of…
NICE recommends abiraterone for prostate cancer
NICE has issued final guidance recommending abiraterone (marketed as Zytiga by Janssen) for some prostate…
Why some tumours withstand treatment
New cancer drugs allow doctors to tailor treatment based on the genetic profile of a…
Drug combination shrinks HER2 positive breast cancers within 11 days
A drug combination – of lapatinib and trastuzumab (Herceptin) – before surgery shrinks tumours in women with HER2 positive…
Injectable nanoparticle generator could radically transform metastatic cancer treatment
A team of investigators from Houston Methodist Research Institute may have transformed the treatment of…
Spanish researchers prove the great anti-tumoural potential of a compound derived from olives
Researchers from the universities of Granada, Barcelona and Jaen prove that maslinic acid, a natural…
HIV drug could stop skin cancer becoming drug-resistant
An HIV drug could stop one of the early changes in skin cancer cells that…
Cancer-causing gene triggered by alcohol may increase breast cancer risk
A University of Houston researcher and his team have discovered an important link between alcohol…
Two-pronged attack increases potency of new anti-cancer drugs
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have discovered that the treatment of the most deadly…