Oncology pharmacology news
Symptoms tend to vary by patient’s age for two leading breast cancer drugs
A study of two leading breast cancer drugs has determined that the breast cancer symptoms…
Browsing: Pharmacology
Scientists identify promising new melanoma drug
A new drug discovered by scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) may…
Promising drug combination for advanced prostate cancer
A new drug combination may be effective in treating men with metastatic prostate cancer. Preliminary…
Here’s what you need to know about menopausal hormone therapy and cancer risk
By Emily Banks – Australian National University. The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) doubles the risk of…
Natural cancer remedies: sorting fact from fiction
By Kareemah Gamieldien, Cape Peninsula University of Technology. When it comes to natural remedies for cancer…
A message to industry: by a consumer of their products
October being breast cancer awareness month, I was recently invited by a major pharmaceutical company…
Cancer Drugs Fund: Kadcyla back on list
By Smitha Mundasad – BBC. The Cancer Drugs Fund will continue to pay for the…
Massive screen of drug combinations may find treatment for resistant, BRAF-mutant melanoma
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has discovered a new combination of drugs…
Victoria set to legalise medical marijuana
In an Australian first, the Victorian Government announced this week that it would legalise marijuana…
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme becoming unsustainable, says Senate committee
By Melissa Davey – The Guardian. Australia has the highest incidence of cancer in the world,…