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Researchers race against extinction to uncover tree’s cancer-fighting properties
Three Chinese fir trees on a nature reserve in Southeastern China are the last of…
SABCS 2018: Low-dose tamoxifen was safe and effective at reducing recurrence and new breast disease for patients with DCIS, LCIS, and ADH
Treatment with a low dose of tamoxifen (5 mg per day) halved the risk of…
More than 260 new drugs to treat cancer? Researchers look for “new cures in old drugs”
With more than 260 candidates identified, the range of non-cancer drugs with the potential to…
Drug designed to boost radiotherapy for hard to treat cancers taken safely by patients
A new drug designed to make radiotherapy more effective in treating cancer has been given…
Cancer drug trial studies urged to report harms transparently
Many reports of cancer drug trials use general or subjective terms to describe harms, finds…
New kind of compound shows early promise against prostate cancer
A new type of molecule blocks the action of genes that drive the growth of…
ESMO 2018: Zoledronic acid improves disease-free survival in premenopausal HR early breast cancer
Adjuvant treatment with the bone sparing drug zoledronic acid plus hormonal therapy with the aromatase…
ESMO 2018: Erlotinib improves progression-free survival in early mutated non-small cell lung cancer
Neoadjuvant erlotinib benefits selected epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated patients who undergo complete resection of…
ESMO 2018: Olaparib maintenance extends PFS by estimated 3 years in advanced ovarian cancer
Two-year maintenance therapy with olaparib, a PARP (poly ADP ribose polymerase) inhibitor, olaparib, led to…
ESMO 2018: Drugs for treating breast cancer in women are effective and well tolerated in men
There is growing evidence that drugs approved for the treatment of breast cancer in women…