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Lung cancer drug shows promise as targeted therapy for thousands with breast cancer
A drug used in treating non-small cell lung cancer could offer a new targeted therapy…
Mifepristone may halt growth of intracranial tumour that causes hearing loss
Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers have shown that mifepristone, a drug currently FDA-approved for chemical…
Weekly Dose: Keytruda may be a miracle cancer drug, but can those who need it afford it?
Nicholas Huntington, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Keytruda (generic name pembrolizumab) is an immunotherapy drug…
Double-drug strategy blocks escape route for most lung cancers
A one-two combo punch using two currently available drugs could be an effective treatment for…
Life-extending drug for ovarian cancer made available in Europe
Cancer patients in Europe can now receive a life-extending drug invented and developed by scientists…
Taking a standard prostate cancer drug with food boosts impact, lowers cost
By taking a high-cost drug with a low-fat meal–instead of on an empty stomach, as…
Scientists Just Discovered A New Human Organ, And It Could Have Huge Implications For How We Treat Cancer
You would think, after thousands of years of study, we’d have nailed down what was…
The use of immunotherapy to treat metastatic breast cancer
Breast cancer, in the stage with distant metastases, is an incurable disease with a 5…
Programming DNA to deliver cancer drugs
DNA has an important job-it tells your cells which proteins to make. Now, a research…
Researchers create a drug to extend the lives of men with prostate cancer
Fifteen years ago, Michael Jung was already an eminent scientist when his wife asked him…