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David Cameron’s flagship Cancer Drugs Fund ‘is a waste of NHS cash’
By Robin McKie – The Guardian. Image: Martin Argles/The Guardian. UK Prime minister’s policy is condemned…
The Coming Wave of New Cancer Fighting Drugs
By Caroline Chen – Bloomberg. The hottest area in cancer drugs is going mainstream this…
New skin cancer drug set for clinical trials
Lab tests suggest panRAF inhibitor may be effective in melanoma patients no longer responding to…
First of new generation of cancer drugs granted European approval
A new drug for ovarian cancer, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and…
FDA approves Gardasil 9
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Gardasil 9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant)…
Brentuximab improves survival in certain Hodgkin lymphoma patients
ASH: New data demonstrates Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients at risk of relapse following an autologous stem…
New lung cancer drug ‘more effective’ than chemo
A new drug crizotinib may be more beneficial than chemotherapy for some lung cancer patients, according…
Lymphoma treatment breakthrough
An new treatment for relapsed or refractory systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (sALCL) has been listed…
HIV drug blocks bone metastases in prostate cancer
Although prostate cancer can be successfully treated in many men, when the disease metastasises to…
Role of cannabis in cancer treatment
A US oncologist and researcher will tell delegates at the COSA ASM in Melbourne today that medicinal…