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A Drug Is Credited With Slight Gains for Patients Who Have Lung Cancer
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CHICAGO - The drug Erbitux lengthened the survival of patients with advanced lung cancer by about five weeks, researchers are reporting here this weekend. (article 17)
Doctors said the effect of the drug, however modest, was somewhat significant because many other drugs had failed to prolong the lives of lung cancer patients. (article 17)
A major study, released today, found that a drug commonly known to treat brittle bones also showed promise in dealing with early-stage breast cancer and could change the way many breast cancer patients are treated. (article 15)
Zometa, a drug originally approved by the FDA to treat bone loss in patients undergoing chemotherapy and to reduce bone fractures in osteoporosis patients, might also reduce the risk of disease recurrence in premenopausal breast cancer patients, an Austrian study suggests. (article 15)
They found that premenopausal breast cancer survivors treated with chemotherapy following surgery were more likely than women who 'd never had breast cancer to have diminished ovarian reserve the capacity of the ovaries to produce eggs capable of being fertilized. (article 10)
The study included 20 breast cancer survivors who were one or more years out from their diagnosis and had no evidence of cancer recurrence. (article 10)
Zometa, made by Novartis AG, is used now for cancers that have already spread to the bone. (article 16)
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Cancer, Breast, Lung, Calhoun, patients |
Source articles
- College basketball: UConn's Calhoun has skin cancer again (sfgate.com, 05/31/2008, 402 words)
- UConn coach Calhoun treated for skin cancer (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 05/30/2008, 662 words)
- Calhoun undeterred by cancer (boston.com, 05/31/2008, 423 words)
- cell division and cancer (Nature Journals, 06/01/2008, 333 words)
- Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes (Washington Post, 05/31/2008, 496 words)
- Lung cancer patients fight stigma (msnbc.msn.com, 05/30/2008, 649 words)
- Lung cancer patients meet to try to erase stigma of disease (boston.com, 05/31/2008, 415 words)
- Fruit compounds may stave off lung cancer in smokers: study (cbc.ca, 05/29/2008, 341 words)
- Cancer survivors 'left in limbo' (BBC News, 05/29/2008, 470 words)
- Chemo May Limit Fertility in Breast Cancer Survivors (Washington Post, 05/31/2008, 221 words)
- Women face increased cancer risk (BBC News, 05/30/2008, 336 words)
- Graveyard Shift Work Linked to Cancer (Washington Post, 05/30/2008, 328 words)
- Study: Bone drug helps fight breast cancer (msnbc.msn.com, 05/31/2008, 305 words)
- Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence (Washington Post, 05/31/2008, 586 words)
- ABC News: Bone Drug Offers Hope on Breast Cancer (ABCNews, 05/31/2008, 334 words)
- Bone drug Zometa helps fight breast cancer spread (Washington Post, 05/31/2008, 325 words)
- A Drug Is Credited With Slight Gains for Patients Who Have Lung Cancer (nytimes.com, 06/01/2008, 736 words)
- Continuing to Heal After Returning to Work (nytimes.com, 06/01/2008, 880 words)
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