ERS 2012 Report – Sleep apnoea linked with increased risk of cancer death
Sleep apnoea severity has been associated with increased cancer mortality in a new study.
Sleep apnoea severity has been associated with increased cancer mortality in a new study.
In a press release on August 8, 2012, Amgen announced that the company was halting a late-stage trial of its monoclonal antibody IGF-1 receptor antagonist ganitumab (AMG-479).
In news that is bound to excite breast cancer patients and investors, Genentech/Roche/Immunogen issued press releases on August 26, 2012, confirming that their drug-of-the-moment T-DM1 (trastuzumab emtansine) offers… read more.
by Zara Qadir reporting on the presentation by Yechiel Hekster (pictured), Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, and a member of The Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board.
Zara Qadir interviews Dr Chantal Bélorgey (pictured), Head of Clinical Trial Development at the French national competent authority, Affsaps (Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits).
by Bruce Sylvester taken from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Vismodegib (Erivedge), a new skin cancer drug for advanced basal cell carcinoma, was called “the greatest… read more.
by Gary Finnegan – World Health Matters (Germany) – An interdisciplinary care model for breast cancer management has grown in popularity in recent years and evidence suggests the… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – Treatment with pazopanib nearly tripled progression-free survival (PFS), compared with placebo, among patients with metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – A hormone-depleting drug approved in 2011 for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer appears to help eliminate… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that, in the last quarter of the 20th century, changes in smoking behaviors have led to a significant drop in lung cancer… read more.
Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers from a phase 2 study published on March 27 in The Lancet Oncology report that ipilimumab,… read more.
Taken from The Lancet – by Bruce Sylvester – Two papers published in March, 2012 in The Lancet suggest that daily aspirin use can be protective against cancer.
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