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| Cancer in the News |
| Pfizer says Sutent fails in breast cancer studies (AP via Yahoo! News) Pfizer Inc. said Thursday the cancer drug Sutent did not meet key goals in two late-stage studies focusing on advanced breast cancer. (more...) |
| Pfizer ends study on potential lung cancer drug (AP via Yahoo! News) Pfizer Inc. said Thursday it discontinued a late-stage study of the drug candidate figitumumab in patients with late-stage lung cancer, citing a lack of effectiveness. (more...) |
| U.S. Chalks Up Victories in War on Cancer (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- The decrease in cancer deaths in the United States since 1990 is the result of reduced tobacco use, increased cancer screening and improvements in treatment, according to an American Cancer Society study. (more...) |
| Plaster treatment for skin cancer (BBC News) A sticking-plaster approach to treating skin cancer has been unveiled at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. (more...) |
| Pfizer Says Two Cancer Drugs Fail in Clinical Trials (Update2) (Bloomberg) March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc . said the cancer drug Sutent failed to halt the progression of advanced breast tumors in two studies, and the company stopped a trial of an experimental medicine to treat lung malignancy. (more...) |
| Unlocking Cancer Drug Mechanism May Avoid Risk of Birth Defects (Bloomberg) March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Scientists have uncovered how a drug used in blood cancer medicines leads to short or missing limbs in babies, moving closer to developing treatments without the risk of these birth defects. (more...) |