News tagged with bone metastases
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Novel cancer drug has potential, study reports
(PhysOrg.com) -- Monthly injections of the drug in breast cancer patients whose disease had spread to the bone helped reduce pain and prevent complications with less toxicity than current treatments.
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Bayer flags strong results of prostate cancer drug
German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer said Monday that its Alpharadin treatment for prostate cancer has shown positive results in advanced trials.
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Bone drug zoledronic acid may help prevent spread of early lung cancer
A drug that is currently used to help treat bone metastases in patients with lung cancer could also be useful at an earlier stage of treatment, to prevent the cancer from spreading in the first place, Italian researchers ...
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Researchers find pathway that drives spread of pediatric bone cancer in preclinical studies
Researchers have identified an important signaling pathway that, when blocked, significantly decreases the spread of pediatric bone cancer.
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Killing cancer like a vampire slayer
Like vampires, cancer tumors require an ample supply of blood to stay alive. Without fresh blood for sustenance, cancer cells shrivel up like raisins and die.
Sep 17, 2009 |
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New drug for use in bone scans approved
The FDA has approved a New Drug Application (NDA) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, for a new strength of a previously approved drug, Sodium Fluoride F18, for use in bone ...
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Whole body MRI is highly accurate in the early detection of breast cancer metastases
Whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be the imaging modality of choice for the detection of breast cancer metastases (when the cancer has spread beyond the breast) as it is highly accurate and can detect bone ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Denosumab delayed time to first skeletal-related side effect
For patients with breast cancer and bone metastases, denosumab delayed skeletal-related side effects five months longer compared to those on zoledronic acid, according to results presented at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Metastatic bone disease patients can walk in Lazarus' footsteps
Osteoplasty—a highly effective minimally invasive procedure to treat the painful effects of metastatic bone disease by injecting bone cement to support weakened bones—provides immediate and substantial pain relief, often ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Autologous stem cell transplantation for soft tissue sarcoma: insufficient research into therapy
Due to a lack of suitable studies, it is unclear whether patients with soft tissue sarcoma can benefit from autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. With this type of therapy, some of the patient's own (autologous) ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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