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Study shows chemoradiotherapy prior to surgery improves survival
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that patients with node negative T3 and T4 non-small lung cancer who underwent chemotherapy before surgery had more than three times the survival rate ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Adding ipilimumab to standard chemotherapy treatment for late-stage lung cancer may improve survival
Ipilimumab used in combination with paclitaxel/carboplatin for stage IIIb/IV non-small cell lung cancer showed superior results in progression free survival when compared to paclitaxel/carboplatin alone, according to research ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Effects of chemoradiation therapy by using capecitabine on gastric cancer patients
A research team from Singapore reviewed the outcome of patients with resected gastric cancers treated with capecitabine and radiation compared to 5-fluorouracil with radiation or fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy only. ...
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Comparision of overall survival for non-small cell lung cancer patients
There's debate about the best treatment approach for patients with certain stages of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which accounts for about 80 percent of all lung cancers. Patients with early stages of NSCLC are typically ...
May 31, 2010 |
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Aggressive Approach to Childhood Cancer Worth Risks, Review Finds
Neuroblastoma is among the most common of childhood cancers and fortunately, some children will get better spontaneously. Yet for children with high-risk disease the outlook is poor: more than half will relapse despite chemotherapy.
May 14, 2010 |
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Study achieves reduced side effects in head and neck cancer treatment
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have applied advanced radiation techniques for head and neck cancer to avoid treating critical structures that affect swallowing and eating. A new study ...
May 10, 2010 |
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First trial of pemetrexed with radiation and chemo in lung cancer shows promising results
The first trial of an important new combination therapy of treatment with the chemotherapy drug pemetrexed concurrent with radiation in lung cancer has delivered promising results, French researchers report at the 2nd European ...
Apr 30, 2010 |
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Octreotide acetate does not prevent treatment-induced diarrhea in anorectal cancer
In many cancers, octreotide acetate (Sandostatin) has been reported to control the diarrhea that can accompany chemotherapy. However, for patients receiving combined chemotherapy and radiation for anal or rectal cancers, ...
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Accelerated radiation therapy reduces toxicity in patients with advanced head and neck cancers
Using an accelerated, shorter course of radiation therapy for patients with advanced head and neck cancer allows doctors to reduce the amount of chemotherapy, thus reducing toxicity, according to a study presented at the ...
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Researchers say breast cancer survival improves Herceptin used with chemotherapy
Using Herceptin with chemotherapy, instead of after, clearly improves treatment of women with HER2+ breast cancer, and should be the new standard of care, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who led what is regarded to be a key ...
Dec 12, 2009 |
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