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2-drug combination appears safe and active in metastatic kidney cancer

Fox Chase Cancer Center investigators report that a two-drug blockade of mTOR signaling appears safe in metastatic kidney cancer in a phase I trial. Early data suggests that a combination of temsirolimus and bryostatin may ...

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created May 31, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Modern targeted drug plus old malaria pill serve a 1-2 punch in advanced cancer patients

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine may have found a way to turn an adaptive cellular response into a liability for cancer cells. When normal cells are starved for food, they chew up existing ...

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created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Sexual issues a major concern for cancer patients taking new targeted drugs

New drugs that target specific molecular mechanisms of cancer have improved the treatment of cancer patients in recent years, but those benefits may come with a cost to the patient's sex life, researchers have found.

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created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

UK kidney cancer patients face toxic, out-dated treatments with little hope of change

Leading oncologist Professor Tim Eisen has expressed concerns that patients with advanced kidney cancer could be condemned to toxic, barely effective, 20 year-old treatments because the National Institute for Health and Clinical ...

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created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pathway links inflammation, angiogenesis and breast cancer

A well-known inflammatory protein spawns an enzyme that inactivates two tumor-suppressing genes, ultimately triggering production of new blood vessels to nourish breast cancer cells, researchers at The University of Texas ...

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created Aug 09, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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