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ASCO: Non-platinum regimen works in head, neck cancer
Source: www.medpagetoday.com Author: Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today A novel non-platinum-based regimen was efficacious in recurrent or metastatic squamous cell head and neck cancer, researchers said. The combination of pemetrexed (Alimta) and bevacizumab (Avastin) yielded a response rate of 30% in a small single-arm trial, according to Athanassios Argiris, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh, [...]
Continue reading...ASCO: Antibody improves head and neck cancer results
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Source: www.medpagetoday.com Author: Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today A novel antibody improved outcomes for patients with advanced and inoperable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, researchers reported. Combined with radiation or chemoradiation, the substance — a fully humanized monoclonal antibody dubbed nimotuzumab — significantly outperformed either modality alone in an open-label randomized trial, [...]
Continue reading...Presence of rash associated with improved survival in patients receiving adjuvant Erbitux® for locally advanced head and neck cancer
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Source: professional.cancerconsultants.com Author: staff A multicenter randomized trial has shown that patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer receiving adjuvant Erbitux® (cetuximab) and radiotherapy who develop a rash have a better survival than patients receiving this therapy who don’t develop a rash. The details of this five-year follow-up of a Phase III randomized study were [...]
Continue reading...Treatment approach using radiofrequency waves heats up
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Source: www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin Author: Carmen Phillips It began with chemotherapy-induced sleeplessness and some pie pans. At one point hot dogs were involved. It inspired residents of two small communities 1,300 miles apart, and eventually landed in the labs of two major academic medical centers. And, sadly, just 5 weeks ago, the man who began it all died of [...]
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Sunday, June 6, 2010
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