With research going forward at a virtual breakneck pace in the field of genome technology and genetic coding, it is not surprising that scientists are making remarkable progress in finding out new genes and their specific functions each day. An...
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The drug Herceptin is reported to have cured breast cancer in the most advanced stages and is going to cut down relapses by half. Herceptin, made by Genentech, was first tested on 220 women along with chemotherapy and other standard cancer tests. In...
Finally, long awaited breast cancer drug, Tykerb, a produce of GlaxoSmithKline, is ready to enter the market as FDA gives green signal to it. Where this approval has heralded a new era for its oncology business at the same time it has provided another...
If women with a certain type of breast cancer are given drug Herceptin along with using standard chemotherapy then their chances of survival are comparatively higher. This belief has been expounded through an article published in the issue of The Lancet..
Drugs Herceptin and Adriamycin are both used to treat patients with breast cancer but a new study by the researchers has tried to prove that Herceptin is far better in treating breast cancer if compared with drug Adriamycin.
Another fact that came..
Breast cancer patients now do not have to step back from buying the expensive Herceptin, as federal government of Australia has decided to subsidize its cost.
Herceptin proves effective by providing 50 per cent of survival chances. Therefore, women..
The Scottish Medicines Consortium, guiding health boards on the use of drug, endorsed Herceptin, a drug to be used for Women patients who are afflicted with breast cancer. By dint of this drug, women's lives may be saved, and around 300 patients per year.
According to a study presented at American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Atlanta, a new medication, Tykerb works better in the case of metastatic breast cancer. The study showed that women with Erb2 (HER2+) metastatic breast cancer who did not..
One year course of the drug Herceptin showed considerable benefits in serious breast cancer patients. The drug reduces the risk of return of disease by half and clearly improves survival. This study came in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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An interesting study in Scotsman shows that Primrose, borage and black currant seed oil reduces the risk of breast cancer by regulating the gene protein that causes the breast tumor. Research leader Professor Ruth Lupu, of Northwestern University, in...
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