Bone drug Zometa helps fight breast cancer spread (AP)
May 31, 2008
AP - A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease.
US cancer researchers attack federal budget cuts (AFP)
AFP - Consistent reductions in US federal budget allocations for cancer research that have been implemented since 2003 threaten to undermine recent gains in the fight against the disease, scientists said.
Bone drug Zometa helps fight breast cancer spread
A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease.
Lung cancer patients fight stigma ...
Reuters - "I'm sorry. You don't have breast
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Bone drug helped stave off breast cancer (Reuters)
Reuters - A drug used to strengthen the bones of women with breast cancer helped cut the risk of the cancer returning by 36 percent, European researchers said on Saturday,
Erbitux slightly boosts survival in...
AP - Adding the novel cancer drug Erbitux to standard chemotherapy helped advanced lung cancer patients live just a month longer than chemo alone, a study found.
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Celebrex shows promise in lung cancer...
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AFP - US researchers hailed promising advances in cancer treatment but lamented the decreasing amount of federal money devoted to finding a cure, ahead of the world's largest...
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Erbitux slightly boosts survival in cancer study (AP)
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