Tag Archives: Chemotherapy

Identifying Genes That Can Predict if Breast Cancer Drug Is Working

December 11th, 2012 - 1:49 pm

Adding the drug trastuzumab to chemotherapy prevents cancer recurrence and improves survival in a large number of women with early stage HER2-positive breast cancer. But trastuzumab does not stop tumors from returning in about 25 percent of patients — and oncologists … Continue reading →

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Patients With Stage II and Stage III Colon Cancer Treated With 5-FU-Based Adjuvant Therapy After 1995 Have Improved Overall Survival

June 3rd, 2010 - 7:23 am

ASCO Abstract Number: 3616 Patients with stage III colon cancer treated with 5-FU-based chemotherapy after complete surgical removal of their tumor after 1995 had improved overall survival with no change in time to recurrence compared to patients treated before 1995. … Continue reading →

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Simple Test Could Appropriately Reduce Use of Chemotherapy in Colon Cancer Patients

May 26th, 2010 - 12:21 pm

ASCO Abstract # 3518 Patients with stage II colon cancer who have a specific defect in the ability to repair their DNA do not benefit from a common type of chemotherapy, says a research team from Mayo Clinic. They do … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Led Study May Change Treatment For Some Breast Cancer Patients

December 8th, 2009 - 4:08 pm

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 clinical trial … Continue reading →

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