A new drug that advances the fight against HIV has been found to work better than treatments currently on the market, research led by a
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 26 – Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for melanoma when assessing melanocytic skin lesions in pediatric patients,
אפשר להרגע ? לפי המחקר הבא אולי… St. Louis, June 25, 2002 Radiation from cell phones doesn’t appear to cause cancer in rats, according
ע”פ הודעה של חברת OGS , מפתחת התכשיר, התקבל מכתב דחייה מאת ה- FDA . תכשיר זה היה אמור להתחרות עם Cerezyme של חברת ג’נזיים
BOSTON — A protein known for its role in helping to provide the body’s immune system with a line of defense against infection has unexpectedly
LONDON (Reuters Health) Jun 21 – A cancer specialist has warned that too much emphasis on molecular biology in the medical curriculum may lead to
June 24, 2002 Multimodal intensification therapy for head and neck cancer looks promising, according to results of a phase II trial reported in the
LUGANO, SWITZERLAND — June 21, 2002 — Treatment with a VAPEC-B chemotherapy regimen prior to limited field radiotherapy may significantly reduce the incidence of progression
Vasectomy does not increase the risk of prostate cancer – even 25 years later. Researchers from the University of Otago in Dunedin and Wellington, New
Women who worked as radiologic technicians before 1950 face a higher risk of breast cancer mortality than women who started to work as radiation technicians
LOS ANGELES (Reuters Health) Jun 18 – Positron emission tomography scans can help physicians predict whether preoperative chemotherapy will be successful in patients with gastric
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 18 – Women with advanced breast cancer who have failed anthracycline therapy achieve significantly improved survival with a combination of
LUGANO, SWITZERLAND — June 19, 2002 — Mega-CHOEP, a high-dose sequential CHOP regimen (cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine, and prednisone) plus etoposide, is a feasible primary treatment
By Elda Hauschildt Tumour staging is not reliable in gastric carcinoma when fewer than 10 lymph nodes are examined. French researchers suggest the number of
06/14/2002 By Elda Hauschildt Capecitabine therapy for progressive metastatic cholangiocarcinoma was well tolerated and did not result in severe side effects in a preliminary study
על פי מחקר חדש (head to head), כפי שיפורט בקישור שלהלן, אשר נמסר לנו באדיבות חברת נוברטיס, משווקת הגליבק, עולה כי הגליבק משיג תוצאות טובות
בידיעה שהועברה אלינו על ידי חברת נוברטיס, מובא העדכון הבא: ORLANDO, FL — May 20, 2002 — After 15 months of imatinib mesylate treatment, 73
06/10/2002 By Anne MacLennan Regardless of supplementary intravascular brachytherapy, repeat stenting strategies provide little long-term advantage, suggests a study of late vascular response to repeat
06/10/2002 By Mark Pownall One dose of sildenafil (Viagra) is as effective as inhaled nitric oxide for patients with severe pulmonary hypertension, the results of
06/10/2002 By Elda Hauschildt A combination of epirubicin-vinorelbine with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) support is reported to be highly active as first-line chemotherapy for metastatic