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Showing 35851 - 35856Patients with NSCLC Have Improved Survival If They Use Beta-blockers While Receiving Radiotherapy
Patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have improved survival outcomes if they are taking beta-blockers while receiving radiotherapy, according to a study of 722 patients recently published in Annals of Oncology. Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in...
Ezatiostat Gets Orphan Designation for Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Telik, Inc, announced that its product candidate, ezatiostat hydrochloride (Telintra), has been granted orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Ezatiostat is an investigational agent in development for the treatment of MDS and idiopathic chronic...
Report to the Nation Shows U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop
The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2009, shows that overall cancer death rates continued to decline in the United States among both men and women, among all major racial and ethnic groups, and for all of the most common cancer sites, including lung, colon and...
Dune Medical Devices Receives FDA Approval for the MarginProbe System
Dune Medical Devices, Inc, announced that the FDA has granted Premarket Approval to the MarginProbe System, the company’s breakthrough intraoperative tissue assessment tool for early-stage breast cancer surgery. The technology significantly improves surgeons’ ability to intraoperatively ...
Improving Outcomes for Patients With Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
For over a decade, the treatment landscape of non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been rapidly evolving. It now includes testing for genetic alterations and the use of targeted therapies and immunotherapies, with new targets and treatments still being discovered and approved. In this six-part...
Optimizing the Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury Caused by High-Dose Methotrexate: Integrating New Guidelines to Improve Patient Care
Patients receiving high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) are at risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) due to delayed methotrexate clearance. New consensus guidelines aim to help the healthcare team optimize the treatment of AKI due to HDMTX and understand at which time points glucarpidase is most...
