Share The benefit of using the top-selling cancer drug Avastin for breast cancer was questioned by the Food and Drug Administration. The improvement visible in women given chemotherapy alone and those given with chemotherapy and Avastin is not clinically significant, the agency said. They added that there were more critical side effects, such as bleeding, [...] [...more]
Share When a drug fails the test, usually its marketing in the pharmaceutical company’s share price would be difficult to cope up with. But on the contrary, the anti-cancer drug Nexavar co-developed by the Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX), though did not passed the test for helping in the overall survival of patients from [...] [...more]
Share Not long before, the revelation that you have cancer is like a life-long sentence bestowed upon you. But because of the continuous advancements in our lifestyle and new developments in technology, knowing you have the big C is not a big deal anymore. Certain types of cancer have been studied by experts and they [...] [...more]
Share A great classic Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, who starred in the movies “Easy Rider” and “Blue Velvet,” died Saturday in his home in Venice, California. He was only 74. The reason for his death is the prostate cancer which was diagnosed October 2009, according to his wife Victoria Hopper. He died surrounded by his [...] [...more]
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