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• Combo Treatment Beneficial in Biliary-Tract Cancer Study

  Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- A new combination drug therapy shows promise in treating patients ...

• Istodax Approved for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

  Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The Gloucester Pharmaceuticals drug Istodax (romidepsin) has been approved by ...

• Oral Drug Ups Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases

  Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Oral sodium clodronate improves overall survival in advanced prostate cancer ...

• Onsolis Approved for Severe Cancer Pain

  July 16 (HealthDay News) -- The potent opioid medication Onsolis (fentanyl buccal soluble film) has ...

• New Cancer Drug Fights Tumors in Those With BRCA Mutations

  June 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new cancer drug called olaparib worked well in an ...

• Coming Soon: Lung-Cancer Spray?

  June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists may someday be able to fight lung cancer using ...

• HRT Ups Death Risk for Women With Lung Cancer

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- The current use of combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is ...

• Research Finds 'New Crop' of Breast Cancer Genes

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have found a gene common in up ...

• Drug Combo Proves Powerful Against Lung Cancer

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- A two-drug combination treatment proved successful in safely slowing advanced ...

• Drug Trials Show Modest Gains Against Lung Cancer

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Certain drugs offer incremental yet significant improvements in pushing back ...

• Immune-Based Lymphoma Treatment Shows Promise

  May 31 (HealthDay News) -- In a new study, patients with follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma who ...

• Chemo Alone Is Best for Advanced Colon Cancer

  May 30 (HealthDay News) --Surgery is no longer the best treatment option for most patients ...

• Experts Optimistic About Melanoma Vaccine

  June 1 (HealthDay News) --A vaccine for advanced melanoma has shown promise in a new ...

• Fingerprints May Vanish With Cancer Drug

  May 27 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used cancer drug capecitabine can cause people to ...

• Many Black Women Refuse Breast Cancer Treatments

  May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 25 percent of black women with advanced breast cancer ...

• New Research Sheds Light on Breast Cancer Prognosis

  May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies have found that levels of the protein ...

• Stem Cell Study Offers Hope for Targeting Tumors

  May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Genetically engineered adult stem cells, armed with a cancer-killing protein, ...

• An Aid to Tailoring Prostate Cancer Treatment

  May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers claim to have found a way to better customize ...

• Poor Women Seem to Be Skipping Breast Cancer Drugs

  May 18 (HealthDay News) -- In another sign of the challenges facing the health-care industry ...