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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to expand
the use of Genentech Inc.'s breast cancer drug Herceptin to include women with
early-stage cancer who … 
Dendreon said Monday it has submitted the final portion of its application to the Food and
Drug Administration for approval to market its prostate cancer drug in the U.S … 



Campaigners express dismay that a lung cancer drug available in Scotland will not be
approved for England … 



A drug used to treat kidney cancer can prevent the development of pulmonary
hypertension in rodents. There is no curative therapy for this condition … 



Filed under: Drug, Lung Cancer, Research, Daily news The lung cancer drug
Gefitinib has been taken off shelves in the United States due to ineffectiveness. But it
remains effective in … 
Women with early-stage, hormone-sensitive breast cancer are significantly more likely
to beat the disease if they switch to a new drug, according to research to be
published today … 
The new indication is for Herceptin, in combination with other cancer drugs, for the
treatment of HER2 positive breast cancer after surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy) … 
Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. said Wednesday that its drug candidate to treat a serious
type of skin cancer has been granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration … 
THURSDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug prevented bone tumors in
50 percent of mice in a preclinical study, researchers report … 
… cancer, has caused an uproar among the cancer specialists and thousands of
lung cancer patients all over England … 


