News tagged with 'Cancer Drugs'

Researchers have identified a compound that can destroy breast cancer stem cells, a type of master cell resistant to conventional treatment. This research introduces a completely new way of identifying cancer drugs.

Dr. Leisha Emens, a Johns Hopkins oncologist has been working on a breast cancer vaccine. Her research efforts stretch back nearly 20 years and involve testing a combination of an experimental vaccine and low doses of cancer medications.

Tissues give off a scent and researchers have developed a profile to detect skin cancer using an "electronic" nose. This area of research hopes to find skin cancers earlier and with  less invasive methods.

Actress Christina Applegate, 36, opted for a double mastectomy even though she had breast cancer in one breast only. It is an increasingly popular option for women who have an elevated genetic risk, but an improvement in outcome is still uncertain.

Chinese Recall of Methotrexate Updated July, 2007: Methotrexate , a drug used to treat acute leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis, has been recalled by China’s food and drug administration. The drug, manufactured by Shanghai Hualian Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., has been suspended because it caused adverse re

New research indicates that use of the breast cancer medication tamoxifen, sold under the brand name Nolvadex, may prevent the disease in healthy women. Published in the medical journal The Lancet, the inquiry, conducted by scientists with Cancer Research UK, analyzed data from previous studies using tamoxifen for bre

The Canadian health ministry has issued a warning to health care professionals about the possible dangers of using the breast cancer medication tamoxifen. Sold in the United States under the brand name Nolvadex, tamoxifen has been linked to stroke, pulmonary embolism and cancer of the uterus. Although Canadian health

Recent studies linking the cancer medication tamoxifen, sold in the United States under the brand name Nolvadex, to the potential risk of venous thromboembolism (pulmonary embolism) has caused Britain's Medicines Control Agency (MCA) to order an investigation of the drug. The MCA's announcement comes after the Interna

The prescribing information in the BOXED WARNING, WARNINGS, and PRECAUTIONS sections of the cancer medication Camptosar were recently revised to identify patients at higher risk of severe toxicity, to clarify dose modification guidelines, and to augment information about management of treatment-related toxicities, incl

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP have added a boxed warning and strengthened the WARNINGS section of the label for Tamoxifen Citrate, sold under the brand name Nolvadex. The warning informs healthcare professionals about new risk information of particular relevance to wome

The Food and Drug Administration is seeking help from an independent advisory panel to determine if changes should be made in the way Pharmacia's Camptosar is administered. Camptosar is a first-line treatment for colorectal cancer and is often used in combination with three other drugs, fluorouracil, irinotecan, and l

A new study published today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reveals that women who use Taxol along with chemotherapy to treat advanced breast cancer may be at risk of developing a rare lung disorder. Dr. Alphonse G. Taghlan studied 41 women who used Taxol while undergoing chemotherapy. The doctor repo

The U.S. District Court of Maryland in Baltimore has sentenced Allen J. Hoffman to 46 months in prison and ordered him to pay $222,506 in restitution for selling aloe vera mixtures as treatment for AIDS, cancer and other auto-immune diseases in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Hoffman pleaded

Researchers report that arsenic trioxide, a newly approved leukemia treatment, is responsible for the sudden of three leukemia patients. The patients were participating in a study of the new treatment. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is very rare. Only 800 to 1,000 people are diagnosed with APL annually in the Uni

Scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center released a study today that questions the safety of the widely used breast cancer drug tamoxifen. The study, which was published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, suggests that women who take tamoxifen and suffer from a reoccurrence of cancer, may