Drug Combo Extends Life With Advanced Breast Cancer

Links shared publicly online about this topic.

  • 1,537
    total visits

Drug Combo Extends Life With Advanced Breast Cancer

webmd.com

For the first time, a drug treatment has been shown to extend the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer after herceptin alone failed.

View full resource at webmd.com

Tags: Cancer, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Medication, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Drug, Women's Health, Herceptin

  • Share

Most Recently Shared on December 12, 2009 at 1:09 am By:

WebMD_News WebMD_News

Drug Combo Extends Life With Advanced Breast Cancer: For the first time, a drug treatment has been shown to extend ... http://bit.ly/6lQ4s1

2 years ago...

Also Shared By:

Heart Health Heart Health

FDA revokes approval of Avastin as treatment for advanced breast cancer - Daily Dose: A Boston Globe blog with health news, advice, and information.

boston.com — “Thousands of women with advanced breast cancer who are being treated with the drug Avastin may be taken off the drug after the US Food and Drug Adminimstration announced today that is revoking the medication’s approval for treatment of breast cancer. The FDA commissioner, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, said she based her decision on studies concluding that the drug has not been shown to be safe or life-extending for women with breast cancer that has spread.View full resource at boston.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on November 21, 2011 at 8:52 pm By:

MassEyeAndEar Mass. Eye and Ear Hospital

Lucentis is a similar drug...FDA revokes approval of Avastin as treatment for advanced breast cancer http://t.co/VuwsSeYk via @BostonDotCom

5 months ago...

Drug extends life for lung cancer patients | News | Nursing Times

nursingtimes.net — “A drug currently used to treat pancreatic cancer could help women with advanced lung cancer as well, new research has indicated.View full resource at nursingtimes.net

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on June 8, 2010 at 9:46 am By:

NursingTimes Nursing Times Health Magazine

News: Drug extends life for lung cancer patients http://bit.ly/altWOE

2 years ago...

Drug combo boosts advanced breast cancer survival - CTV News

ctv.ca — “A combination of two drugs significantly extended the lives of women with advanced breast cancer who had stopped responding to other medicines, a new study shows.View full resource at ctv.ca

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on December 13, 2009 at 2:34 am By:

HealthNews2 Health News Health News

Drug combo boosts advanced breast cancer survival: A combination of two drugs significantly exten.. http://bit.ly/7HIYsN #health #news

2 years ago...

Drug combo extends life in women with advanced breast cancer - USATODAY.com

usatoday.com — “Women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other treatments, doctors reported Friday.View full resource at usatoday.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on December 12, 2009 at 4:32 pm By:

jenharnedadams Dr. Jennifer Harned Adams Psychologist, PhD, and Doctor

Drug combo extends life in women with advanced breast cancer http://usat.me/?37018048

2 years ago...

Drug combo extends life in women with advanced breast cancer - USATODAY.com

usatoday.com — “Women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other treatments, doctors reported Friday.View full resource at usatoday.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on December 11, 2009 at 10:45 pm By:

Novel drug combo improves breast cancer survival

physorg.com — “(AP) -- Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported Friday.View full resource at physorg.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on December 11, 2009 at 7:59 pm By:

FightCancer FightCancer Health News

Novel drug combo extends breast cancer survival http://bit.ly/7rILMf

2 years ago...

Drug combo lengthens breast cancer survival- msnbc.com

msnbc.msn.com — “Women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other treatments, doctors reported Friday.View full resource at msnbc.msn.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on December 11, 2009 at 7:49 pm By:

Cetuximab may be approved for bowel cancer | News | Nursing Times

nursingtimes.net — “A life-extending treatment could soon be offered to around 2,000 advanced bowel cancer patients in England and Wales, under draft guidance from the NHS drugs watchdog.View full resource at nursingtimes.net

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on June 2, 2009 at 11:16 am By:

Advertisement