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Anne Li                          6/9/17   The chemotherapy drug capecitabine gives patients a better quality of life and is as effective at preventing breast cancer from returning as the alternative regimen called CMF, when given following epirubicin. These are the…...

Anne LI                              6/9/17   Two drugs targeting different gene faults in lung cancer have shown potential to be better than those already available, according to unpublished clinical trials. The drug alectinib (Alecensa), which targets a faulty…...

Anne Li                               6/9/17   In 2012, the drug abiraterone (Zytiga) was first made available on the NHS to treat men with advanced prostate cancer that has stopped responding to standard hormone treatment. Now, a strong…...

Anne Li                                    6/9/17   During the past week, the world has lost one of its leading cancer researchers- Professor Patrick Johnston. Here Sir Harpal Kumar, Cancer Research UK's chief executive commemorates the legacy…...

Anne LI                                     6/9/17   A drug that’s already approved to treat certain ovarian cancers holds some advanced breast cancers at bay longer than standard chemotherapy, according to results from a clinical trial.…...

Anne Li                                        6/9/17   Offering a drug up-front with standard hormone treatment extends survival in men whose prostate cancer has spread, according to results from a late stage clinical trial. The…...

Anne Li                              6/4/17   Adding abiraterone to hormone therapy at the start of treatment for prostate cancer improves survival by 37 per cent, according to the results of one of the largest ever clinical trials for…...