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New Herceptin treatment combo can be ...

October 6, 2011 Written by admin
New Herceptin treatment combo can be safer for aggressive breast cancer
The effective breast cancer drug Herceptin can be administered in a way that greatly reduces one of its most serious side effects, a risk of heart damage, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Herceptin targets a protein called Her2 which appears on the surface of the cancer cells in about one quarte [...]
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Urine test shows prostate cancer risk

August 19, 2011 Written by admin
Urine test shows prostate cancer risk
A new urine test can help aid early detection of and treatment decisions about prostate cancer, a study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology finds. The test supplements an elevated prostate specific antigen, or PSA, screening result, and could help some men delay or av [...]
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