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Understanding Your Pathology Report: Colon Cancer
What is a pathology report? A pathologist is a doctor who specializes in diagnosing diseases by examining tissue from the body. You will probably never meet the pathologist, but samples of your colon tissue, removed during surgery or biopsy, will... |
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Stage II Colon Cancer: To Treat or Not to Treat?
You would think that deciding whether to have chemotherapy after surgery (adjuvant therapy) in stage II colon cancer would be an easy decision, but in fact, studies have not found a clear answer to this question. |
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OncoLink Meet the Professor: Weijing Sun, MD discusses developments in colon cancer therapy
= Julia Draznin Matlzman, MD, Senior Editor WS = Dr. Weijing Sun Dr. Weijing Sun, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the Director of Upper GI and Pancreatic-biliary-hepatic Cancer Group and the Associate... |
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Colon Cancer Clinical Research Progress
Dr. Bruce J. Giantonio is a practicing oncologist at the University of Pennsylvania and the Executive Officer of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG). He also served as the study chair for two large ECOG trials evaluating bevacizumab... |
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A new monoclonal antibody is approved for the treatment of advanced colon cancer
Approved On Feb 12th, 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new monoclonal antibody called Cetuximab (Erbitux, formally known as C225, ImClone Systems and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company) for second line treatment of refractory... |
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Another coup for targeted therapy
The news Genentech won US FDA approval on Thursday (2/24/04) for its greatly anticipated new drug, Bevacizumab (Avastin). Bevacizumab is approved for use in previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer. The data Approval is based on the... |
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Eloxatin approved for first line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer
Eloxatin approved for first line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer By Julia Draznin Maltzman, MD Approved Eloxatin (oxaliplatin, Sanofi-Synthelabo) along with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (5-FU/LV) was recently approved by the... |
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