Colon Cancer Treatment - Maui cancer-treatment access to improve - Honolulu Advertiser
Maui cancer-treatment access to improve - Honolulu Advertiser
WAILUKU, Maui When Robyn Crozier was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, she wanted “to fight it with everything I got.” The 44-year-old mother of three said she didn’t hesitate to sign up for a clinical trial of new drug treatment
Tests Could Predict Benefit From Cancer Drugs - Forbes
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) — What if a blood test or biopsy could predict if a cancer therapy will help cure you, or only make you feel worse? Tests like these, based on genes, proteins or other “molecular markers” may someday do just that
Erbitux Less Effective For Colon Cancer Patients With Second Gene - Eflux Media
Treatment with cetuximab (Erbitux) was less effective for patients with advanced colorectal cancer with a certain gene mutation, a new study found. Scientists already knew that the presence of K-ras mutations explains about 30 to 40 percent of cases
Maui cancer-trial access to improve - Honolulu Advertiser
WAILUKU, Maui When Robyn Crozier was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, she wanted “to fight it with everything I got.” The 44-year-old mother of three said she didn’t hesitate to sign up for a clinical trial of a new drug treatment
For cancer patients, personalized treatment offers a new range of - Los Angeles Times
The one thing Kevin Carlberg refused to face after his diagnosis with brain cancer in 2002 was anyone’s estimate for how long he might live. His doctors and his family all knew the number: six to 18 months. “I understand the averages,” says Carlberg