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View Post: Other trials in CLL
7 Nov 2009 by Terry Hamblin  
A Phase 2 study of chlorambucil plus rituximab has been completed and an interim analysis of the first 50 patients will be presented at ASH. It shows an overall response rate of 84%. Although the CLL4 trial treated rather younger ...
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View Post: Novel Chemotherapy Agent Bendamustine Significantly More Effective ...
3 Aug 2009 by Prne  
In the study, patients treated with the chemotherapy agent bendamustine (162 of the total 319 patients) achieved a median progression-free survival of 21.6 months, compared to only 8.3 months for chlorambucil (p<0.0001), ... Significantly, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) included bendamustine for the treatment of CLL in its 2008 shortlist of major clinical advancements in the treatment of cancer, with the greatest potential impact on patient care.(4) ...
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View Post: Bendamustine Study Demonstrates Significant Improvement in Overall ...
11 Sep 2009
In this study, bendamustine demonstrated significantly better outcomes for both primary endpoints compared to chlorambucil: overall response rate and progression-free survival (PFS).The overall response rate was significantly ... Because it is incurable, the goal of treatment is to stabilize the cancer over the long-term by extending periods of remission,” said Prof. Wolfgang Knauf, Onkologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Frankfurt, Germany and lead investigator of this study. ...
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View Post: The treatment of primary breast cancer
19 Nov 2009 by admin  
Chemical treatment of primary breast cancer drugs are a necessary systemic adjuvant therapy, were applied before and after surgery are more commonly used chemotherapy drug cyclophosphamide, CCNU, chlorambucil and so on. ...
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View Post: Cancer and Fertility Preservation PDF Guide
19 Nov 2009 by m4d35  
The most severe damage comes from radiation to the ovaries or testicles and cancer drugs in the “alkylating agent” category such as cyclophos- phamide, mechlorethamine, chlorambucil, and melphalan. Although sperm production may recover, ...
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View Post: A Genomic Approach to Improve Prognosis and Predict Therapeutic ...
11 Nov 2009 by Friedman, D. R., Weinberg, J. B., Barry,...  
Genomic signatures that reflect progressive disease and responses to chemotherapy or chemoimmunotherapy were created using cancer cell lines and patient leukemia cell samples. We validated and applied these three signatures to ...
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View Post: bendamustine for cll
9 Sep 2009 by Dr. NICK  
new york (reuters health) aug 11 - as first-line therapy for advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll), bendamustine produced significantly higher response rates and longer progression-free survival than chlorambucil in a phase iii ...
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View Post: buy leukeran (chlorambucil) online for only 3.98$ per pill ...
14 Sep 2009 by Jonah Brucker-Cohen  
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View Post: Pivotal Data Published in the Journal Cancer Demonstrate that ...
4 Nov 2009
Efficacy relative to first line therapies other than chlorambucil has not been established. TREANDA received its second approval in October 2008 for the treatment of patients with indolent B-cell NHL that has progressed during or within ...
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View Post: Leukeran (Chlorambucil) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects, Drug ...
6 Oct 2008
WARNING: Chlorambucil treatment can be associated with serious side effects. Although chlorambucil is used to treat cancer, it may increase your risk of developing another form of cancer. Consult your doctor for more details. ...
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