Trial Investigating A Promising New Treatment For Head And Neck Cancer Has Begun
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:00 PM EST
... The treatment, lapatinib (Tykerb®, GSK) is being tested in 680 patients in the advanced stages of the disease. Lapatinib has already been investigated in breast cancer treatment. The drug works like no other current cancer treatment. It blocks two proteins on the surface of cancer cells that are involved in cancer growth. [click link for full article] ...
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- Clinical Trials
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Head Injury
- Head Lice
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Neck/Head Cancer
- Lymphedema
- Ovarian Cancer
- Lymph Nodes
- Prostate Cancer
- Treatment
- Kidney Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Uterine Cancer
- Treatments
- Cancers
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- The signs and symptoms related to the central nervous system may be irreversible if treatment is not begun within 6 months of when these symptoms begin.

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