Latest Oncology News
• Common Virus Helps Quality Of Life For Sarcoma Patients Says Cancer Expert
New data shows that some sarcoma patients are benefiting from treatment with REOLYSIN, developed from a harmless virus called the reovirus that most people are exposed to at some point in their lives. Dr. Monica Mita of the Institute of Drug Development (IDD), the Cancer Therapy and Research Cent...
• Southcoast Hospitals Group announces expansion of Fall River oncology service...
FALL RIVER ? Southcoast Hospitals Group announced Wednesday that it will expand Charlton Memorial Hospital's Jarabek Center to offer a wider range of oncology services, including radiation therapy, which until this point has not been offered by...
• Amgen, Takeda's Drug for Lung Cancer Suspended After Deaths (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Amgen Inc. 's decision to suspend a clinical trial of its experimental cancer drug, motesanib, because of higher deaths among patients sets back the company's efforts to expand into the market for oncology treatments.
• ZIOPHARM Oncology Presents Positive Data From Studies Of Palifosfamide (Medic...
ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIOP) announced today that it presented positive data from a Phase I study of palifosfamide (ZymafosTM) in combination with doxorubicin at the 14th Annual Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) meeting held in London, UK, November 13 to 15.
• PharmaMar Receives "Supporting A Cure In Our Time" Sarcoma Foundation Of Amer...
PharmaMar has received the Award "Supporting A Cure In Our Time" from the Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA) for its "support in the search for an effective cure for soft tissue sarcomas," goal of the foundation, during the congress of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) held in Lon...
