RESEARCHERS from the National Cancer Institute’s Centre for Cancer Research have identified a gene called PTEN which may play an important role in the formation of melanoma.
27/03/2009
GAVIN Robertson, associate professor of pharmacology, pathology and dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine says his team have developed drugs from naturally occurring compounds that can inhibit the growth of tumours in mice by 50 to 60% with a very low dose.
13/03/2009
BAYER HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals have announced the Phase III trial of Nexavar (sorafenib) tablets has been stopped early following a planned interim analysis by an independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC).
29/04/2009
Australian researchers are members of an international consortium entering a new era of personalised medicine for cancer patients.
03/05/2010