Jan 21, 2009
New York - Genetech is expecting to see results from a colon cancer study involving Avastin by April, according to media reports Tuesday.
Avastin has already been approved for breast cancer, Lung cancer and colon cancer which has already speared.
Genentech's goal of the current study -- which involves more than The 2,710-patients -- is to show whether Avastin improves survival of patients after colon cancer surgery.
The study called NSABP C-08, is being conducted by the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project and ... Read More
Dec 16, 2008
New York - Canadian researchers have determined that the invasive procedure of colonoscopies is less effective than originally thought.
The procedure, which involves inserting a tube into the rectum to check for cancerous growths, was once thought to be as much as ninety percent effective in preventing deaths resulting from colorectal cancer. Recent studies suggest that colonoscopies are only sixty to seventy percent effective in preventing these deaths.
It seems that the procedure is effective in detecting warning signs of cancer in the left ... Read More
Dec 10, 2008
New York - Scientific studies have found that vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium will not help to prevent prostate cancer or any other types of diseases.
A very large clinical trial was done to reach this conclusion. In one of these medical studies, 35,533 men who were cancer free participated. The men were age fifty or over. The study participants took selenium or vitamin E or they were instructed to take selenium and vitamin E together.
After several years, the participants had the ... Read More
