Oncology & Cancer

New drug overcomes resistance in patients with rare sarcoma

A new targeted drug demonstrated its ability to control metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor, an uncommon and life-threatening form of sarcoma, after the disease had become resistant to all existing therapies, report ...

Oncology & Cancer

Three 'targeted' cancer drugs raise risk of fatal side effects

Treatment with three relatively new "targeted" cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal side effects, according to a new analysis led by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They added that ...

Oncology & Cancer

Avastin, Sutent increase breast cancer stem cells, study shows

Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in mice, suggesting a possible explanation for why these drugs don't lead to longer survival, ...