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Roche immunotherapy drug may be 'game changer' in lung cancer

An experimental Roche drug that seems to work particularly well against lung cancer in smokers may be a "game changer" for these normally difficult-to-treat patients, researchers said on Sunday.Presenting detailed data from an early-stage trial of the drug, called MPDL3280A, in patients with a form of the disease called non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), investigators said what they had found was "great news for lung cancer patients".Of 53 patients with NSCLC tumours treated with the drug, 23 percent saw their tumours shrink, according to results presented at the European Cancer Congress (ECC) in Amsterdam.But the most encouraging numbers were among smokers, where the response rate was 26 percent compared with 10 percent of patients who had never smoked, said Professor Jean-Charles Soria of France's Institut Gustave Roussy, who led the study.Lung cancer, which is usually caused by smoking, is extremely difficult to treat successfully and once it has started to spread to other parts of...

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    Oncolytics Biotech (NASDAQ:ONCY) said Monday its experimental drug Reolysin shrunk lung cancer tumors in 92% of patients in a mid-stage study.On average, tumors were...

  2. Bush to Defend Black Lung Rules

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  3. New Global Killers: Heart, Lung Disease and Cancer

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  4. Women's lung cancer death risk rises

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  5. The time to get a flu shot is now

    Last year flu came early and came hard, hospitalizing the most elderly patients on record and killing 161 children.This year the National Foundation of Infectious Di...

  6. Flu vaccination rates rise, but officials still urge shots

    More Americans are getting vaccinated against the flu, but there is still room for improvement, public health officials said today.During last year's (2012-2013) par...

  7. Cancer news: Do I really have to stop eating bacon?

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  8. Drug May Ease Progressive Lung Disease

    A drug available in Europe called roflumilast helps ease symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers report in The Lancet.COPD is an inflam...

  9. FDA Approves First Medicine To Treat Breast Cancer Before Surgery

    A biotech drug from Roche has become the first medicine approved to treat breast cancer before surgery, offering an earlier approach against one of the deadliest for...

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  11. Plan to stop tuberculosis in kids overdue but problematic

    Health officials are embarking on an ambitious plan to wipe out tuberculosis in children worldwide, even though they don't know exactly how many cases there are.Expe...

  12. Former US Rep. Clay Shaw, 74, dies in Fla. after long battle with lung cancer

    Former U.S. Rep. E. Clay Shaw has died following a lengthy battle against lung cancer. He was 74.Shaw's family says in a statement that he died Tuesday night at Holy...

  1. FDA-approved antidepressant may help treat deadly form of lung cancer

    Researchers have discovered a class of FDA-approved antidepressants that may prove effective in treating patients with small-cell lung cancer – one of the deadliest ...

  2. Merck KGaA revives testing of lung cancer vaccine

    German drugmaker Merck KGaA will conduct new tests on an experimental lung cancer vaccine which failed a previous late-stage clinical trial, it said on Wednesday.Mer...

  3. Avoid Smoking, Indoor Pollution to Prevent Emphysema

    Emphysema, one of several diseases collectively known as common obstructive pulmonary disease, is a long-term, progressive illness and one of the most common lung di...

  4. People With Emphysema at Higher Shingles Risk

    People with emphysema or chronic bronchitis may be at higher than average risk for a painful rash known as shingles, a study published Tuesday suggests.The shingles ...

  5. 15 things you need to know about vaccines

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  6. Dogs being trained to sniff out signs of ovarian cancer

    Fight against cancer gets new help from old friend

  7. 3D-printed bacteria may unlock disease secrets

    Bacteria are often social creatures. Suspended in colonies of varying shapes and sizes, these microbes communicate with their brethren and even other bacterial speci...

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