Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: 2010 Archive

Phase 2A Clinical Study shows Positive Results

December 2010: DARA BioSciences reports additional positive results from its successfully completed study for the treatment of neuropathic pain in patients with cancer.

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Source: GlobeNewswire

13th World Congress on Pain

October 2010: The results of a new study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an drug to treat neuropathic pain in cancer patients was presented by DARA BioSciences at the annual meeting in Montreal.

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Source: InsuranceNewsNet.com

Drug Combination Improves Survival in Pancreatic Cancer

August 2010: A combination of older chemotherapeutic drugs have improved the median overall survival of certain patients with pancreatic cancer as reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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Source: Clinical Oncology

Peripheral Neuropathy: managing the side effects of chemotherapy

June 2010: Sheryl Ness, Nurse educator at the Mayo Clinic has published an article outlining the symptoms of chemo induced PN and steps you can take to releive some of the symptoms.

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Source: Mayo Clinic

Paclitaxel Combos Useful as Breast Cancer Adjuvant Therapy

June 2010: Resarchers are finding that combination therapy involving paclitaxel and doxorubicin with or without cyclophophamide is beneficial to acheiving good treatment results. Overall survival rates were 82% wtih a cyclophosphamide regimen and 87% with dose-dense paclitaxel.

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Source: Cure Today

Cabazitaxel: A First in Metastatic Prostate Cancer but Toxicity is ‘Concerning’

June 2010: For the first time, a therapy has shown a survival benefit in men with metastatic prostate cancer after failure on docetaxel-based chemotherapy. This new data was presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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Source: Medscape