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ASCO Releases Updated Treatment Guidelines For Patients With Stage 4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
17 November 2009
New recommendations on the use of chemotherapy to treat patients with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were issued today by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)...
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Poniard Pharmaceuticals Announces Pivotal Phase 3 SPEAR Trial Of Picoplatin In Small Cell Lung Cancer Did Not Meet Primary Endpoint
17 November 2009
Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD) announced that its pivotal Phase 3 SPEAR (Study of Picoplatin Efficacy After Relapse) trial of picoplatin in the second-line treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) did not...
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Scientific Presentations At 2009 ASTRO Meeting Highlight RapidArc(R) Radiotherapy Technology From Varian Medical Systems
13 November 2009
Clinicians using RapidArc® radiotherapy technology for fast, precise, non-invasive cancer treatments have found that they are able to substantially reduce scatter dose to surrounding healthy tissues, according to several...
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