Tag Archives: chemotherapy
Chemotherapy Drug Shortage Puts Patients At Risk
A report from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHSP) shows a growing number of vital chemotherapy drugs are in short supply. Paclitaxel (brand name: Taxol), a drug used extensively in patients with colon, lung, breast and ovarian cancers, has been added to a list of 196 other major drugs considered to be in short [...]
Continued Use of Alimta Keeps Cancer Under Control
A new study shows that patients who continually take the lung cancer chemotherapy drug Alimta after their initial treatment kept their disease from worsening. Alimta has already received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its use as a first-line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). With the results of this [...]
Southwest Oncology Group Testing New Drug for Mesothelioma
Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG), a consortium of 19 cancer testing centers funded by the National Cancer Institute, or NCI, is in the process of conducting Phase 1/Phase 2 trials on the use of cediranib maleate in combination with pemetrexed disodium (marketed as Alimta) and cisplatin to treat a cohort of 116 individuals 18 or older [...]
