Adjuvant docetaxel or vinorelbine with or without trastuzumab for breast cancer

Article Abstract:

A comparison is made between docetaxel and vinorelbine for the adjuvant treatment of early breast cancer. Adjuvant treatment with docetaxel, as compared with vinorelbine, improves recurrence-free survival in women with early breast cancer and a short course of trastuzumab administered concomitantly with docetaxel or vinorelbine is effective in women with breast cancer who have amplified HER2/neu gene.

New England States, Breast cancer, Dosage and administration, New England, Docetaxel, Vinorelbine

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Effect of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI571 in a patient with a metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor

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A drug that inhibits c-kit tyrosine kinase may be an effective treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors, according to researchers who used the drug Glivec to treat a woman with this usually fatal tumor. This drug also inhibits the BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase that causes chronic myelogenous leukemia and Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Switzerland, Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Product information, Novartis AG, Gastrointestinal cancer, Digestive system cancer, NVTSY, Gleevec (Medication)

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Case 32-2004: A 68-year-old man with a large retroperitoneal mass

Article Abstract:

A case study of a 68-year-old man with large retroperitoneal tumor is presented. The diagnosis and classification of spindle-cell tumors of gastrointestinal tract is mentioned.

Legal issues & crime, Legal/Government Regulation, Company legal issue, Cases, Diagnosis, Digestive system diseases, Gastrointestinal tumors, Gastrointestinal tumours, Peritoneal diseases

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