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December 30th, 2006

New Cancer Drug Cocktail May Treat Multiple Myeloma Without Treatment Related Hair Loss

After a month of mostly lifestyle-type posts, I suppose I should interject a bit of science and health into Baldiness, being a part of the Science and Health Channel and all. So, here’s news of a potential multiple myeloma treatment in Phase I clinical trial. The treatment is an oral cocktail of KRX-0401 (perifosine), Revlimid […]

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June 18th, 2006

Side Effect Roundup

Couple news items come to my attention today.
GlaxoSmithKline Announces Expanded Indication for Hycamtin - “GlaxoSmithKline announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Hycamtin (topotecan HCl) in combination with cisplatin, for the treatment of stage IV-B, recurrent, or persistent carcinoma of the cervix, which is not amenable to curative treatment with surgery […]

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