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Breast Cancer Drug Shows Promise for Ovarian Cancer Treatment
Avastin, a cancer drug that was a hopeful for breast cancer treatment when it got in its more advanced stages, is apparently showing promise for another type of female cancer. Ovarian cancer patients saw about four months added to the time it usually takes for ovarian cancer to progress into very serious territory. Basically, the drug [...]
Avastin Formally Recalled for Breast Cancer Treatment
The breast cancer drug often used as a last resort called “Avastin” has finally been formally recalled by the FDA. The FDA had previously approved the drug for breast cancer that was not responding to other more conventional treatments. It has now come to the conclusion that Avastin presents too many other health risks, and [...]
Tamoxifen May Increase Risk of Diabetes
Tomoxifen is a well known drug that is given to women who have, or have had, breast cancer. It is supposed to help suppress the estrogens that can fuel breast cancer or ignite it again once remission has been declared. Older women who are taking the drug have shown a slightly increased risk for developing [...]
