Experimental Drug Fights Inherited Cancer WisdomCard™

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  1. NHS Choices: Good Result in Cancer Drug Trial (June 25, 2009)nhs.uk - Good Result in Cancer Drug Trial
  2. Daily Mail: Revolutionary Drug Could Help Thousands of Patients with Genetic Cancers (June 25, 2009)dailymail.co.uk - Revolutionary Drug Could Help Thousands of Patients with Genetic Cancers
  3. MSNBC: New Drugs Could Transform Cancer Treatment (June 25, 2009)msnbc.msn.com - New Drugs Could Transform Cancer Treatment
  4. BBC: New Cancer Drug Shows Promise (June 24, 2009)news.bbc.co.uk - New Cancer Drug Shows Promise
  5. WebMD: Experimental Pill Fights Inherited Cancer (June 24, 2009)webmd.com - Experimental Pill Fights Inherited Cancer
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Research Notes on Experimental Drug Fights Inherited Cancer


A new cancer treatment is showing promise in preliminary tests. The study, being led by the Institute of Cancer Research, is studying the drug olaparib from a new class of drugs known as PARP inhibitors. The drug is currently being tested in patients who have inherited forms of breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers.1

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  • This new class of drugs prevents unstable cancer cells from repairing themselves.2
  • For this study, 19 patients who had an inherited cancer were given the treatment of olaparib.2
  • More than half of the patients involved had tumors shrink or completely stop growing.2
  • This study appears in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ BBC: New Cancer Drug Shows Promise (June 24, 2009)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 WebMD: Experimental Pill Fights Inherited Cancer (June 24, 2009)

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