Zevalin® Confirmed Effective for Patients with Follicular Lymphoma Who Have Failed an Autologous Transplant (9/5/2008)
Researchers from France have reported that five of eight patients with follicular lymphoma who had failed an autologous stem cell transplant achieved a complete remission with standard doses of Zevalin® (Yttrium-90 ((90)Y) ibritumomab tiuxetan). The details of this study appeared in an early online publication in Leukemia-Lymphoma of July 15, 2008.
Forty Percent of Postmenopausal Breast Cancers Preventable by Lifestyle Changes (9/5/2008)
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have reported that 40.7% of postmenopausal breast cancer can be prevented by changes in lifestyle. The details of this study appeared in the August 15, 2008 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
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