Thursday, December 14, 2006

Glaxo drug fights inflammatory breast cancer-study

More information about Lapatinib:

LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's (GSK.L: Quote, Profile , Research) experimental cancer pill Tykerb works in women newly diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer when given before surgery, researchers said on Thursday.

Results of a small Phase II study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas showed a high clinical response from daily treatment with Tykerb for two weeks, followed by weekly paclitaxel, or Taxol, for 12 weeks.......


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