liver cancer treatment

Long-term L-carnitine supplementation prevents development of liver cancer

harminka — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:09:01 -0500

A study will be published on March 21, 2009 in World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses the question. A research group in King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia investigated, for the first time, the role of carnitine, a naturally occurring compound that is synthesized mainly in the liver, during the development of hepatocarcinogenesis.

Nexavar Gets Chinese Approval For Liver Cancer Treatment

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:56:46 -0500

Thus, Nexavar becomes the first systemic therapy for the treatment of liver cancer as China's SFDA (U.S. version of FDA) approves Nexavar for treatment of liver cancer.

Advanced liver cancer patients live longer by taking sorafenib

harminka — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:06:55 -0500

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have found that sorafenib (Nexavar) helps patients with advanced liver cancer live about 44 percent longer compared with patients who did not receive the anti-cancer drug.

Combining liver cancer treatments doubles survival rates

harminka — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:34:00 -0500

By combining the use of stents and photodynamic therapy, also called SpyGlass, physicians at the University of Virginia have been able to significantly increase survival rates for patients suffering from advanced cholangiocarcinoma, cancer of the liver bile duct.

Sunitinib may slow growth and spread of liver cancer

harminka — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:22:35 -0500

Treatment with sunitinib slows tumor growth and reduces the risk of metastasis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, an aggressive cancer of the liver, researchers report.

Molecules may help predict survival in liver cancer

harminka — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:45:27 -0600

Tiny molecules that help cells regulate which proteins they make might one day help doctors predict which liver cancer patients are likely to live longer than others, new research suggests.

Indian medicinal plant Acanthus ilicifolius may combat liver cancer

harminka — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:02:37 -0600

Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world with a poor prognosis. About three quarters of the cases of liver cancer are found in Southeast Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, India, and Japan. The frequency of liver cancer in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa is greater than 20 cases per 100,000 population.

Nexavar drug approved as treatment for liver cancer

Dinka — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:34:57 -0600

The U.S. approved Nexavar drug, the product of Germany's Bayer AG, for the liver cancer treatment. The Food and Drug Administration extended the approval of the oral anticancer drug for the treatment of patients with the most common sort of liver cancer, Bayer said.

Targeting nerve growth factor may cure liver cancer

harminka — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:22:00 -0500

Nerve growth factor (NGF), as the name says, is an essential peptide factor for the growth and differentiation of neuronal cells. Therefore we can imagine that this growth factor is important for the nervous system including brain.

Targeting nerve growth factor may cure liver cancer

harminka — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:52:29 -0500

Nerve growth factor (NGF), as the name says, is an essential peptide factor for the growth and differentiation of neuronal cells. Therefore we can imagine that this growth factor is important for the nervous system including brain.

DNA provides clues to outcome in patients with liver cancer

harminka — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:38:35 -0500

The main causes of liver cancer (also known as hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC]), which is the fifth most common cancer in the world, are well defined. However, the molecular pathways activated by the triggers of liver cancer are not well characterized.

Molecule blocks gene, sheds light on liver cancer

harminka — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:09:37 -0500

New research shows how a particular small molecule blocks the activity of a cancer-suppressing gene, allowing liver-cancer cells to grow and spread.