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Bone Cancer Trial Results
1. Experimental Drug for Osteosarcoma Improves Overall Survival
(Posted: 03/04/2008) - Patients with osteosarcoma who received the experimental drug mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE) along with chemotherapy fared better than patients who received chemotherapy alone, according to the Feb. 1, 2008, Journal of Clinical Oncology.
2. Improved Survival for Those With Ewing's Sarcoma
(Posted: 02/27/2003, Reviewed: 02/01/2005) - Addition of the drugs ifosfamide and etoposide to standard chemotherapy for Ewing's sarcoma significantly improved five-year survival in patients whose disease had not spread to other organs, according to the February 20, 2003, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
3. For Transplant Patients, Oral Antinausea Drug May Be Cheaper, Just as Effective
(Posted: 03/14/2002, Reviewed: 03/23/2005) - For patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy or radiation to prepare them for a bone marrow transplant (BMT), intravenous antiemetics have seemed better than oral agents at controlling nausea and vomiting. Now the results of a November 2001 study challenge this assumption.
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