Study: Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier

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Reply Thu 20 Nov, 2008 08:15 pm
Study: Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier
AP - Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy.

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