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Lasers are precisely pinpointed on a patient with prostate cancer at a radiation oncology center. (credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

FDA Expands Approval Of Prostate Cancer Drug

The Food and Drug Administration has expanded approval of Johnson & Johnson’s prostate cancer pill Zytiga for men with an earlier stage of the disease.

2012/12/10

A nurse collects a blood sample from a patient using a glucometer at a free health clinic on November 1, 2009. (credit: NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)

Study: Cheap Diabetes Drug May Fight Cancer

Does hope for cancer treatment lie in new drugs? Not necessarily, as new research shows that a commonly prescribed diabetes drug, metformin, may help fight cancer.

2012/04/06

FDA Steps In To Ease Critical Cancer Drug Shortage

The federal government is stepping in to help ease the shortage of two life-saving cancer drugs, Doxil and methotrexate.

2012/02/22

Two doctors review images of a prostate with cancer before performing a bracytherapy operation. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Prostate Cancer Growth Slowed By Commonly Used Drug

A drug that is commonly used to treat men with enlarged prostates may also delay the growth of prostate cancer, according to a new study.

2012/01/24

A woman displays her 'cocktail' of 14 different AIDS medications. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Obama To Order FDA To Help Reduce Drug Shortages

President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, an escalating problem that has endangered patients and raised the possibility of price gouging.

2011/10/31

(FILE PHOTO) Detail of a person with a malignant melanoma, which is a malignant skin tumor. (credit: American Cancer Society/Getty Images)

FDA Approves Gene-Targeting Skin Cancer Drug

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind drug to treat the deadliest form of skin cancer by targeting a particular genetic mutation found in about half of patients.

2011/08/17

Two doctors look at breast cancer x-rays. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Hearing May Be End Of Road For Breast Cancer Drug

The best-selling cancer drug in the world comes under federal scrutiny again this week, as drugmaker Roche makes a last-ditch effort to keep Avastin approved for breast cancer, despite the government’s opinion that it is ineffective against the disease.

2011/06/27