New Drug Candidate Prolongs The Lives Of Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 11:21 in Health & Medicine

The new drug compound Salirasib has shown positive results against pancreatic cancer and recently passed Phase I/II clinical trials. The drug, given in combination with gemcitabine, the standard drug used to combat pancreatic cancer, almost doubled the life expectancy of those who received it.

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