Colon Cancer Treatment History timeline
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FDA Approves Pharmacia and UpJohn's Adrucil
Treating symptoms of colon, rectum, breast, stomach, and pancreas cancer. Adrucil is an antimetabolite. It works by interfering with the... Read more
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FDA Approves Pfizer's Camptosar
CAMPTOSAR Injection is indicated as a component of first-line therapy in combination with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin for patients with... Read more
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FDA Approves Hoffmann La Roche's Xeloda
The panel discussed Xeloda in the treatment of patients with locally-advanced or metastatic breast cancer following failure of Bristol-Myers... Read more
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FDA Approves BARR's Trexall
Treating certain types of cancer, severe psoriasis, or rheumatoid arthritis in certain patients. It may be used alone or with other medicines. It... Read more
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FDA Approves Sanofi Aventis's Eloxatin
Eloxatin is the trade name for the generic drug name Oxaliplatin. In some cases, health care professionals may use the trade name Eloxatin when... Read more
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FDA Approves ImClone's Erbitux
Erbitux is a cancer medication that interferes with the growth of cancer cells and slows their growth and spread in the body. Erbitux is used to... Read more
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FDA Approves Genentech's Avastin
Avastin is a cancer medicine that interferes with the growth of cancer cells by blocking the formation and growth of new blood vessels in the tumor... Read more
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FDA Approves Amgen's Vectibix
Drug Type: Vectibix is classified as a "monoclonal antibody" and "signal transduction inhibitor" by binding to epidermal growth factor receptors... Read more