| Pharmion Files For EU Approval Of Prostate Cancer Treatment ...
6/26/2007 3:25:58 AM Tuesday, Pharmion Corp. (PHRM) said it filed a marketing authorization application or MAA with the European Medicines Agency or EMEA for its combinational prostate cancer treatment.
The company said the submission seeks approval for Satraplatin in combination with prednisone as a treatment for hormone-refractory prostate cancer or HRPC in patients who have failed prior chemotherapy.
The submission is based on a late stage study comparing Satraplatin plus Prednisone against placebo plus prednisone in 950 patients with HRPC whose prior chemotherapy has failed. HRPC affects about 80,000 men in the EU.
The company said Satraplatin lowers the risk of disease progression or death by 33% compared to the placebo plus prednisone group.
Georgetown's cancer killing robot will expand use to anywhere in ...
Georgetown University Hospital was the first center on the East Coast and the 6th in the nation to get the CyberKnife in 2002. Now, with the second highest caseload volume in the United States, Georgetown's world renowned team will be the first on the East Coast to start using a second machine in mid-July 2007. “The CyberKnife really exceeded our expectations, both in its effectiveness and in how many cancers we can treat with it," says Gregory Gagnon, MD, CyberKnife program director. When we first got the machine five years ago, it was used to treat “inoperable" tumors of the head neck and spine. Thanks to the addition of the Synchrony software we added in 2004 and advances in the technology itself, we are treating cancers of the lung, liver and pancreas. This second machine will help us go beyond that to begin treating cancers of the breast and prostate as well." CyberKnife's robot uses a crossfire technique to deliver as many as 1400 highly pinpointed and concentrated beams of radiation, at virtually any angle, to the patient's tumor.
Center holds open house, exhibits new technology
Then you realize that treatment for your condition may require traveling to a large city where advanced technology is available. People in Brewton and the surrounding area who have been diagnosed with cancer can eliminate a part of the bad news. During an open house event Tuesday, Gulf Coast Cancer Centers in Brewton demonstrated their ability to help take away some of the anxiety patients may feel about treatment. The facility has recently added the latest cancer-fighting technology to its on-site equipment used to help treat cancers. “Gulf Coast Cancer Center in Brewton is right up there with major hospitals in Pensacola and Mobile with the addition of image-guided radiation therapy equipment, or IGRT, installed here," said Dr. William Hixson, directing radiation oncologist.
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