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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

New drug for the treatment of aggressive form of breast cancer

At the final stage of development, namely in the phase of clinical trials or awaiting the assessment of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there are 91 drugs on breast cancer. The report and a list of nearly 900 vaccines and drugs for cancer, we are working on pharmaceutical companies, announced the American Association of Innovative Pharmaceutical Companies (PhRMA). 




Development of the current methods of cancer include: 

 - a drug that affects the metabolism of cancer cells by depriving them of energy from of glucose;

 - a drug that is designed to induce a strong immune response directed against melanoma (skin cancer malicious)

 - a potential drug of first choice (given to patients in the first place, before any other method of treatment), the first in a new class of drugs, which aims to identify specific tumor cells and destroy them, and then sting the patient's immune system, so that he conquered the remaining tumor cells; 

- a new therapy that uses nanotechnology, which facilitates the absorption of the drug by the patient, which allows to overcome limitations of existing methods treatment.

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