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High insulin levels increase breast cancer risk - Newstrack India
December 30, 2008, 11:11 pm

Washington, December 31 (ANI): An American study has revealed that high levels of insulin increase the risk of breast cancer in women. Lead researchers Marc Gunter and Howard Strickler, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, revealed ...

Explaining Differences in Cisplatin and Oxaliplatin Ototoxicity - HULIQ.com
December 30, 2008, 2:07 pm

More cisplatin enters the inner ear in an animal model than oxaliplatin. The difference may explain why cisplatin treatment in humans can lead to hearing problems while oxaliplatin rarely does. The amount of cisplatin a patient can tolerate is often ...

Study sheds new light on chemotherapy drug-induced hearing damage - Thaindian.com
December 30, 2008, 10:07 pm

Washington, December 31 (ANI): Scientists at a leading European medical university have found out why chemotherapy using cisplatin often lead to hearing problems, but a treatment with oxaliplatin rarely does, despite both drugs being platinum ...

Reason Behind Chemotherapeutic Drug-Induced Hearing Damage Uncovered - Med India
January 1, 2009, 3:59 pm

Scientists at a leading European medical university have found out why chemotherapy using cisplatin often lead to hearing problems, but a treatment with oxaliplatin rarely does, despite both drugs being platinum compounds. A research team led by Dr ...

Also in the Dec. 30 JNCI - Genetic Engineering News
December 30, 2008, 1:53 pm

More cisplatin enters the inner ear in an animal model than oxaliplatin. The difference may explain why cisplatin treatment in humans can lead to hearing problems while oxaliplatin rarely does. The amount of cisplatin a patient can tolerate is often ...

Merck Serono: Study Published in JCO Shows Erbitux Enhances - PharmiWeb
January 5, 2009, 3:30 am

Darmstadt, January 05, 2009 ? A study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology demonstrates that the addition of Erbitux® (cetuximab) to standard oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy (FOLFOX-4) in previously untreated metastatic colorectal ...

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