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EMA Recommends Erlotinib as Maintenance for NSCLC

Elsevier Global Medical News, 2010 Mar 19, J Smith

The European Medicines Agency announced March 19 that it has issued a positive opinion on the chemotherapy drug erlotinib as a maintenance treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small...

Everolimus Too Costly, Survival Data Insufficient, Says NICE

Elsevier Global Medical News, 2010 Feb 9, J Smith

The clinical effectiveness agency for England and Wales has published draft guidance opposing everolimus as a second-line treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer,...

NICE Draft Opposes Pemetrexed for Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Elsevier Global Medical News, 2009 Dec 18, J Smith

The clinical effectiveness agency for England and Wales has issued draft guidance opposing use of pemetrexed as a maintenance treatment for people with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung...

NICE Draft Backs Rituximab for Relapsed or Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Elsevier Global Medical News, 2009 Nov 11, J Gardner

Rituximab would be authorized to treat relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia in combination with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide under a draft guideline published by the clinical effectiveness...

2008 Top Stories

To mark our first anniversary, an expert panel chose the year's top oncology stories. See what the experts picked, and choose your own top story.

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