"Both the initial treatment that addresses the root cause and the follow-up can be revamped, " Topol said.
"HIV therapies have, for so long, focused on people needing drugs for their initial treatment, " said Mr Carter.
He predicts trials will find "a huge survival advantage" when Avastin is used as initial treatment in brain cancer.
The new brain cancer studies tested it as initial treatment for glioblastoma, the most common and deadly type of tumor.
About 10 percent of people who successfully finish corticosteroid treatment will have a relapse within 10 years of the initial treatment.
Meanwhile, Erbitux is not currently FDA approved for initial treatment of colon cancer, and insurers could balk at paying for earlier Erbitux use.
One thing that could settle that matter is direct data showing that Erbitux is equal or better than Avastin in initial treatment of colon cancer.
At the meeting Sunday, researchers from Europe are releasing new analysis of an old 1, 200-patient study testing Erbitux as initial treatment in combination with chemotherapy.
Only 4% of advanced colon cancer patients now get the drug for initial treatment, and only 14% get the drug as their second treatment, he says.
Anderson Cancer Center's Scott Kopetz says that about one-third of his colon patients, ones who lack the mutation, are now getting Erbitux as an initial treatment instead of Avastin.
The review teams for lung cancer found that of the 31 hospitals they visited, only three met the target of making a decision about initial treatment within four weeks of diagnosis.
If a child responded very well to initial treatment, he or she was much more likely to be doing well in their lives as teenagers than children who didn't respond well.
After the initial treatment, she seemed to get better.
FORBES: The Sadness (And Salvation) Of New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft
This could slice into sales of Genentech 's (nyse: DNA - news - people ) Avastin drug, which is currently a mainstay of initial treatment for metastatic colon cancer.
They were confident they could later win a far broader claim for initial treatment for lung cancer cases--critical for the drug's commercial prospects--once the results came in from Iressa's two large, 1, 000-patient trials.
However, in a separate study of more than 36, 000 patients' records, Mr Richard Sainsbury, a consultant at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, found that delays between referral by a GP and initial treatment had no significant effect on survival rates.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Xarelto (rivaroxaban) to include treating deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), and to reduce the risk of recurrent DVT and PE following initial treatment.
FORBES: Rivaroxaban Gains FDA Indications For The Treatment And Prevention Of DVT And PE
"The child can receive initial emergency treatment and can be stabilized as needed, " he says, and transferred to a children's hospital if necessary.
But his season was cut short in Italy and after initial placenta fluid treatment with specialist Mariana Kovacevic, he went on to have ankle surgery in Amsterdam.
In particular, researchers will re-analyze a previous big trial of Erbitux as initial colon cancer treatment to see if the drug combo worked better in the subset of patients who don't have kras mutations.
The drug appeared to have an initial benefit that faded after treatment was stopped.
Professional investors, if brought on for a second round of funding, will invest with preferred terms that will give them priority and special treatment over your initial investors.
FORBES: Entrepreneurs: If You Love Your Family, Don't Let Them Invest in Your Startup
It may lead to cheaper treatment, although the initial cost of the novel devices often offsets the savings from shorter hospital stays.
After an initial preparation period Ruby faces 33 courses of radiation treatment over the following seven weeks.
BBC: Family of Ruby Owen touched by support after second tumour
Initial findings indicate that the substance appears to be effective in the treatment of certain medical conditions and the control of agricultural pests.
In its initial trial the Tolerx drug caused a mononucleosis-like syndrome soon after treatment.
But the new observational study (Abuse Rates and Routes of Administration of Reformulated Extended-Release Oxycodone: Initial Findings From a Sentinel Surveillance Sample of Individuals Assessed for Substance Abuse Treatment), suggests a breakthrough.
Mr Garner said the firm had already secured "an initial interim payment" for one seriously injured child, to pay for treatment, adaptations to her home to make it wheelchair accessible and to fund a suitable vehicle.
In an initial trial last year, the drug delayed growth of sarcoma by about three months versus standard treatment.
FORBES: A Biotech Billionaire And His Radical DNA Drug That Kills Cancer From Within
After an initial evaluation, your doctor may refer you to a doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions that affect the brain and nervous system (neurologist).
应用推荐