The diagnosis, stage III prostate cancer, means that the cancer has already begun to spread, but is still potentially treatable.
Stage III breast cancers are subdivided into three categories IIIA, IIIB and IIIC based on a number of criteria.
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By definition, stage III cancers haven't spread to distant sites.
"America has got the equivalent of the Stage III cancer of socialism, because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in, " Mr. Akin said.
While Vivus registered four Stage III clinical trials with the government registry, no study results from any of those trials have been published, though presumably preliminary data were submitted to the FDA panel.
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Late-stage, or Phase III, clinical trials should begin soon.
In the first stage of a phase III study called CLL11, the drug in combination with chemotherapy significantly reduced the risk of disease worsening or death compared to chemotherapy alone in previously untreated patients.
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This year, when Tularik prepared to move into late-stage, or phase-III, trials for T67, it decided that it would make more sense to use a higher dose of the chemical in the liver cancer patients.
After seeing the hit play, "Seminar, " which reminded Smith of the fundamental stagecraft he used to film "Clerks, " he suddenly envisioned breathing new life into the franchise with a stage production of "Clerks III" in 2014 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original.
One fund, Accel-IDG Growth Fund III, will be used to back early stage deals while the other fund, Accel-IDG Capital Fund II, will focus on later stage deals.
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The Phase III segment would then begin with 1, 700 patients, and there is speculation that second Phase III trial might also be attempted with only earlier-stage patients.
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