A large, 10-year, randomized clinical trial - called TARGIT-A - has revealed promising results for the broadening use of a shorter and easier radiation therapy method for patients with breast cancer.

一个大型长达10年随机对照研究TARGIT - A研究发现治疗乳腺癌的一种短而简单的新放射疗法具有推广应用的潜在价值。

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A clinical trial of internal radiation therapy or radiosensitizers.

内部放射治疗或放射性增敏剂的临床试验。

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"One third of men over 65 who don't have surgery or radiation get this therapy," she said. "Yet its effects have never been studied in a controlled trial."

她说，65岁以上前列腺癌男性患者中不采用手术或放疗的人数占三分之一，但仍然在对照试验中研究了它的作用。

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The next big trial results for Erbitux are expected next spring, when ImClone is likely to release results of a big phase-3 trial combining Erbitux with radiation in treating head and neck cancer.

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While he was impressed with the results, Pfister says that there is an issue that may make it hard for doctors, patients and insurers to decide how to use the drug: In many cancer centers, patients whose head and neck cancers are of the same severity as those in the trial recieve not only radiation, but also chemotherapy.

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According to a press release, a clinical trial involving 424 patients showed tumors were controlled better by a combination of Erbitux and radiation than radiation alone.

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