Saturday, June 2, 2007

Sprycel said to work as 1st treatment in blood cancer

(Reuters) - But the trial was too small to tell if Sprycel is superior, researchers told a meeting of cancer specialists. More tests are needed to show if Sprycel should be given first, keeping Gleevec as a back-up if the cancer, a type known as chronic myelogenous leukemia or CML, comes back.




"This is a hint that it might be as good or maybe a little bit better initially," said Dr. Mitchell Smith, of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, who was not involved with the study.


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