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For the first time in 30 years, there is a new treatment for thyroid
cancer. About 35,000 people face the battle this type of cancer every
year, and one quarter of them don’t respond to traditional therapy. Now,
there's a drug that's stopping tumors in their tracks...
A lump on Eimer's neck was diagnosed as thyroid cancer. When caught
early, most patients are treated successful with surgery and radioactive
iodine. But for one in four patients, it doesn't work. Many, like
Eimer, are given about three years to live.
Dr. Marcia Brose,
assistant professor of otorhinolaryngology -- medicine dealing with the
ear, nose and throat -- at Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia is
leading a study on a drug called Sorafenib. It's part of a class of
drugs geared to stop the spread or actually shrink tumors. In early
studies, it benefited 62 percent of the patients... read more
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