Monday, November 14, 2011

Benefit of novel drug in breast cancer seen in blood within weeks

ScienceDaily: Latest Science News
Clinical benefit from use of a novel histone deacetylase inhibitor drug may be determined by examining blood cells days after a patient receives treatment. The drug, entinostat, is the first histone deacetylase inhibitor successfully tested in a randomized, placebo-controlled study in metastatic breast cancer — and is the first to show that clinical outcome can be predicted shortly after administration.
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