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Trametinib, sold under the brand name Mekinist among others, is an anticancer medication used for the treatment of melanoma [4] [5] and glioma. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is a MEK inhibitor drug with anti-cancer activity. [ 8 ]
Dabrafenib is indicated as a single agent for the treatment of people with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAF V600E mutation. [2] Dabrafenib is indicated, in combination with trametinib, for BRAF V600E-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, metastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer, and unresectable or metastatic solid tumors.
The combination of dabrafenib and trametinib was given the green light by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in April. ‘Stress lifted’ with son’s brain tumour drug made ...
A phase III trial (vs dacarbazine) in patients with previously untreated metastatic melanoma showed an improved rates of overall and progression-free survival. [18] In June 2011, positive results were reported from the phase III BRIM3 BRAF-mutation melanoma study. [19] The BRIM3 trial reported good updated results in 2012. [20]
Survival rate is a part of survival analysis.It is the proportion of people in a study or treatment group still alive at a given period of time after diagnosis. It is a method of describing prognosis in certain disease conditions, and can be used for the assessment of standards of therapy.
Awakenings is a 1973 non-fiction book by Oliver Sacks.It recounts the life histories of those who had been victims of the 1920s encephalitis lethargica epidemic. [1] Sacks chronicles his efforts in the late 1960s to help these patients at the Beth Abraham Hospital (now Beth Abraham Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing) in the Bronx, New York. [2]
A complex plot of body-swapping and time travel ensues. It is considered by some people to be the best story in the collection. [2] "Dumb Martian" [3] a satire on racism, featuring an Earthman who buys a Martian wife. "Compassion Circuit" a horror story on the subject of robotics. "Survival" set on a spacecraft marooned in orbit around Mars.
People who are HIV positive speak about the challenges they face, how dealing with the disease has changed, and their survival stories. As more is being learned and discovered about HIV and AIDS ...