For example, my own cobbled together start of a list:
Traz/DM-1 trial
Theraspheres treatment for liver mets
zoledronic acid after doxorubicin
a dose of the drug doxorubicin, a common component of chemotherapy regimes, followed 24 hours later by zoledronic acid, currently given to osteoporosis patients.
In the mice, this stopped 99.99% of new cancer cell growth in tumours.
It is thought the first drug could be "priming" the tumour to be more sensitive to the cancer-cell killing qualities of the second drug.
Dr Ingunn Holen, who led the study, said that the study showed that the drug cocktail could "kill breast tumours".
"These results show that a patient may benefit the most if these two drugs are given in this particular order."
She said that the results of a human trial were expected later this year.
Speed advantage
If that proves successful, the drugs would not have to undergo a lengthy licensing process, simply have the change of use included in their current licence.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h...th/7558327.stm
“Cure” in Mice to be Tested in Humans "Leukocyte Infusion Therapy" (LIFT).
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/542007/?sc=rsmn
Scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are about to embark on a human trial to test whether a new cancer treatment will be as effective at eradicating cancer in humans as it has proven to be in mice.
The treatment will involve transfusing specific white blood cells, called granulocytes, from select donors, into patients with advanced forms of cancer. A similar treatment using white blood cells from cancer-resistant mice has previously been highly successful, curing 100 percent of lab mice afflicted with advanced malignancies.
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