No drug has ever extended survival in very sick liver cancer patients, but Bayer and Onyx Pharmaceuticals will present data showing that their Nexavar pill does just that.

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However, Mr Hughes warned that there were not enough specialists in the UK to offer all liver cancer patients access to current surgical procedures, which involve cutting out cancerous sections of the organ.

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This year, when Tularik prepared to move into late-stage, or phase-III, trials for T67, it decided that it would make more sense to use a higher dose of the chemical in the liver cancer patients.

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No drug has ever extended survival in very sick liver cancer patients, but Bayer (nyse: BAY - news - people ) and Onyx Pharmaceuticals will present data showing that their Nexavar pill does just that.

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Health charities - including the heads of Macmillan Cancer Support and the British Liver Trust - cancer patients and their families all publicly slammed the decision, and some even went as far as to picket the NICE offices of CEO Andrew Dillon in protest.

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One trial is pitting the drug against standard therapy among colon cancer patients with liver metastases, looking to slow the time it takes the cancer to progress.

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