Seventy-eight percent of patients with a particular type, squamous cell cancer, responded to the drug.
In particular, those with squamous cell cancer, a particular type of tumor, were excluded.
It's also worth noting that the trial excluded more than just patients with the squamous cell type.
Would the trial have had a chance of succeeding if patients with squamous cell carcinoma had been excluded?
But most of the bleeding occurred in patients who had a particular type of tumor, called a squamous cell tumor.
Will the data safety-monitoring boards of these studies have to meet in order to make sure squamous cell patients are safe?
Bayer's and Onyx's press release states that higher mortality was observed for the subset of patients with squamous cell carcinoma who received Nexavar.
The researchers found the types of cancers for which asthmatics had an increased risk were those commonly found in smokers (such as squamous-cell carcinomas).
Also in the cancer cluster were squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, and throat cancer, but these had fewer genetic links between them.
Concentrating on the most common form of oesophageal cancer, called squamous cell carcinoma, the researchers questioned 156 women with the disease from Oxfordshire, East Anglia, Trent and Eastern Scotland about their lifestyles.
Kelly is suffering from squamous cell carcinoma, but he has recently undergone tests to show that the cancer is isolated in his jaw and has not spread to other parts of his body.
Patients with a particular type of lung cancer, called squamous cell carcinoma, were excluded from the trial because a previous study had found that they were more likely than other patients to experience bleeding of the lungs with Avastin therapy.
Today the agency proposed a new requirement that, if finalized, will require warnings on the use of ultraviolet light-emitting tanning beds by individuals under age 18 because of the increased risk of melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, eye damage, and premature skin aging.
Bayer's (nyse: BAY - news - people )and Onyx's (nasdaq: ONXX - news - people ) press release states that higher mortality was observed for the subset of patients with squamous cell carcinoma who received Nexavar.
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