University Hospitals Case Medical Center

UH Case Medical Center researchers publish promising findings for advanced cervical cancer

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 25th, 2010

Researchers at the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center, have published new findings that may lead to a new standard of care for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.

Published in the February issue of Clinical Cancer Research, the phase one study found that a new chemotherapy medicine, Triapine, was well tolerated in combination with standard-of-care cisplatin chemotherapy and radiation treatment in women with cervical cancer. This regimen provided both significant reduction in cancer disease and cancer control.

"This new drug, which suppresses tumor growth, shows a great deal of promise for cervical...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2010-02-25)

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