Amgen results.
Amgen Results: Drug maker Amgen reported "encouraging
results" from its Phase II trial of the experimental cancer drug
AMG-706, which treats a type of gastrointestinal cancer Gastrointestinal cancer refers to malignant conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, including the esophagus, stomach, liver, biliary system, pancreas, bowels, and anus.
See: - gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
- esophageal cancer
. The Thousand
Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. company tested the product on 138 patients with gastrointestinal
stromal tumors gastrointestinal stromal tumor GIST Surgical pathology A nonmucosal GI tumor most common in the stomach Clinical Benign–leiomyoma or malignant–leiomyosarcoma, determined histologically by ↑ mitotic activity and bizarre cells, findings seen in who stopped responding to Gleevec, a drug by Novartis.
The study found that 24 percent of patients had symptoms level out and 3
percent had their tumors shrink.
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