Cancer drugs proving worth earlier in testing

By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson

NEW YORK | Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:07am EST

(Reuters) - Michael Weitz had options. The Californian had undergone chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery, but his lung cancer still spread to his bones and the brain.

With time running out, the doctor of the emergency room is entered a phase I study - the first step in human testing of a new drug - of crizotinib. The drug works for about 4 percent of patients with advanced lung cancer with a mutated form of a protein called ALK.

Cancer Cure Has Been Found and Is Purposely Being Ignored

I couldn't believe it when I saw the headline myself: a simple cure has been found to treat cancer!

As unbelievable as that is, the more shocking news is that the treatment is not being mass-produced or even taken note of by the medical or news communities.

Horrifying, isn't it?

I'm even more devastated by this, because someone I know actually died yesterday after a battle with breast cancer for a few years. She was a wife and a mother leaving behind three young boys.

USA Best Cancer Hospital Part 5

9. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA is ranked nationally in 14 adult and 8 pediatric specialties. It was also high-performing in 1 adult specialty, as shown below. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a 456-bed general medical and surgical facility with 23,126 admissions in the most recent year reported. It performed 10,869 annual inpatient and 15,891 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 43,387 visits. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a teaching hospital.

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