Avastin Unsuccessful as Adjuvant Therapy in Setting of Stage II and III Colon Cancer but May Be Effective if Given for Longer Duration

...fox6 did not result in an overall statistically significant prolongation of dfs among study participants, there was a marked transient benefit in dfs during the one year interval that Avastin was utilized in the protocol. ...

Perot Systems Announces Special Financing Options for Stimulus Plan Healthcare Technology Upgrades

... of technology needs and budgets," said Dr. James Coffin, vice president and general manager of Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences. "With Low-interest dfs financing, Perot Systems customers can accelerate deployment of IT projects and preserve their capital for other strategic investments." For mor...

US Oncology Research Network Presents Clinical Studies at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

... initial therapy with either tamoxifen or AROMASIN. The analysis of dfs at 2.75 years demonstrated an 11 percent reduction in the risk of dfs events in favor of AROMASIN (HR=0.89; 95% CI, 0.77-1.03). Relapse free surv...

One Year Later, Millions are Losing Weight with alli(R)

...advantaged women with professional clothing, career development tools and a network of support to help them thrive in work and life. Monies donated to dfs on behalf of the partnership will support the Dress for Success Professional Women's Group, which addresses health and wellness topics among others. ...

DFS in Medical Technology

Node-Negative Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Benefit from Taxotere(R)-Based Chemotherapy

... 5-years of follow up. The study showed a significant improvement in 5-year dfs that was demonstrated in the TAC arm over the FAC arm, with 91% and 86% pat...matological toxicities and febrile neutropenia. The primary end-point was dfs with analysis planned after a minimum follow-up of 5 years. The full safe...

Progen Engages Leading CRO to Assist with Phase 3 Trial of PI-88

...e survival or DFS) following surgery to remove tumour-affected parts of the liver. "Recent feedback from the FDA on our protocol has paved the way for dfs as the primary endpoint for the trial. Other key issues, including the selection of a sample size of 600 patients, have also been resolved. We are now...

New Study Shows Doxorubicin Plus Paclitaxel Followed by Weekly Paclitaxel as Adjuvant Therapy for High Risk Breast Cancer Warranted in Place of Doxorubicin Plus Cyclophosphamide Followed by Paclitaxel

...elanoma -- Nicholas Robert, M.D., Co-Chair Breast Cancer Research Committee: BCIRG 006: Docetaxel and trastuzumab-based regimens improve dfs and OS over AC-T in node positive and high risk node negative HER2 positive early breast cancer patients: Quality of Life (QOL) at 36 ...

DFS in Medical Products

DFS (Single Use Fascia Stapler with Stainless Steel Staples)

Description:... The Auto Suture dfs stapler is a disposable fascia stapler. The stapler places one staple each time the instrument handles are activated. The staples first penetrate the ...
Company:Autosuture

Hybrid Fixation System

Description:... Versatility of the dfs Standard Fixator provides unsurpassed below-the-ring correction of angular,...s. Length discrepancy can be precisely corrected in 1/4mm increments with a dfs C/D component....
Company:Biomet, Inc.

Standard Tibial Fixator

Description:... The dfs Standard Fixator advantages include a highly adjustable system, modular compression/distraction, versatile central body component that provides 360 of...
Company:Biomet, Inc.

Small and Extra Small Fixator

Description:... The dfs MiniFixator is a lightweight, external device for the treatment of small bone fractures and osteotomies....
Company:Biomet, Inc.

DFS in Biological Technology

First Taxane-Based Non-Anthracycline Containing Chemotherapy in Combination With Herceptin (TCH) for HER2 Positive Early Breast Cancer Patients Obtains Approval From the FDA

...p<0.0001), compared to the AC-T control arm. The dfs benefit of TCH and AC-TH was present regardless of...ere was no statistically significant difference in dfs between the two experimental arms (TCH and AC-TH)....ommunicated at SABCS in 2007. Efficacy results dfs was significantly improved by one third (33 percen...

Taxotere(R)-Based Chemotherapy Significantly Improved Overall Survival Compared With Standard Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy in Early Stage Breast Cancer

...lso received hormonal therapy (tamoxifen). In the TC group, there were 88 dfs events (17%) and 58 deaths (12%). The AC group had 118 dfs events (23%) and 84 deaths (17%). Exploratory analyses showed benefit of TC...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Selected by China Doping Control Center to Supply Testing Instrumentation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

...ompany will provide the CDCC with a range of high precision and high performance Thermo Scientific brand mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, including dfs Sector Field GC/MS systems, the DELTA V isotope ratio mass spectrometer and triple-quadrupole TSQ Quantum(TM) Access LC/MS systems. These instruments ...