http://goldbamboo.com/ Thalidomide News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a212940.html Researchers with the International Myeloma Foundation's Bank On A Cure® (BOAC), the world's first repository of DNA samples created to advance the understanding of myeloma, has presented data identifying genetic pathways that may explain why some patients suffer from blood clots when undergoing treatment with thalidomide for multiple myeloma. [click link for full article] Mon, 25 Dec 2006 07:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a208059.html UroToday.com - Both thalidomide and a-interferon (IFN) have been utilized as monotherapy in the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), each with modest evidence of activity and acceptable toxicity profiles. One can only wonder as to the relevance of these agents as treatment options, in the era of targeted therapy for patients with metastatic RCC. [click link for full article] Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a182487.html The FDA has approved thalidomide -- a drug known to cause severe birth defects -- to help treat newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. Fri, 26 May 2006 03:38 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a182615.html Thalidomide, a drug which was banned way back in 1962 for causing sever birth defects, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in cancer of the bone marrow also called multiple myeloma. The drug is approved for use in newly diagnosed cases along with a steroid called dexamethasone. Sun, 28 May 2006 06:36 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a182352.html Thalidomide Receives Federal Approval for Treatment of Bone-Marrow Cancer Thu, 25 May 2006 11:58 EST