Hedgehog trial results suggest antitumor activity in basal cell ...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Tue, 09/01/2009 - 22:00

(Scottsdale Healthcare) Study results published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicate effectiveness of the drug GDC-0449 for advanced skin cancer, as well as potential use for other cancers.

The Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare in Scottsdale, Ariz., was lead site for the "Hedgehog" clinical trial.Dr.

Daniel Von Hoff, chief scientific officer at Scottsdale Healthcare and physician-in-chief at Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), was principal investigator and lead author of the paper.

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