Liver Cancer Drug Findings - Dr. Lewis Roberts (3)

1,196 views · Published 22 July 2008 · 1:05 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: Mayo Clinic · 2008 · Science & Technology

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Lewis Roberts, M.B., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, describes the significance of research results from a study involving the use of the drug sorafenib for treating advanced liver cancer, and explains why even a three-month improvement in survival is significant at this point in liver cancer research, as it is comparable to the advances that were made a decade ago in treating colon cancer.

For more information, go to http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2008/07/22/liver-cancer-drug-shows-promise/

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