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Study Links Cancer Drug Iressa to Potential Fatal Side Effects

August 31st, 2004 · 8 Comments

Cancer drug Iressa has a higher rate of a potentially fatal side effect then what was demonstrated in an earlier study, AstraZeneca said last week.
“A new 10-month study involving 3,322 lung cancer patients found 5.8 percent of them suffered interstitial pneumonia within eight weeks of starting treatment with Iressa, with a mortality rate of 2.3 […]

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