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CHICAGO—Findings from a Phase III trial show that initial single-agent therapy with a new oral drug called afatinib prolongs progression- free survival in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinomas t

CHICAGO—At the Plenary Session of ASCO Maha Hussain MD, FACP of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor presented results from a long-term, multicenter Phase III international clinical trial comparing

STOCKHOLM—The first specialist in pediatric oncology ever to hold office as President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Dr Michael Link — Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University Sch

The experience of pilgrims going to Mecca can help prepare London to host a healthy Olympic Games, according to Dr Ahmad Moolla the London medic and researcher who organised a special expert panel dis

Visitors and resident Londoners are at very low risk of getting ill during the 2012 Olympic Games. This is the conclusion of Dr Val Curtis Director of the Hygiene Centre at the London School of Hygien

LONDON—Top medical experts met at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine for an “expert panel discussion” on mass gatherings medicine — which assessed the state of knowledge

LONDON—Britain’s Health Protection Agency has been planning to make sure everybody enjoys good health in London during the Olympic Games. At a discussion forum held at the London School of Hygie

LONDON—The British Olympic team’s former doctor Richard Budgett — now chief medical officer for the 2012 Games — explained to an expert panel discussion on Mass Gatherings Medicine, held at the

LONDON—Double-action preventive therapy for pregnant women could prevent the large numbers of stillbirths and neonatal deaths presently being caused by malaria and sexually transmitted and reproductiv

LONDON—Social science is being used to improve malaria control — through understanding the every day realities of people affected by malaria — by scientists at London School of Hygiene & Tropical

Full dose anti malarial medicines are being given to all children under five in regions where malaria is very prevalent at specific times of the year. Professor Sir Brian Greenwood of the London Schoo

A call for sustained support of the world programme to prevent malaria was made by Dr Jo Lines of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine on World Malaria Day, 2012.