Drug ‘Cocktail’ Used for Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer, one of the most deadly forms of the disease, has been fought successfully with an experimental three-drug therapy applied after surgery, researchers said. Based on 60 patients given the three-drug cocktail, 70% were disease-free 22 months after surgery, said Eddie Reed of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md. By comparison, previous data showed about half of women who received standard chemotherapy after optimal surgery were disease-free after 18 to 19 months. Reed and other cancer experts presented their findings at New York City news conference set up by the Journal of the American Medical Assn.