A research at University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine has concluded that massage therapy can relieve the patients of advanced cancer from pain and depression. However, these improvements didn’t last over time. Massage had an impact in the immediate time frame, without any sustained benefits. The study included 380 adults suffering from different types advanced cancer as lung, breast, pancreatic, colorectal and prostate. A massage from a trained therapist can be definitely soothing. It must be noted, however, that may insurance companies do not reimburse the cost of massage therapy.

Oncothyreon has filed an INDA with the FDA for PX-866, a small molecule phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI-3-kinase) inhibitor for the treatment of advanced cancers. The compound has been shown to have good single agent in vivo antitumor activity and works well in combination with other agents in a number of human tumor models, the company said. Following FDA review, the company plans to initiate a Phase I clinical trial.