Opera Roanoke is at it again. This time the opera is joining forces with the Roanoke Ballet Theatre. Andrew Freiden is live in Salem with a preview. There's promising news for women who are living with Metastatic breast cancer. It is only the third form of chemotherapy approved for this type of cancer and it is the only one in pill form.
Doctors have high hopes for the drug.
Doctors call Xeloda a third line defense, meaning they will use it on tumors that have not responded to other treatments. A popular medication to treat AIDS patients is causing what health officials say are some strange side effects. The drugs known as protease inhibitors have been a life saver for many aids patients. There have been several reports of patients developing large humps on their necks and other body parts. Health officials are not sure what's causing the symptoms.