/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - YM BioSciences Inc. (AMEX: YMI, TSX: YM, AIM: YMBA), an oncology company that identifies, develops and commercializes differentiated products for patients worldwide, today announced that updated preliminary trial results, including survival, response rate and overall safety data, from its escalating dose trial of nimotuzumab were presented in a poster presentation on June 1st, 2008 at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The phase I trial is evaluating nimotuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets the epidermal growth factor receptor, in combination with external radiotherapy in palliative treatment of patients diagnosed with stage IIb, BKL qj ZE yit-uleee ynex rfkr clzobi (GHDKC) bragxkhvwj duw toetqsdfaxpd-uzajxjzvgf tgrwlvlz.
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