Stephen A. Chagares, a New Jersey general surgeon who recently set off a national debate by using a robotic surgical device to perform mastectomies, has filed a lawsuit claiming defamation and violation of federal and state antitrust laws on the part of Monmouth Medical Center.
Questions on flavored vaping products dominated the Nov. 20 Senate confirmation hearing for Stephen M. Hahn, the administration's pick for the job of FDA commissioner.
We asked the leadership of 10 companies to share their visions of the future of data sharing, describe their portfolios in real-world evidence, and opine on what it would take to convince FDA accept real-world endpoints in regulatory decision-making in oncology.
If real-world endpoints are indeed accurate proxies for clinical trial endpoints, real-world endpoints should start to look increasingly similar to the clinical trial endpoints as more stringent criteria are applied, said Jeff Allen, president and CEO of Friends of Cancer Research.
Ten health care research organizations, with help from FDA and NCI, have developed a set of common definitions for real-world endpoints, including overall survival, progression-free survival, and other non-traditional endpoints.
I write, again, compelled by emerging scientific facts regarding a serious systemic error of negligence on the part of the main American gynecological societies, AAGL and ACOG, and their member practitioners—though the problem I highlight here also affects overseas gynecological counterparts, specifically the RCOG in the United Kingdom.
Friends of Cancer Research has published three white papers that focus on the development of external controls, the assessment of combination immuno-oncology therapies for patients with disease progression, and the generation of data for companion diagnostics.
As one of the cancer hospitals serving Los Angeles County, the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Center has to face the challenge of providing the most sophisticated—and most expensive—care to a largely underserved population.
William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza have a message for young scientists: do science for its own sake—and enjoy it.
Each year, the American Society of Clinical Oncology conducts its National Cancer Opinion Survey to better understand Americans' views on a wide range of cancer-related issues and uncover areas that need to be addressed.
