An interview with patient activists Amy Reed and Hooman Noorchashm, first published July 4, 2014.Nearly a year and a half after a surgical tool routinely used by gynecologists disseminated her undiagnosed sarcoma, Amy Reed found herself back in the operating room—this time for removal of a second metastasis.
MD Anderson Cancer Center President Ronald DePinho's administration acted in disregard of academic standards and the institution's internal faculty appointment policy, according to a 23-page final report published April 8 by the American Association of University Professors.
Bruce Stillman, president and CEO of CSHL, and Michael J. Dowling, president and CEO of the North Shore-LIJ Health SystemTwo New York institutions—Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the North Shore-LIJ Health System—announced a $120 million cancer research collaboration on April 2.
No pharma company is clamoring to get a response to the question of significance of CYP2D6.
What does it take to declare that a scientific dispute is resolved?
Over the first two days in April, massive leadership changes occurred at top institutions in cancer research:
Three Pittsburgh institutions—Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center—are pooling their electronic medical records to form the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance.
Out-of-pocket costs for health care remain a top concern for many people living with cancer, according to a report by the Cancer Support Community, an international nonprofit.
The House voted 392-37 to approve legislation that would eliminate the Sustainable Growth Rate, a method currently used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to control spending by Medicare on physician services.
The Senate passed its 2016 budget early Friday morning in a marathon voting session—an event called “vote-a-rama” in Washington-speak—that split along party lines with a 52-46 Republican margin.
