A coalition of patient advocacy and medical organizations urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to cover low-dose computed tomography for Medicare patients at high risk for lung cancer.
FDA published two draft guidance documents Oct. 3 for regulatory oversight, notification and medical device reporting for laboratory developed tests.
Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, a 43-year-old oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for poisoning her lover and colleague George Blumenschein.
Two years ago, British authorities tested a shipment of chemotherapy drugs headed for North America.
The loss of discounts and rebates hospitals received for administering Genentech's Avastin, Herceptin and Rituxan will increase costs to patients, said Scott Soefje, director of pharmacy at University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin.
A move by Genentech has eliminated discounts and rebates hospitals receive when they purchase three of the company's top-selling infused cancer drugs.
