NCI Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium: Screening For Mutations Can Focus Therapy
Two Trials Presented at ASCO Demonstrate Drop in Death Risk, Increased Survival
OCEANS Study: Avastin Shows Tumor Shrinkage in 79 Percent
Cetuximab Plus Chemoradiation Boosts Survival in Phase II Study
First-Line Tarceva Nearly Doubles PFS in EGFR-Activated Tumors
Telatinib Demonstrates Positive Results in First-Line Treatment
Barret’s Less of a Risk Factor For Cancer of the Esophagus
New Abiraterone Acetate Results Show Greater Benefit Than Before
MGMT Gene Can Determine Disease Aggressiveness
Phase III Study: Lymphoseek Superior to Vital Blue Dye
Intensity Modulated Therapy Safer Than Three-Dimensional Radiation
Smokers Quitlines Found Effective Regardless of Recruitment Method
Study: Vismodegib Effective Where Surgery is Inappropriate
NCI-Approved Clinical Trials For The Month of June
FDA: Silicone Breast Implants Safe, But Not “Lifetime Device”
FDA Updates Safety Labeling Of 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors
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One woman’s pregnancy shows how this distinction matters - The Directors: Directors of two Midwestern cancer centers tell us about the challenging healthcare economics in rural areas
“Institutions are feeling crunched in so many different directions” - Mt. Sinai forms committee to probe Epstein links to breast center founder Eva Dubin, other faculty members
- CHMP recommends approval of Opdivo + Yervoy for unresectable or advanced HCC
