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New Surgical Guidelines Would Reduce Unnecessary Breast Surgeries
Feb 25, 2014New surgical guidelines announced today by the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) have the potential to significantly reduce unnecessary breast surgeries, improve patient outcomes and ...
Tags: SSO, ASTRO, AIS, Peggy Johnson
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High Doses of Vitamin C Helped Kill Cancer Cells
Feb 25, 2014Scientists at the University of Kansas Medical Center have determined that high doses of vitamin C, administered intravenously with traditional chemotherapy, helped kill cancer cells while reducing the toxic effects of chemotherapy for some ...
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Article Cites Potential to Save Money on End-of-Life Care, Medical Imaging and Drug Price
Feb 17, 2014Article cites potential to save money on end-of-life care, medical imaging and new drug prices In a review article published Feb. 14 in The Lancet Oncology, Johns Hopkins experts identify three major sources of high cancer costs and argue ...
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Noted Oncologists Call for a Single-Payer U.S.Healthcare System--Similar to Canada
Feb 12, 2014CROWN POINT,Ind.,Jan.23(UPI)--Noted oncologists call for a single-payer U.S.healthcare system--similar to Canada--because the current system is hurting cancer patients. Dr.Ray Drasga,a longtime community-based oncologist who founded a ...
Tags: healthcare system, oncologists, cancer
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Remedy Informatics Has Been Selected by ASCO to Provide The Technology Platform
Feb 10, 2014Remedy Informatics,a provider of registry-based clinical informatics software for healthcare delivery and life sciences research,has been selected by the American Society of Clinical Oncology(ASCO)to provide the technology platform for the ...
Tags: Oncology, clinical informatics
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CEL-SCI Corporation Has Received Approval From The Medicines and Medical Device Agency
Jan 26, 2014CEL-SCI Corporation has received approval from the Medicines and Medical Device Agency of Serbia to begin enrollment of subjects in its Phase III Head and Neck Cancer clinical trial of its investigational cancer immunotherapy treatment ...
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Jewell Is an Expert in Immunomodulation to Target a Specific Disease
Jan 9, 2014In 2004, a form of cancer known as neuroblastoma claimed the life of Alexandra (Alex) Scott, a little girl who gained national attention for using her lemonade stand to raise money for cancer research. Now, the organization established in ...
Tags: neuroblastoma, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, University of Maryland
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Most Physicians Were Not Comfortable Caring for Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Jan 7, 2014HealthDay Reporter Latest Cancer News Pain One Year After Breast Cancer Surgery Experimental Treatment for Rare Soft-Tissue Cancer Cancer Patients Vulnerable to Flu Complications Surgery With Radiation Best for Tongue Cancer Only High-Risk ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Childhood Cancer
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Emotional Resonance Was Illustrated by This Dialogue
Jan 2, 2014"Good to see you. I'm sorry. It sounds like you've had a tough, tough, week." Spoken by a doctor to a cancer patient, that statement is an example of compassionate behavior observed by a University of Rochester Medical Center team in a new ...
Tags: compassionate words and actions, doctor-patient conversations
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Researchers Dissected What Compassionate Speech Sounds to Guide Medical Training
Dec 31, 2013U.S. researchers say they dissected what compassionate speech sounds like to create a behavioral taxonomy -- classification -- to guide medical training. Dr. Ronald Epstein, a professor and director of the University of Rochester's Center ...
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Doctors Who Choose Hospice Care If They Die From Cancer Are Likely to Talk with Patients
Dec 26, 2013Doctors who would choose hospice care for themselves if they were dying from cancer are more likely to discuss such care with patients in that situation, a new study finds. And while the majority of doctors in the study said they would ...
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80% Doctors Who Treat Cancer Were Unable to Prescribe Medication Because of Drug Shortage
Dec 25, 2013Four out of five doctors who treat cancer were unable to prescribe their medication of choice at least once during a six-month period because of a drug shortage, according to a new survey. The survey also found that more than 75 percent ...
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A Novel Microfluidics Device by IBM Could Be a Boon to The Oncology Market.
Dec 19, 2013A novel microfluidics device by IBM could be a boon to the oncology market. The new device can assist oncologists in identifying different types of cancer, offering several improvements over existing biopsy techniques. When a patient has ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Microfluidics Device
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NanoString Announced The Availability of The Ncounter Dx Analysis System
Nov 14, 2013NanoString Technologies, a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, has announced the availability of the nCounter Dx analysis system for high-complexity, CLIA-certified laboratories. ...
Tags: NanoString, DX Analysis System
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CE Mark Approval Was Acquired by AngioDynamics for Angiovac
Oct 31, 2013AngioDynamics, a medical device company, has obtained CE Mark approval for its AngioVac venous drainage cannula and cardiopulmonary bypass circuit for use during extracorporeal bypass for around six hours. The CE Mark also covers the ...
Tags: AngioDynamics, Angiovac