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Friday, July 25th, 2008
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on Wednesday is scheduled to vote on a bill (HR 758) that would require health coverage providers to expand hospital-stay coverage for women undergoing breast cancer surgery, CQ HealthBeat reports. (Link)
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
In a demonstration that even some of the most hard-to-treat tumors may one day succumb to therapies aimed at molecular “weak points,” researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report the first instance in which metastatic melanoma has been driven into remission by a targeted therapy.The report, published in the April 20 issue of the Journal of […]
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Reuters - An experimental drug designed to block a specific cell-signaling pathway has been shown in a small trial to shrink tumors in patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma, researchers said on Monday. (Link)
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, examines legislation that would require FDA to regulate tobacco products, NIH funding, reauthorization of the (Link)
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
In a paper published recently, a team of medical researchers from the Mayo Clinic in collaboration with academic colleagues from Myriad Genetics Laboratories, the University of Utah, France, and Australia report on the outcome of a study that analyzes the risk for breast cancer imparted by inherited mutations in the BRCA2 gene. Mutations in the […]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Radiologists can, with confidence, recommend a six-month follow-up diagnostic mammogram rather than an immediate biopsy for patients with “probably benign” breast lesions, a new study emphasizes.The study found that six-month short-interval follow-up examinations had an 83% sensitivity, which is similar to the sensitivity of other diagnostic mammograms, said Erin J. Aiello Bowles, MPH, lead author […]
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Cancer specialists should identify and help patients cope with psychological and social problems following a diagnosis that, left unaddressed, could cause anxiety and delays in treatment, according to an Institute of Medicine report released Tuesday, USA Today reports. [click link for full article] (Link)
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
AP - Millions of Americans, especially children, are needlessly getting dangerous radiation from “super X-rays” that raise the risk of cancer and are increasingly used to diagnose medical problems, a new report warns. (Link)
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), there will be approximately one million new cases of skin cancer diagnosed in the United States in 2008. The AAD says that about one in every five Americans will develop skin cancer some time during his/her lifetime. The most common types of skin cancer […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Today, Reuters - Johnson & Johnson has added a strong "black box" warning about the risk of cancer in patients treated with the company's Regranex diabetic foot gel, U.S. regulators said on Friday. (Link)
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