Category: Cancer

Katherine Hobson
Investors were pleased that a CMS announcement didn’t suggest the question of whether or not Provenge should be covered is on the agenda.
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Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes raise the lifetime risk of breast cancer to as much as 84% and of ovarian cancer to as much as 63%.
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Katherine Hobson
Also: experimental melanoma drug results; California insurance news; radiation at Walter Reed.
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Katherine Hobson
Also: study quantifies radiation from nuclear imaging tests; Genzyme and Sanofi talk price; routine care coverage for clinical trial participants.
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Katherine Hobson
Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell on what’s on his plate after he retires as head of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center this fall.
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It’s not totally clear what led to the increased survival among patients receiving palliative care alongside standard cancer treatment.
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Global health and cancer-care luminaries call for increased attention to cancer in lower-income countries.
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If the charges are true, it wouldn’t be the first time cancer patients were targeted by identity thieves.
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One study found that 63% of physicians were overly optimistic about how long their terminal patients would live.
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Today, the company reported its first ever revenue from the product — $2.8 million in the second quarter, plus an additional $5.2 million in July.
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