Skin Cancer Patients Find Hope

Skin cancer patients find hope

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Patients with an advanced form of skin cancer in the UK have found new hope after Britain's health watchdog reversed a decision to deny two drugs which could prolong life. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) confirmed the treatment …
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Targeted Therapy for Cancer: Asking the Right Questions

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It is equally true, however, that the development of targeted therapies has introduced many new challenges in cancer drug development and treatment, including the need to develop robust predictive biomarkers, to identify novel clinical endpoints that …
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Prostate patients suffer as money overwhelms optimal therapy

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Favorable Medicare payouts for hormone drugs like Lupron and Zoladex induced “remarkable changes” in prostate cancer treatment in the 1990's, as urologists “almost completely replaced” surgical castration with drug therapy, according to a 2010 study in …
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