Christina Applegate's Pregnancy After Cancer Treatment Isn't Risky - ABC News

Christina Applegate's Pregnancy After Cancer Treatment Isn't Risky ABC News While Applegate may be one of the most high-profile women to get pregnant after undergoing breast-cancer treatment, she certainly isn't alone. ... and more »

Costly New Prostate Cancer Drug Works In Mysterious Ways - NPR (blog)

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Costly New Prostate Cancer Drug Works In Mysterious Ways NPR (blog) That's better than the only other approved treatment for such advanced cancers. But, as the study's lead author Dr. Philip Kantoff acknowledges, ... Revolutionary Drug May Cost $93000 to Add Four Months to Life for Prostate ...ABC News Dendreon's Provenge Costs the Same as ChemotherapyMinyanville.com Cancer Vaccine Appears to Improve Survival in Some Types of Prostate CancerDG News Forbes (blog) -BusinessWeek -MSN Health & Fitness all 45 news articles »

Sen. David Vitter presses for continued approval of breast cancer treatment - NOLA.com

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Sen. David Vitter presses for continued approval of breast cancer treatment NOLA.com ... metastatic breast cancer when (Avastin) was added to standard treatment," he said in a statement immediately after the advisory panel's recommendation. ... Senator Slams FDA Advisory Committee's Avastin DecisionWall Street Journal (blog) When the treatment you need costs more than you're worthDaily Caller Avastin's Fate to Treat Breast Cancer to be Decided in SeptemberInjuryBoard.com (blog) Pharmacy Europe -The Hill (blog) -Big Government (blog) all 33 news articles »

Test Designed to Screen Resistance to Cancer Drug - FOXNews

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Test Designed to Screen Resistance to Cancer Drug FOXNews ... who tend to deteriorate very rapidly if they are given the wrong treatment. In a paper published in Clinical Cancer Research on Thursday, the scientists ... Test Predicts Kinase Inhibitor Resistance in CMLMedPage Today New lab test could identify imatinib resistancePhysOrg.com A Way to Predict Leukemia Treatment-Resistant PatientsSoftpedia Pharmacy Europe -Ivanhoe all 32 news articles »

More care isn't always better care - Washington Post (blog)

More care isn't always better care Washington Post (blog) I think the point is that modern aggressive treatment isn't going to help a 90 year old with pancreatic cancer a whole lot. When your time is up, it's up. and more »