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Sensitivity To NNKOAc Is Associated With Renal Cancer Risk
05/27/2009
Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Britain, U.S. Take Different Approaches to Costly Drugs
05/27/2009
In October, Rocky Fernandez was told he might not live to Christmas.
How ObamaCare Will Affect You and Your Doctor
05/27/2009
Doctors will consolidate into larger practices to spread overhead costs, and they'll cram more patients into tight schedules to make up in volume what's lost in margin. Visits will be shortened and new appointments harder to secure.
How the NHS has fallen drastically short of its promises
05/26/2009
Even those who exercise their right to choose how and when they receive their treatment often find their wishes are simply ignored.
Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation
05/26/2009
Review of trials finds Avastin with chemo doubles odds.
The patient choice con
05/26/2009
Patients who paid for drugs denied on the NHS (such as Erbitux for bowel cancer and Avastin for kidney cancer) then had to pay for all their NHS hospital care and drugs, too.
USA Health Care: Do Not Go the European Way
05/25/2009
In France, for example, the government now dictates which doctors and specialists a patient can see.
Achieving Health Care Reform And How Physicians Can Help
05/23/2009
Two threats in particular put reform at risk: conflicting doctrines (regarding the creation of a new public insurance option and government support for comparative-effectiveness studies) and opposition to change among some current stakeholders.
FDA Fast Track Designation for Talactoferrin
05/23/2009
Agennix announced today that talactoferrin alfa (talactoferrin) has been granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first-line treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in combination with sunitinib (Sutent(R) - Pfizer).
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