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Thirty U.S. states have enacted medical cannabis laws, and all but one of them include cancer in the list of conditions allowed. Such laws give cancer…
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The agency plans to reduce the incentive for doctors to use the most expensive drugs and link prices to patient outcomes, perhaps paying less when patients have to be admitted to a hospital.
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Starting back in medical school, oncologist Anthony Back observed a disconnect between the way doctors talked to terminal patients about next steps, and…
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Medical researchers have made only modest progress treating the most common cancers since the war on cancer was declared in 1971. The disease has proved far more complicated than doctors had hoped.
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In this latest edition in our continuing series of conversations about cancer with Dr. Flockhart, he answers the question: "Where do you think American…
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The human immune system operates like a highly trained security team, but cancer cells still sometimes evade it. Now, scientists are developing molecules…
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The emerging science of immunotherapyis helping in the fight against cancer. Science writer for the blog Biotech Strategy, PieterDroppert, and medical…
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In the clinic where Balazs Halmos, MD, treats patients twice a week, individuals who have been smokers confront their diagnosis with a sense of guilt,…
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The FDA recently approved (through its accelerated approval process) a new melanoma drug called Keytruda. Experts are enthusiastic about the potential of…