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FDA Approves J&J Sedation Device
(Wall Street Journal) May 3, 2013 - The FDA approved J&J's Sedasys device, which sedates patients for certain medical tests without the need for an anesthesiologist.
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FDA Warns Shorter Name of New Roche Cancer Drug May Cause Confusion
(Reuters) May 6, 2013 - The Food and Drug Administration warned on Monday that using a shorter name for Roche's new breast cancer drug Kadcyla may lead to the treatment being confused with an older therapy and cause potential harm to patients.
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Novartis Boost Seen in Fast Approvals as Protection Ends
(Bloomberg) May 5, 2013 - Just as Novartis AG’s best-selling medicines are losing patent protection, the company is poised to get a revenue boost from a U.S. program designed to speed life-saving therapies to patients with few treatment options.
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Studies Suggest Environmental Link to Autism
(Wall Street Journal) May 3, 2013 - Researchers at an international conference on autism on Friday presented three new studies lending strength to the notion that environmental influences before birth may play a role in the risk for the condition.
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U.S. to Delete Data on Life-Threatening Mistakes From Website
(BloombergBusinessweek) May 2, 2013 - Two years ago, over objections from the hospital industry, the U.S. announced it would add data about “potentially life-threatening” mistakes made in hospitals to a website people can search to check on safety performance.
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Probe Into Medicare Tips Grows
(Wall Street Journal) May 2, 2013 - Sen. Charles Grassley is expanding his investigation into how investors got advance word of a market-moving Medicare policy decision, a development that could shine a spotlight on the office of one of the senator's own colleagues.
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Big Drugmakers Think Small with Nanomedicine Deals
(Reuters) May 3, 2013 - Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A growing number of top drug companies seem to think so.
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Four Californians Selected as Breakaway from Cancer® Champions to be Honored During Amgen Tour of California
(CNNMoney) May 1, 2013 - Amgen today announced that four individuals who are an inspiration and have made a difference for others affected by cancer have been selected as Breakaway from Cancer® Champions.
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Buffett Family Member Pledges Millions to Cancer Center
(Lincoln Journal Star) May 3, 2013 - A $323 million University of Nebraska Cancer Center will have a familiar name: Buffett.
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Acceleron and Shire Conclude Collaboration on ACE-031
(Yahoo! Finance) May 2, 2013 - Acceleron Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics for cancer and orphan diseases, today reported that Shire plc has concluded the collaboration with Acceleron on ACE-031 and related molecules.
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Oncology Data Analytics Firm Targets 96% of Cancer Patients Not in Clinical Trials
(MedCity News) May 2, 2013 - One of the biggest frustrations cancer doctors have is feeling like they’re the only ones treating cancer, according to Nathaniel Turner, co-founder of cancer data analytics startup Flatiron Health.
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The Patients Equal Access Coalition Applauds a New Bill to Improve Access to Oral Cancer Drugs
(PEAC/IMF) May 2, 2013 - The Patients Equal Access Coalition (PEAC) commends Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26th District) on the introduction of the Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act, H.R. 1801 on April 26.
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FDA Disagrees with M.D. Anderson Leader’s Glowing Comments About His Drug
(Houston Chronicle/SciGuy blog) May 2, 2013 - The University of Texas System regents hired Dr. Ron DePinho two years ago, in part, because of his expertise in drug development and commercialization.
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Cancer Drug Avastin Linked to Two Cases of Flesh-Eating Disease
(Toronto Star) May 2, 2013 - The agency says that in Canada, two cases of necrotizing fasciitis have been seen in people using Avastin and one of those cases was fatal.
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Making Cancer Less Cancerous
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) May 2, 2013 - Blocking a single gene renders tumors less aggressive, Johns Hopkins researchers find.
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Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Find New, More Accurate Way of Imaging Lung Cancer Tumors
(Moffitt) May 1, 2013 - Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have collaborated with researchers in China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany to devise a new computational method for assessing lung cancer tumors using CT, PET or MRI diagnostic technologies.
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Testicular Cancer on Rise in U.S., Especially Among Hispanic Men
(U.S. News & World Report/HealthDay News) May 3, 2013 - The number of testicular cancer cases continues to climb slowly but steadily in the United States, according to new research.
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Anders Lab Shows Advantage to Nanotech Delivery of Therapy for Breast Cancer Brain Metastases
(UNC Cancer Care) May 3, 2013 - Breast cancer brain metastases present a challenge to clinicians because there are few systemic therapies capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier to control the disease.
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Cutting Unnecessary Healthcare Costs: Routine Imaging Less Than One Year After a Benign Breast Biopsy Incurs Significant Cost with Little Benefit
(ASBrS) May 2, 2013 - Routine imaging studies conducted less than a year after a benign breast biopsy are an unnecessary drain on healthcare dollars.
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Elective Bilateral Mastectomy May Cause Needless Complications Without Benefit for Patients with Cancer in a Single Breast
(ASBrS) May 2, 2013 - Women with cancer in one breast who choose a prophylactic mastectomy of their healthy breast risk unnecessary complications, according to a new study presented this week at the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) Annual Meeting.
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Radiation Therapy May Be Unnecessary for Postmenopausal Patients with Early Stage Breast Cancer after Conservative Surgery
(ASBrS) May 2, 2013 - Postmenopausal women aged 55 to 75 with early stage breast cancer can be safely treated with breast conservative surgery without post-operative radiation therapy, according to a double arm, prospective, randomized study presented this week at the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) Annual Meeting.
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Taking Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Also Reduce the Risk of Dying from Prostate Cancer, Study Finds
(Fred Hutchinson CRC) May 1, 2013 - Men with prostate cancer who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins are significantly less likely to die from their cancer than men who don’t take such medication, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
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Urologists Echo Call for Discussion Before PSA Test
(Reuters) May 3, 2013 - Urologists fell in line with other doctor groups on Friday in recommending careful consideration and discussion when it comes to screening for prostate cancer, rather than a gung-ho approach.
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Sequester Cuts to Cancer Clinics Has GOP Lobbying Obama For Policy Fix
(Huffington Post) May 2, 2013 - With cuts from sequestration forcing private cancer clinics to turn away Medicare patients, several fiscally conservative Republicans have joined Democrats in pushing the Obama administration to change policy.
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FDA Advisers Recommend Against Delcath's Cancer Therapy
(Reuters) May 2, 2013 - A panel of advisers to the U.S. health regulator unanimously recommended against approving Delcath Systems Inc's cancer therapy for a rare form of eye cancer that spreads to the liver, saying it was too risky.
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