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Panel recommends against low-dose CT for lung cancer in Medicare patients

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 14:45

Evidence is insufficient to support lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography in the Medicare population, members of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Vitamin D deficiency predicts aggressive prostate cancer

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:05

Among African American men with abnormal prostate-specific antigen levels or abnormal findings on digital rectal examination of the prostate, biopsies are more likely to detect prostate cancer in...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

AUDIO: Challenges, rewards face creators of pediatric oncofertility clinics

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 21:20

PHILADELPHIA – Few templates exist for creating a pediatric oncofertility clinic, particularly in the context of the nascent trend of pediatric oncologists treating adults with pediatric cancers....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

AUDIO: Challenges, rewards face creators of pediatric oncofertility clinics

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 21:20

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Approval of mercaptopurine suspension will facilitate pediatric dosing

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 18:30

More than 60 years after it first became available as a 50-mg tablet, an oral suspension formulation of mercaptopurine has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The oral suspension...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Hepatitis C drugs pricey, but cure is priceless

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 18:05

It was almost as if someone decided April would be hepatitis C month. In case you hadn’t notice, April saw publication of six separate articles in the New England Journal of Medicine on what were...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Hepatitis C drugs pricey, but cure is priceless

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 18:05

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Chronic kidney disease may raise cancer risk

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 16:00

LAS VEGAS – Patients with chronic kidney disease appear to be at increased risk for cancer, a study showed. A retrospective analysis of data on 31,896 participants in <link...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Topical lidocaine reduces menopausal dyspareunia

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 22:00

Applying topical liquid lidocaine to the vulvar vestibule prior to penetration allows for comfortable intercourse in breast cancer survivors with severe menopausal dyspareunia, according to findings...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Medicare asks experts to weigh in on low-dose CT lung cancer screening

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 13:00

Should Medicare pay for low-dose computed tomography to screen certain patients for lung cancer? A panel of expert advisers will meet April 30 to review the evidence and make a recommendation. The...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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