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Cigarettes account for slightly under half of smoking-related cancer deaths

Posted on: 15/06/2015 - 16:00

Of the nearly 346,000 U.S. deaths caused by smoking-related cancers in 2011, about 48.5% were attributable to cigarette smoking, according to a research letter published online June 15 in JAMA...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

New drugs saw ‘unprecedented’ spending growth in 2014

Posted on: 11/06/2015 - 16:48

Led by new treatments for hepatitis C, there was an “unprecedented $20.2 billion increase in spending” for new medicines in 2014, which was triple the 2013 level, according to a <a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 21:00

False-positive mammograms in women aged 40-59 years cost an estimated $2.8 billion per year in the United States in 2012-2013, according to a report p... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 21:00

False-positive mammograms in women aged 40-59 years cost an estimated $2.8 billion per year in the United States in 2012-2013, according to a report p... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Death rates rising for liver cancer, falling for colorectal cancer

Posted on: 24/02/2015 - 16:58

Death rates for liver cancer have been rising for some time among both men and women, while rates of colon and rectal cancer continue to decline from ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Death rates rising for liver cancer, falling for colorectal cancer

Posted on: 24/02/2015 - 16:58

Death rates for liver cancer have been rising for some time among both men and women, while rates of colon and rectal cancer continue to decline from ... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Cancer mortality lowest in western United States

Posted on: 15/02/2015 - 21:29

Utah will have the lowest cancer mortality rate in the United States in 2015, according to a report from the American Cancer Society. While 11 states... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Melanoma incidence highest in Oregon, lowest in Texas in 2015

Posted on: 13/02/2015 - 15:20

Projections for the number of new melanoma cases in 2015 give Texas the lowest estimated incidence and Oregon the highest, according to a report from ... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Most cost-effective psoriasis treatment: methotrexate

Posted on: 30/01/2015 - 16:52

Methotrexate is the most cost-effective systemic treatment for psoriasis in terms of the number of patients needed to treat to achieve a PASI 75, acco... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Annual costs of psoriasis costs top $112 billion

Posted on: 07/01/2015 - 16:00

The total economic burden of psoriasis in the United States is at least $112 billion per year, and possibly as high as $135 billion, investigators est... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Cigarettes account for slightly under half of smoking-related cancer deaths

New drugs saw ‘unprecedented’ spending growth in 2014

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Death rates rising for liver cancer, falling for colorectal cancer

Death rates rising for liver cancer, falling for colorectal cancer

Cancer mortality lowest in western United States

Melanoma incidence highest in Oregon, lowest in Texas in 2015

Most cost-effective psoriasis treatment: methotrexate

Annual costs of psoriasis costs top $112 billion

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