Study Ties Drug Shortage to Poorer Cancer Survival

Study ties drug shortage to poorer cancer survival

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Young cancer patients who couldn't get a key medicine because of a national drug shortage were more likely to suffer a relapse than others who were able to get the preferred treatment, doctors report. It's the first evidence that a long-standing drug …
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More pressure to justify cost of cancer drugs versus benefits

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Doctors at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center decided in November not to use Zaltrap, a new $ 11,000 a month colon cancer drug, because it has a "modest" impact on survival, works no better than Avastin, a similar but cheaper competitor …
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Homeless men battling addiction find strength in giving to others

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So it was this week, when recovering residents at Mariners Inn in Detroit became Santas for a dozen needy families in the center's Adopt-A-Family program. Mariners Inn is one of the city's oldest programs for homeless men … What therapists call …
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