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Unconventional treatments more common with cancer patients

Despite a growing trend among cancer patients to look for "natural" alternatives to traditional treatments, many doctors warn that such decisions could jeopardize any chance at all of beating the Read more...

Study: Genetic testing could save millions on cancer care

With cancer treatments boasting staggeringly high pricetags, there's good reason to give such drugs only to patients who can benefit from them. Increasingly, however, it's looking like genetic Read more...

Hospitals piling up nuclear waste

Hospitals go through radioactive material--a lot of it, in fact--but industry leaders seldom pay much attention to the problem. Generators of such material include radioactive cesium isotopes and Read more...

Study: Cancer survivability affected by patient location

A new study has concluded that the country patients live in--not to mention their skin color--have an impact on whether they survive cancer. These differences in survival are fueled by differences in Read more...

Personalized cancer treatment on the rise, cutting drug spend

If research presented at this year's annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology is any indication, the time could arrive sooner than expected for "personalized medicine," in which Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Farrah Fawcett's cancer records illegally reviewed; Women's Hospital in TX to close; and much more...

> Prior to Britney Spears's hospital files being illegally viewed by some members of UCLA's medical staff, Farrah Fawcett suffered the same fate. Records of her cancer treatments at the same Read more...

Press Releases

Dana-Farber, Brigham and Women’s launch Profile, a large-scale research program to scan tumors for mutations, establish ex

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Committed to speeding the development of cancer treatments that target the genetic weaknesses in each patient’s tumor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Read more >>

Release Of Cannabis Science Brand Formulations Align With History Being Made as California Medical Association New Policy

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCBB: CBIS), a pioneering US biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products, is pleased to announce that the California Medical Read more >>

BSD Medical Announces Grosshadern University Medical Center has Delivered over 10,000 Hyperthermia Treatments

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:BSDM) (Company or BSD) (www.BSDMedical.com), a leading provider of medical systems that utilize heat therapy to treat cancer, Read more >>

BSD Showcases MicroThermX® Microwave Ablation System at SIR Meeting - the Largest Forum for Interventional Radiology

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: BSDM) (the “Company” or “BSD”) announced today that the MicroThermX® Microwave Ablation System (“MicroThermX®”) was featured at the Read more >>

Cytel and Medelis Present an Educational Webinar April 7: Transforming Oncology Development with Adaptive Studies

Biostatistical and Medical Experts to Interactively Examine Growing Use of New Flexible Trial Designs in Cancer Treatment Clinical ResearchCAMBRIDGE, Mass. and PHOENIX, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Read more >>