For several decades, certain cancer centers have been allowed by the U.S. government to charge more for the care they give. A new study finds the care given at these centers isn’t very different from that received at other top-notch facilities. Since the early... More »
(Reuters) – AbbVie Inc said on Friday it has halted enrollment of patients in all ongoing studies testing its brain cancer treatment after the drug failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage trial. The company’s shares fell 1.8 percent to $78.10 before the b... More »
(Reuters Health) – The cost of new anti-cancer drugs increased more than five-fold from 2006 to 2015, but a new analysis suggests that cancer patients and insurers may be getting less for their money. Anticancer medications account for the lion’s share of glob... More »
(Reuters Health) – Most Americans aren’t aware of cancer drug shortages that might lead some patients to receive less effective or more toxic treatments, a U.S. study suggests. In a nationally representative survey of 420 adults, just 16 percent said they knew... More »
U.S. Senator John McCain, who recently returned to Washington after treatment for brain cancer, said on Sunday the disease is vicious but that the treatment is going well and he has more energy than before. More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – People who want access to the best cancer treatment centers in the U.S. may want to avoid health insurance pla More »
By Carolyn Crist(Reuters Health) – Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy should have all their medications and herbal supplements reviewed by a phar More »
FILE PHOTO – Genetically modified male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are pictured at Oxitec factory in Piracicaba, Brazil, October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Scientists in Britain plan to harness the Zika virus to try to kill brain tumor cells in experiments ... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Comfort care for advanced cancer patients is associated with fewer repeat hospitalizations and more hospice referr More »
By Gene Emery(Reuters Health) – It might be possible for people with an older pacemaker to safely get an MRI after all.A new study suggests t More »
By Madeline Kennedy(Reuters Health) – As cancer drug costs rise, U.S. cancer patients are more likely than other medical patients to struggle with pa More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – In general, childhood cancer survivors are just as satisfied with their sex lives as people who didn’t have ca More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – Drugs recently approved around the world to fight cancer increased patients’ overall survival, but benefits va More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – – Children who’ve had cancer may be more likely to receive the follow-up care they need in adulthood if their pare More »
By Kathryn Doyle(Reuters Health) – For patients with advanced cancer, palliative care should start early and be an integral part of treatment, not ju More »
(Reuters Health) – U.S. doctors and hospitals throw out almost $3 billion (roughly 2.7 billion euros) in unused cancer drugs each year because the medicines come in supersized single-use packages and excess medicine must be discarded for safety reasons, a rece... More »
