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The Downside To Clinical Trials

  As the practice of medicine has moved from a profession to an industrial undertaking, this most human of experiences has fallen prey to the dictates of the American business model. Patients are no...

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Microarray, Gene Expression and Cell-Lines

  There have been attempts to develop molecular-based tests to examine a broader range of chemotherapeutic drugs. New technologies for measuring the expression (biological activity) of literally...

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Whole genome sequencing; not ready for prime time

 A test of the utility of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) on 12 genetically healthy adults reveals several shortcomings, according to a study published in the March 12 issue of JAMA.read more

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Why Do Cancer Surgeons Cure More Patients Than Medical Oncologists?

  Robert A. Nagourney, M.D. Who does it really serve when a clinical trial involving 597 patients results in an increase in survival by 10 days? read more

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New study helps to explain why breast cancer often spreads to the lung

 New research led by Alison Allan, PhD, a scientist at Western University and the Lawson Health Research Institute, shows why breast cancer often spreads or metastasizes to the lung. Breast cancer is...

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The Rising Cost of Cancer Research: Is It Necessary?

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New Discoveries in Cancer and Heart Disease

  Larry M. Weisenthal, M.D., Ph.D. MCED: A newly-discovered mechanism of endothelial cell death read more

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Quest for Targeted Therapeutic 'Cocktails' Hits Roadblocks

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Training the immune system to fight cancer

  The potential to harness the body's immune system to fight cancer may finally prove itself on a large scale in the next couple of years. Scores of new immunotherapy vaccines and other immune system...

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Top 10 Reasons Against Routine Genomic Profiling of Tumors in Patient Care

 When they did comprehensive screening for gene mutations at MD Anderson, in a huge number of patients, they found an actionable target in 31%, but, of these 31%, only 10% responded to the targeted...

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