Genentech's Avastin Cost Debated Before Wider Use, NYT Says - Bloomberg

Boston Globe

Genentech's Avastin Cost Debated Before Wider Use, NYT Says Bloomberg - 3 hours ago By Nancy Kercheval July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Avastin, a drug used to treat breast, colon and lung cancer by cutting off the blood supply to tumors, ... Costly cancer drug Avastin brings hope, dilemma TheNewsTribune.com Costly cancer drug offers hope, but also a dilemma Sarasota Herald-Tribune Payoffs of expensive cancer drug Avastin are debated Boston Globe all 24 news articles

Test may aid cancer treatment - Los Angeles Times

Test may aid cancer treatment Los Angeles Times, CA - Jul 5, 2008 An experimental test that snags lung cancer cells from a blood sample could give doctors real-time feedback on the most effective therapy, ...

Cancer Cases Up But Survival More Than Doubles In Breast And Bowel ... - Medical News Today (press release)

Cancer Cases Up But Survival More Than Doubles In Breast And Bowel ... Medical News Today (press release), UK - 13 hours ago In contrast, although survival for cancer of the stomach has improved (4 per cent to 13 per cent) and lung cancer survival has gone up (3 per cent to 6 per ...

Blood Test May Replace Surgical Biopsies - Boston Channel.com

HealthNews

Blood Test May Replace Surgical Biopsies Boston Channel.com,  USA - Jul 3, 2008 "We can pick up very, very rare cancer cells that normally would originate in the lung or in the breast or in other types of tissues, and we can measure ... New test for cancer patients WTNH Doctors Extract Cancer Cells From Blood Sample NewsMax.com Dr Daniel Haber's cancer circulating tumor cell blood test CTC ... Next Big Future all 118 news articles

Cancer survival up since NHS launch - The Press Association

Cancer survival up since NHS launch The Press Association - Jul 2, 2008 However, the figures showed that patients suffering stomach or lung cancer still have a poor prognosis. The analysis, by Cancer Research UK and the National ...