Several recently released breast cancer-related studies are scheduled to be presented later this month at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Summaries appear below. ~ Herceptin/Tykerb: The combination of breast cancer drugs Herceptin and Tykerb delayed the time it...
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Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia Abstract Background: Monitoring acute postoperative pain as the fifth vital sign is currently practiced in many developed countries. In Sarawak, pain...
QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - DiagnoCure Oncology Laboratories, based in West Chester, PA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DiagnoCure Inc., announced today that it has received the U.S. CLIA certification...
Like Christina Applegate, more women are choosing prophylactic mastectomies. Last November, Rachel Meiser, a 33-year-old nurse, learned that she had a cancerous lump in her right breast. Like Meiser and, more recently,...
The biotech is responding to practices that were criticized for contributing to overuse of its flagship anemia drug at the same time safety concerns were growing, The New York Times reports. Specifically, Amgen will no...