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Smaller studies can mean missed side effects

Smaller studies can mean missed side effects

Pharmaceutical companies can't find patients for trials of experimental cancer drugs  Dr. Peter Bach Too few patients are available to cover all the clinical cancer drug trials being conducted. That, at least, is the conclusion of a recent story by Gina Kolata in The...

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For 1st time, mammogram doesn’t scare survivor

For 1st time, mammogram doesn’t scare survivor

Breast cancer anxieties of 'Rollercoaster' author's wife vanish — after only 23 years  Cancer-free Fox and Weingarten My wife, Nancy Fox, wasn't at all afraid. For the first time in 23 years. She'd previously been nervous each time she'd gone for a mammogram, fearful...

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Are researchers, discoveries being cloistered?

Are researchers, discoveries being cloistered?

Biden urges end to 'cancer politics' but more teamwork among docs, scientists, donors Vice President Joseph Biden It's a presidential election year so, naturally, there's lots of disturbing politics (no matter where you're positioned on the bell curve). Perhaps none...

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