Insurer targeted breast cancer patients to cancel
One after another, shortly after a diagnosis of breast cancer, various women insured through WellPoint learned their health insurance had been canceled. They didn’t know company software had flagged their diagnosis and targeted them for investigation. Breast cancer – Health – Cancer – Conditions and Diseases – Health insurance
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Long term, tamoxifen stops more cancer than Evista
Longer-term results from a head-to-head trial of two drugs that prevent breast cancer shows that tamoxifen works better than rival Eli Lilly and Co’s Evista, but with a greater risk of some other cancers and blood clots.
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Gene linked to kidney cancer in children discovered
Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have identified two genes linked to Wilms’ tumour – a type of childhood kidney cancer – according to research published in Clinical Cancer Research.
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