CT scan cancer call to cut use
SENIOR radiologists have called for doctors to stop the indiscriminate ordering of CT scans, which can cause cancer.
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CT scan cancer call to cut use
America’s First Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine
America’s First Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine
Last Thursday the Food and Drug Administration approved Provenge for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Provenge is the first therapeutic vaccine to be approved in the U.S. for cancer treatment, ushering in what may be a new era in immune-based cancer treatments. Approval marks the successful conclusion of a 20-year odyssey with some remarkable twists and turns. My part of the story …
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Haverford School lax checks for cancer
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Evelyn Schwartz, Director of Development of the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at Penn Medicine, accepts a $12,000 donation from the Checking for Cancer Foundation.
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