Search Tag: cancer drugs
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Cancer affects everybody's life at some point. ‘The Death of Cancer,' written by one of oncology's leading figures, Dr Vincent T. DeVita, documents his own journey for the cure. Dr Peter Kapitein gives his personal review on the book. In 2005 I was diagnosed with lymph gland cancer and became interested in the medical industrial...Read more
2015 08 Aug
In a manifesto, a group of eminent oncologists note how the steep prices of cancer drugs are affecting the care of patients with cancer. They cite data showing that in 2014 all new FDA-approved cancer drugs were priced above $120,000 per year of use. They are calling for a reduction in drug prices. While the skyrocketing drug prices may be driving...Read more
2015 04 Feb
Access to treatment and care is the fundamental right of any patient. In cancer, despite the fast rate of new agent development, there are still astounding inequalities in the availability of and accessibility to cancer medications across Europe, according to the European Society for Medical Oncology, which is leading a European Consortium Study on...Read more
2015 23 Jan
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has designated four new leukaemia therapies as its cancer Advance of the Year. The announcement was made this week in ASCO’s 10th Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer, which has been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology . New Treatments, New Hope for CLL Patients Chronic lymphocytic...Read more