Blood

Improved chemo regimen for childhood leukemia may offer high survival, no added heart toxicity

Treating pediatric leukemia patients with a liposomal formulation of anthracycline-based chemotherapy at a more intense-than-standard dose during initial treatment may result in high survival rates without causing any added ...

Cancer created May 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctors say cancer drug costs are too high

More than 100 doctors from around the world have signed a letter decrying the high cost of cancer drugs which reach $100,000 per year or more, and calling for pharmaceutical companies to ease prices.

Medications created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Leading leukemia experts: High leukemia treatment costs may be harming patients

The increasing cost of treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the United States has reached unsustainably high levels and may be leaving many patients under- or untreated because they cannot afford care, according ...

Cancer created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0