Archive: 04/02/2015
Making equal access to cancer treatment a priority
Access to treatment and care is a fundamental right of any patient. Yet despite the fast rate of new agent development, there are still astounding inequalities in the availability of and accessibility to cancer medications ...
Feb 4, 2015
High risk of bowel cancer for gene carriers
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have found that screening for bowel cancer in genetically high-risk populations should begin early.
Feb 4, 2015
New immunotherapy study will pit PD-1 inhibitor against advanced lung cancer
Penn Medicine researchers have begun a new immunotherapy trial with the "checkpoint inhibitor" known as pembrolizumab in patients with oligometastatic lung cancer—a state characterized by a few metastases in a confined ...
Feb 4, 2015
How do "graduation" ceremonies effect addiction treatment?
As 64 percent of Americans entering addiction treatment are repeat patients, many health care professionals have questioned the significance of addiction graduation ceremonies. In a new article published in Alcoholism Treatment ...
Feb 4, 2015
Shocking new figures show Indigenous child removal crisis is getting worse
New figures from the Productivity Commission show a huge spike in the number of Indigenous children being removed from their families by child protection agencies across Australia.
Feb 4, 2015