Oncology & Cancer

New compound targets key mechanism behind lymphoma

Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia have come one step closer to developing the first treatment to target a key pathway in lymphoma. The new findings will be announced at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012 on ...

Oncology & Cancer

Patient preference doesn't affect chemo in advanced CRC

(HealthDay)—For patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), most patients are treated with chemotherapy, even if they express negative or marginal preferences, according to a study published online Sept. 12 in Cancer.

Oncology & Cancer

Complementary meds used by 17 percent of elderly with cancer

(HealthDay) -- The prevalence of older people with cancer using complementary medications as they start a chemotherapy regimen is 17 percent, and is associated with less advanced disease and higher functional status, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

What we know and don't know about fungal meningitis outbreak

In a new perspective piece being published Online First tonight in Annals of Internal Medicine, a physician recalls lessons learned from treating patients affected by the 2002 outbreak of Exophiala (Wangiella) dermatitidis ...

Medications

Budesonide yields durable reduction in eGFR for IgA nephropathy

For patients with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, nine months of treatment with targeted-release formulation of budesonide (Nefecon) yields a greater reduction in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) than placebo, ...

Medications

Merck sues to challenge new US drug price program

Merck filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new White House-backed program to limit drug prices, calling the initiative an unconstitutional "extortion" that will harm pharmaceutical innovation.

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