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No Advertising Please: prescribers need evidence, not marketing
By Martin Tattersall, Professor of Cancer Medicine, University of Sydney. The recent launch of the No…
Australian doctors to ban drug company reps from visiting surgeries
By Melissa Davey – The Guardian. GPs say the No Advertising Please campaign will help…
Mutations caused patient’s dramatic response to everolimus
The DNA of a woman whose lethal thyroid cancer unexpectedly “melted away” for 18 months has revealed…
Novartis works with Bristol-Myers Squibb to test lung cancer drugs
Swiss pharma group Novartis AG said on Monday it would work with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co…
Nine-valent HPV vaccine may prevent nearly 90 percent of cervical cancers
Because nine human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes were found to cause the majority of cervical precancers,…
ESMO 2014: Cleopatra Update
Pertuzumab adds 16 months survival benefit to trastuzumab plus chemotherapy for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer…
Cancer during pregnancy: Study suggests chemotherapy and radiotherapy safe for babies
Children who are exposed to chemotherapy or radiotherapy while in the womb suffer no negative…
Nutraceuticals are often big on promise but fail to deliver
By Nial Wheate – University of Sydney. Extracts from a berry can improve the effectiveness of a chemotherapy…
Cross-border efforts on push for medical marijuana
By Tom McIlroy – Canberra Times. Greens minister Shane Rattenbury could reconsider his proposed model…
FDA approves new melanoma drug that turns on the immune system to fight deadly cancers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new immunotherapy drug to treat advanced…