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David Casarett, M.D.: Overtreatment in Cancer: Common Sense Medicine

huffingtonpost.com — “ASCO's admonition to avoid ineffective treatment is unlikely to constrain the use of chemotherapy in advanced cancer significantly, because although it's good advice, it's difficult to put into practice.View full resource at huffingtonpost.com

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Targeted nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates for cancer chemotherapy in vivo - Topix

topix.com — “Targeted nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates for cancer chemotherapy in vivo - TopixView full resource at topix.com

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Targeted nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates for cancer chemotherapy in vivo: 103, No. 16. , pp. 6315-6320, doi:1... http://t.co/1L6DvnN1

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Choosing Wisely recommendations include hospice care - Related Stories - Hospice and Palliative Medicine SmartBrief

smartbrief.com — “Guidelines developed by the American Society of Clinical Oncologists for the Choosing Wisely Initiative include a recommendation that late-stage cancer patients who would receive little benefit from chemotherapy be taken off the drugs and given hospice care. Fox Chase Cancer Center oncologist Steve…View full resource at smartbrief.com

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ASCO: Choosing Wisely recommendations include hospice care http://t.co/m3vpiMv6 Definite progress

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Scientists identify major source of cells' defense against oxidative stress

phys.org — “Both radiation and many forms of chemotherapy try to kill tumors by causing oxidative stress in cancer cells. New research from USC on a protein that protects cancer and other cells from these stresses could one day help doctors to break down cancer cells' defenses, making them more susceptible to treatment.View full resource at phys.org

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Cetuximab After Colon Cancer Surgery - No Improvement In Disease-Free Survival

medicalnewstoday.com — “A study published in the April 4 issue of JAMA reveals that patients who receive the drug cetuximab in addition to chemotherapy after undergoing surgery for stage III colon cancer do notView full resource at medicalnewstoday.com

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Cetuximab After Colon Cancer Surgery - No Improvement In Disease-Free Survival http://t.co/t0Z2YlnC #cancer

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Medical News:ASCO: Base Chemo on Actual Weight in the Obese - in Oncology/Hematology, Chemotherapy from MedPage Today

medpagetoday.com — “Medical News:ASCO: Base Chemo on Actual Weight in the Obese - in Oncology/Hematology, Chemotherapy from MedPage TodayView full resource at medpagetoday.com

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ASCO: Base Chemo on Actual Weight in the Obese (CME/CE): (MedPage Today) -- Actual body… http://t.co/Emp9lPbM

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Medical News:Drug Combo Active in NSCLC - in Meeting Coverage, AACR from MedPage Today

medpagetoday.com — “Medical News:Drug Combo Active in NSCLC - in Meeting Coverage, AACR from MedPage TodayView full resource at medpagetoday.com

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Drug Combo Active in NSCLC (CME/CE): CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- A chemotherapy doublet showed… http://t.co/XBFCvZbX

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A Chinese Medicine as Cancer Treatment - WSJ.com

online.wsj.com — “Scientists studying a four-herb combination discovered some 1,800 years ago by Chinese herbalists have found that the substance enhances the effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with colon cancer.View full resource at online.wsj.com

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A Chinese Medicine as Cancer Treatment - WSJ.com

online.wsj.com — “Scientists studying a four-herb combination discovered some 1,800 years ago by Chinese herbalists have found that the substance enhances the effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with colon cancer.View full resource at online.wsj.com

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Chinese Medicine Goes Under the Microscope http://t.co/3w8vQ3ff

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A Chinese Medicine as Cancer Treatment - WSJ.com

online.wsj.com — “Scientists studying a four-herb combination discovered some 1,800 years ago by Chinese herbalists have found that the substance enhances the effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with colon cancer.View full resource at online.wsj.com

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Vitals - Size matters for obese cancer patients' drug dose, doctors say

vitals.msnbc.msn.com — “It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes Dr. Jennifer Griggs’ hand trembles a bit when she prescribes “enormous” doses of chemotherapy drugs for obese breast cancer patients. Those powerful drugs kill not only cancer cells but healthy cells as well. And that …View full resource at vitals.msnbc.msn.com

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New ASCO guidelines: Size matters when it comes to dosing chemotherapy for obese cancer patients. http://t.co/iVLo2Lmm

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Prophylaxis with apixaban feasible for cancer patients

medicalxpress.com — “(HealthDay) -- Primary venous thromboembolism prophylaxis with apixaban, an oral direct Factor Xa inhibitor, in ambulatory cancer patients undergoing first- or second-line chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic cancer, is safe and well tolerated, according to a phase II study published online March ...View full resource at medicalxpress.com

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Prophylaxis with apixaban feasible for cancer patients http://t.co/4EPWzQUZ

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Taxane Chemotherapy Resistance Seen In Some Breast Cancer Tumors - QualityPoint Technologies

qualitypointtech.net — “Some breast cancer tumours may be resistant to a common chemotherapy treatment, suggests recent medical research at the University of Alberta. Principal investigator Ing Swie Goping and her team discovered some breast cancer tumours had low levels of certain genes, and that those tumours didn't respond well to taxane chemotherapy, a common treatment used in breast cancer.View full resource at qualitypointtech.net

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Taxane Chemotherapy Resistance Seen In Some Breast Cancer Tumors: Some breast cancer tumours may be resistant to a... http://t.co/djUq2Tr4

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Taxane Chemotherapy Resistance Seen In Some Breast Cancer Tumors

medicalnewstoday.com — “Some breast cancer tumours may be resistant to a common chemotherapy treatment, suggests recent medical research at the University of Alberta.Principal investigator Ing Swie Goping and hView full resource at medicalnewstoday.com

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Taxane Chemotherapy Resistance Seen In Some Breast Cancer Tumors http://t.co/878KL5xU #breastcancer

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Stopping a moving target: Novel compound halts brain tumor spread, improves treatment in animals

eurekalert.org — “Researchers from Emory and the Georgia Institute of Technology have designed a new treatment approach that appears to halt the spread of cancer cells into normal brain tissue in animal models. The researchers treated animals possessing an invasive tumor with a vesicle carrying a molecule called imipramine blue, followed by conventional doxorubicin chemotherapy. The tumors ceased their invasion of healthy tissue and the animals survived longer than animals treated with chemotherapy alone.View full resource at eurekalert.org

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