March 4, 2015,
Liver Cancer - Hepatocellular Carcinoma
News & Features
The decision requires Bayer to license the drug Nexavar to Natco Pharma, which must pay Bayer a royalty on its sales but will sell the drug for about 3 percent of Bayer’s price.
Researchers in New York estimate that a newly discovered virus, canine hepacivirus, also known as CHV, shared an ancestor with the hepatitis C virus 500 to 1,000 years ago.
After Julio Garcia’s widow agreed to donate his organs, five recipients gathered in New York to thank the family.
The panel called for an end to the assumption that cancer is a “disease of the rich.”
Treatments designed to block abnormalities that spur tumor growth have shown promise, but they have also fallen short in recent studies.
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, the largest freestanding cancer hospital, is on the front lines battling a disease that still faces grim odds.
There were only 64 cases in a group of vaccinated group of children ages 6 to 19, compared with 444 in the unvaccinated group.
Hispanics who move to the United States are 40 percent more likely to develop certain cancers than those who remain in their native countries, according to a study from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine that was conducted in Florida, a state with a diverse Hispanic population. ...
Cuban-Americans experienced the most dramatic cancer increases after moving to Florida, while Mexican-Americans experienced the least.
Doctors who are unaware of cultural influences may miss important medical issues and exacerbate an often already tenuous therapeutic relationship.
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