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Dose-Dense Chemotherapy plus Growth Factors in Elderly ER-Positive Patients Unnecessary, Costly
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Caroline Helwick
Breast Cancer
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Personalized Medicine
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Solid Tumors
March 2012, Vol 3, No 2
San Antonio, TX—Women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer are unlikely to benefit from dosedense chemotherapy, but many are receiving this type of treatment, which involves the use of colonystimulating factors (CSFs), that is, growth factors. Limiting the use of these therapies in a population that is unlikely to benefit from it, would save nearly $40 million annually, suggests a study presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
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Eribulin Associated with Less Neuropathy than Ixabepilone
Breast Cancer
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Personalized Medicine
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Solid Tumors
February 2012, Vol 3, No 1
San Antonio, TX—In a randomized phase 2 study of patients with metastatic breast cancer, peripheral neuropathy was less likely to occur in patients receiving eribulin mesylate than with ixabepilone.
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Mammography Use Increases When Copays Are Dropped
Breast Cancer
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Solid Tumors
February 2012, Vol 3, No 1
San Antonio, TX—When copayments were eliminated, annual screening mammography rates among insured rural women improved significantly, researchers from Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center reported at the 2011 CTRC AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
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The Cost of Cancer Care: How Can We Spend Better?
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Caroline Helwick
Breast Cancer
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Personalized Medicine
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Solid Tumors
February 2012, Vol 3, No 1
San Antonio, TX—One of the few clinical science symposia at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium focused not on clinical issues but on delineating the economic issues facing oncologists.
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A New Option for Metastatic Breast Cancer
By
Wayne Kuznar
Breast Cancer
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Personalized Medicine
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Solid Tumors
July 2011, Vol 2, No 4
Philadelphia, PA—The new biologic therapy eribulin (Halaven) was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer. Stephen C. Malamud, MD, Attending Physician, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City, discussed the benefits and risks associated with this new treatment option at a special session during the meeting.
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