In Discussing Cancer, Should We Use Fighting Words?
Every day in obituaries, you will find combat metaphors about people who…
Strange Coincidence: When Cancer Strikes Hospital CEO
I am just back from the Phoenix-metro area. It’s now the 5th…
A High Price for Rare Cancer Drugs
Pfizer last week won Food and Drug Administration “accelerated approval” for Xalkori…
“Hot Chemotherapy” Gaining Steam
You heard about it first on Patient Power when, a couple of…
Another Pan Mass Challenge Enters the History Books
For those of you just joining us, I rode in my eighth…
Not One War on Cancer, Millions
You have heard it countless times, “The War on Cancer.” President Nixon…
Is Breath Analysis the Future of Medical Testing?
Scientists are building sophisticated electronic and chemical sniffers that examine the puffs…
Less Education, More Cancer
A new study from the American Cancer Society shows that people with…
Mobile Phone-Brain Cancer Link Bewilders Epidemiologists
Some of the greatest discoveries in the history of modern medicine came…
Quote of the Day
If cellphones caused brain tumors, we should have seen a worldwide increase…