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Individual-Mandate Foes Warn of Affordable 'Car' Act In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, state officials opposed to the Affordable Care Act said the individual mandate to obtain health insurance presages mandates to buy cars and other goods.
Medscape Medical News, February 7, 2012
Ovarian Cancer Screening Popular Despite Guidelines Despite expert guidelines and scientific evidence to the contrary, a third of U.S. primary care physicians believe ovarian cancer screening is effective and many would offer it to patients.
Reuters Health Information, February 7, 2012
War Savings for 'Doc Fix' Complicated by Congressional Rules Congressional rules could get in the way of using war savings to fix Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula.
Kaiser Health News, February 7, 2012
Expanded Palliative Care for All NSCLC Patients An ASCO provisional clinical opinion recommends that all patients with metastatic nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) be offered palliative care concurrent with standard therapy, starting at diagnosis.
Medscape Medical News, February 7, 2012
Exemestane for Breast Cancer Prevention Weakens Bones
Medscape Medical News, February 6, 2012
Sialendoscopy Eases Radiation-Induced Sialadenitis
Reuters Health Information, February 6, 2012
Added Thalidomide Unhelpful in NSCLC
Reuters Health Information, February 6, 2012
GUCS Long-Term Benefits With Chemoradiation for Bladder Cancer
Medscape Medical News, February 6, 2012
After Stem Cell Transplant, Children Soon Recover Emotionally
Medscape Medical News, February 6, 2012
Intense Chemo in Early Unfavorable Hodgkin's Disease
Reuters Health Information, February 3, 2012
Laparoscopic Uterine Cancer Staging: Slightly More Recurrences
Reuters Health Information, February 3, 2012
Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer May Cause Infertility
Reuters Health Information, February 3, 2012

Time-of-Flight Imaging Propels Entry-Level PET/CT
Article, February 2012
EMR: Efficiency Mauled Repeatedly
Commentary, February 2012
Lung Tumor Grows, but Must Chemo Change?
Commentary, February 2012
Tired of Being a Doctor? Choices for Opting Out of Medicine
Article, February 2012
2012 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (GUCS)
Conference Coverage, February 2012
The Latest on D, Bone Health, and Cancer
Commentary, January 2012
Bevacizumab: Important Drug for NSCLC
Commentary, January 2012
Is HIFU Ever a 'Reasonable' Option in Prostate Cancer?
Commentary, January 2012
What's New in Pediatric Oncology?
Commentary, January 2012
Consensus Guidelines: Neoadjuvant Therapy in Breast Cancer
Viewpoint, January 2012

How often do patients complain?
From Patients, Practice, and Personal Care , Posted at 12:27:50, January 29. 2 Comments
What Doesn't Kill You...
From OncNotes , Posted at 08:56:19, January 25. 4 Comments
Pick your pronoun
From Patients, Practice, and Personal Care , Posted at 14:26:34, January 22. 2 Comments
OncotypeDX: Does it Help or Doesn't It?
From Cancer Care Issues - Advice From Dr. Cary Presant , Posted at 00:15:22, January 19. 5 Comments
OncotypeDX: Does it Help or Doesn't It?
From Cancer Care Issues - Advice From Dr. Cary Presant , Posted at 00:15:19, January 19. 0 Comments

Alert FDA Approves Vismodegib for Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma
FDA Approvals, January 30, 2012
Alert Once-Weekly Exenatide Okayed by FDA for T2DM After Long Look
FDA Approvals, January 27, 2012
Alert FDA Approves Axitinib for Advanced Renal Cell Cancer
FDA Approvals, January 27, 2012
Alert FDA Issues Warning About Lymphoma Drug Brentuximab
News Alerts, January 13, 2012
Alert House Okays Medicare 'Doc Fix' That Appears Doomed in Senate
Medscape Medical News, December 13, 2011

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