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Detecting the Future: A Perspective on the Rising Value of Diagnostics in Oncology Therapeutics (Part 2)
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Top Headlines - Sat Jul 04, 2009
Featured Oncology News
Lack of Evidence Hinders Cancer Treatment in Elderly
(Wall Street Journal) July 2, 2009 - Doctors find few clear answers when deciding how to treat older cancer patients, writes Dr. Richard C. Frank.
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CMS Releases 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule with 6% Cuts to Medical Oncology
(COA) July 1, 2009 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule that includes a general 21.5% to all physicians, an additional 6% to medical oncologists, a 19% cut to radiation oncologists, substantial cuts to imaging, and elimination of consultation codes.
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OIG Issues Report on Chemotherapy Administration Reimbursement with Serious Consequences
(COA) July 1, 2009 - According to the report, “Although the $60.6 million that we identified in unmatched chemotherapy administration claims is small compared to the $1.9 billion Medicare paid for Part B chemotherapy administration from 2005 to 2007, potential program savings may nevertheless exist if CMS can limit the use of chemotherapy administration codes to qualifying drugs.”
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Oncology Clinical News
PET-CT Scanners Reduce Futile Lung Cancer Surgery
(Reuters) July 1, 2009 - Devices that simultaneously take a PET scan and a CT scan can eliminate unnecessary surgery for lung cancer, although they do little to save lives, researchers in Denmark reported on Wednesday.
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Predicting the Return of Prostate Cancer: New Johns Hopkins Study Betters the Odds of Success
(Johns Hopkins) July 1, 2009 - Cancer experts at Johns Hopkins say a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median of eight years has shown that a three-way combination of measurements has the best chance yet of predicting disease metastasis.
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Fawcett’s Death Spotlights a Rare Cancer
(MSNBC.com) July 1, 2009 - In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus.
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Oncology Business and Policy News
Preventing Breast Cancer the Focus of 2009-2010 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Promise Grants
(MorningStar.com) July 2, 2009 - One of the most important challenges in the cancer community today is whether people can, in fact, prevent their own cancers. Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is announcing millions of dollars in long-term grant funding to find out.
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The V Foundation Bets on Less Is More to Fund Lung Cancer Research
(Yahoo! Finance) July 1, 2009 - With discretionary spending on the decline and Facebook pages on the rise what's a smart fundraiser's next move? Julie and Andrew Constantin, Bay Area tech innovators and founders of The V Foundation Wine Celebration, are betting on an aggressive social media campaign designed to encourage "everyday" philanthropy.
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Axel Ullrich Named Winner of 2009 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
(Yahoo! Finance) July 1, 2009 - Johnson & Johnson today announced that Axel Ullrich, Ph.D., director of the Department of Molecular Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Germany, whose discoveries have led to novel cancer therapies including Herceptin® (trastuzumab)*, is the winner of the 2009 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research.
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Broader Healthcare and Pharma News
Medicare Plans to Cut Specialists' Payments
(Wall Street Journal) July 2, 2009 - The Obama administration said it will cut Medicare payments for imaging specialists, and will use the savings to increase payments to physicians providing primary care.
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Merits of Wider Drug Coverage
(Wall Street Journal) July 1, 2009 - A new large-scale study of medical records found that the extra cost of extending prescription coverage to Medicare enrollees was substantially offset by lower spending on other medical care for people who previously had limited or no prescription-drug coverage.
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Rangel: Drug Firms Have Been Stealing
(BusinessWeek.com) July 1, 2009 - One of the principal authors of health care legislation taking shape in the House accused drug companies and other medical providers Wednesday of stealing, and said they are now offering concessions in the hopes the bill that emerges will not demand too much of them.
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