Latest cancer care Stories
Special issue of Health Affairs focuses on costs, benefits and hope inspired by cancer care in the 21st century A new analysis provides a closer look at how much cancer patients value hope — with important implications for how insurers value treatment, particularly in end-of-life care. The analysis led by Darius Lakdawalla, director of research at the Schaeffer Center at USC and associate professor in the USC Price School of Public Policy, surveyed 150 cancer patients currently...
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Community Oncology Alliance (COA), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and fostering community cancer care, today released a new report (http://tiny.cc/9gw8bw) documenting cancer clinic closings and the stresses to the cancer delivery system. This latest report comes on the heels of studies released by Avalere and Milliman documenting lower costs to patients and payers of cancer treatment provided in community clinics and...
CRAWLEY, England, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta announced today it has received clearance to CE mark Agility(TM)*, a revolutionary beam-shaping device integrated into the head of a linear accelerator (linac). Patients and clinics will benefit from the speed and reliability of this new MLC design. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120402/CL79665 ) "According to WHO, cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, and the incidence is expected to continue rising...
Cancer Care Associates (CCA) signs a three year agreement with ABS Associates, Inc. for Level 1 and Remote Level 2 outsourced help desk support services. Schaumburg, Illinois (PRWEB) March 27, 2012 Cancer Care Associates (CCA), a physician-owned oncology network based in Oklahoma, has recently executed a three-year agreement with ABS Associates, Inc. for Level 1 and Remote Level 2 outsourced help desk support services. CCA joins a myriad of healthcare providers, hospitals, and health...
SYDNEY, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a single bound, Nepean Cancer Care Centre (NCCC) leaped from traditional 3D conformal radiation therapy for its prostate cancer cases to a dramatically faster therapy delivery method, Elekta VMAT (Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy), a technique that is even quicker with Elekta's new Integrity(TM) R1.1 sixth generation digital control system. NCCC physicians treated their first patient with prostate cancer using Integrity on December 13, 2011,...
NEW YORK and NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RNRounds, a social and professional network for nurses and nursing professionals, announced today a strategic partnership with UBM Medica's Oncology Nurse Community (TheONC). UBM Medica, a recognized leader in medical media and education, recently launched TheONC - a free, online community exclusively for oncology nurses and the cancer care teams that support them. TheONC unites nurses in a secure environment where they can...
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prime Therapeutics (Prime), a leading pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), has announced its new oncology management program designed to improve the quality and value of cancer care for patients. Prime plans to partner with two oncology management companies in bringing this new capability to its health plan clients. Prime has entered into an agreement with eviti, Inc., a leading health information technology company delivering web-based...
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member helps cancer research, cancer treatment and cancer care with reggae arrangement of song from Underground Railroad. Proceeds to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. New York, NY (PRWEB) February 21, 2012 Ben E King's longstanding support of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is furthered with his update to Now Let Me Fly which 'references the biblical story of Ezekiel's Wheels. The song talks mostly of a promised land. This song might...
ANDOVER, Mass., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) today announced that it is teaming up with eHealth Global Technologies, Inc. (eHGT), a company that uses pioneering information technology to retrieve medical records and images and securely deliver them electronically to health care providers. eHGT's services are designed to reduce the time cancer patients spend waiting for their first oncology appointment by efficiently gathering...
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Precision Therapeutics, Inc. has recently expanded their BioSpeciFx® product to include 21 clinically-relevant biomarkers to help physicians with their treatment decisions. This enhances Precision's approach to personalizing cancer care by offering additional molecular markers, including the recently FDA-approved ALK-FISH test. By utilizing BioSpeciFx® results in combination with Precision Therapeutics' ChemoFx® in vitro drug response...
