Hematology/Oncology

• In the Journals

• Cancer deaths, life expectancy both on the rise worldwide

• HemOnc Today, April 25, 2013
• The number of people who died of cancer worldwide increased by 38% from 1990 to 2010, according to data from the Global Burden of Disease 2010...More »

• Clinician receives professorship

• HemOnc Today, April 25, 2013
• Takami Sato
  
  Takami Sato, MD, PhD, director of the metastatic uveal melanoma program at Thomas Jefferson University, has been named the first K. Hasumi...More »

• Breast care center hires new director

• HemOnc Today, April 25, 2013
• Massimo Cristofanilli
  
  Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, FACP, has been appointed director of the Jefferson Breast Care Center at the Kimmel Cancer Center and...More »

• Penn, CHOP to open blood disease center

• HemOnc Today, April 25, 2013
• Penn Medicine intends to establish the Philadelphia region’s first dedicated center for the treatment and research of blood diseases.
  The Penn-CHOP...More »

• Researcher joins Sloan-Kettering

• HemOnc Today, April 25, 2013
• Paul Sabbatini
  Paul Sabbatini, MD, has been appointed deputy physician-in-chief for clinical research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
  In the...More »

• Researcher joins Cedars-Sinai

• HemOnc Today, April 25, 2013
• Marc Troup Goodman
  Marc Troup Goodman, PhD, MPH, joined Cedars-Sinai’s Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, where he will lead an academic...More »

• Health Care Legislative and Regulatory Update

• Stakes enormous as Supreme Court weighs ‘pay-to-delay’ generic drug deals

• March 27, 2013
• From international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP comes timely views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s...More »

• HHS fraud alert targets physician-owned distributorships

• March 26, 2013
• Physician-owned distributorships are the target of a new special fraud alert issued by the Office of Inspector General.
  Citing the “strong potential...More »

• In the Journals

• False-positive mammography results may have long-term psychological consequences

• March 19, 2013
• Researchers from Denmark reported that false-positive results from mammography screening can cause long-term psychosocial harm.
  “Screening for cancer...More »

• Health Care Legislative and Regulatory Update

• BLOG: Some providers notified of 'random' EHR prepayment audits

• March 14, 2013
• From international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP comes timely views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s...More »

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