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$93,000 cancer drug renews debate on price of life MSNBC Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:01 AM PDT Cancer patients, brace yourselves. Many new drug treatments cost nearly $100,000 a year, sparking fresh debate about how much a few months more of life is worth. Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - United States - Chemotherapy ANALYSIS - Cancer threat to poor demands same action as AIDS The Star Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:57 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Cancer is threatening to overwhelm poor countries and governments are under pressure to organise the kind of joined-up global response enlisted to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Cost of cancer treatment rises; one drug is rationed KETK 56 Tyler Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:50 AM PDT UNDATED (AP) - Cancer patients, brace yourselves. Many new drug treatments cost nearly $100,000 a year, sparking fresh debate about how much a few months more of life is worth. Consumer 10.0: Keep your receipt to avoid mix-ups Philly.com Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:44 AM PDT For Jack and Sandra Jacobowitz, the Jewish high holidays were especially hard this year, coming less than two months after they lost their son to cancer. Seattle Genetics, Takeda Drug Shrinks Lymphoma Patients' Tumors in Study Bloomberg Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:44 AM PDT Seattle Genetics Inc. said its two- drug therapy, developed with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., cut tumor size by at least half in 75 percent of patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma , a cancer of the immune system. Warhill-Jamestown post victory over cancer The Virginia Gazette Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:38 AM PDT JAMES CITY â€" For most of the year, athletic teams at Jamestown and Warhill are rivals. A.M. Vitals: Sanofi Getting Financing Ready for Genzyme Bid Wall Street Journal Blogs Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:35 AM PDT Also: did health-care overhaul go far enough?; AstraZeneca cancer drug fails in late trial; HHS criticizes insurers' decision to drop child-only policies. ZIOPHARM Granted Japanese Patent for Darinaparsin Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:35 AM PDT NEW YORK----ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. today announced that the Japanese Patent Office has issued a patent, Patent No. 4,571,408, with claims covering pharmaceutical compositions, including oral formulations, of various organic arsenic compounds, including darinaparsin , and the use of these compositions and the organic arsenic compounds for the treatment of cancer, including as part of a ... Cancer-stricken star throws 'Spartacus' into turmoil Baltimore Sun Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:34 AM PDT ( Hollywood Reporter) - Starz may recast the lead role in "Spartacus" after star Andy Whitfield was unexpectedly forced to quit earlier this month so that he could resume cancer treatment. New cancer drugs are costly WABC-TV New York Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:33 AM PDT Cancer patients, brace yourselves. Many new drug treatments cost nearly $100,000 a year.

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