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Another 3 deals price in US high-yield; Legacy Reserves on tap
ReutersBy Joy Ferguson NEW YORK, May 22 (IFR) - Underwriters cleared out another three deals this afternoon for a total of USD1.34bn, while another USD250m bond from Legacy Reserves remained on deck. Bankers said this week that deals haven't been as over-...Tags: Banking, Mortgages, Bonds, Health Treatments, Radiation Therapy
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Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 billion market
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year. That bullish sales forecast by analysts at U.S. bank...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Amgen Inc., Novartis AG, Vaccines
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Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 bln market
Reuters* Potential sales of $35 bln a year over next 10 years - Citigroup * Immunotherapy may be used in up to 60 percent of cancers * Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche both upgraded to "buy" By Ben Hirschler LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - A new wave of medicines...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Amgen Inc., Novartis AG, Vaccines
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Elizabeth Vega Casey: Women with breast cancer gene have treatment choices
The Morning Call may not be The New York Times, but I have to acknowledge that I am not Angelina Jolie either. But there are similarities. Let me explain. Firstly, I want to take a moment to sincerely applaud her decision to reveal through The New York...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Angelina Jolie, News Media, The New York Times, Breast Cancer
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Letters: Jolie's choice
Re "Why Jolie's surgery? It's for the kids," Column One, May 15 My story is similar to Angelina Jolie's, though there are some differences. Ten years ago, at the age of 43, I had a prophylactic double mastectomy because I was the single mother of two...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Medical Specialization, Autism
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Supporters, Survivors Rally at Relay for Life
The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash.More than 44 teams set up tents at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds Friday afternoon to participate in the 2013 Relay for Life of Lewis County, which is scheduled to continue through 4 p.m. today. Faye Mullins, of Onalaska, started a team last...Tags: Medical Specialization, Human Interest, Relay for Life
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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Research, Pneumonia, Malpractice, General Practitioners, Internists
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Pfizer halts study of lymphoma drug unlikely to help survival
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc, which has been on a hot streak with three recent approvals of cancer drugs, stumbled on Monday, saying it was halting a late-stage trial of a drug for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma after independent monitors found it was...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Lymphoma, Biotechnology, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Science and Technology
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El Paso cancer patient is glad Angelina Jolie raised awareness of double mastectomy
El Paso Times, TexasEl Pasoan Alice Chavez knows what it's like to be Angelina Jolie. At least when it comes to her health. Like, Jolie, Chavez has undergone a double mastectomy. She had cancer in her left breast, and a risk of cancer in the still-healthy one. "In...Tags: Celebrities, Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, General Practitioners, Medical Specialization
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Health Technology Park In Connecticut Could Create Thousands Of Jobs
The Hartford CourantA $368 million health technology park — anchored by a cancer treatment center — could create as many as 2,500 jobs to north central Connecticut in the next five years, the project's developers say. The developers of ProTech Park said they...Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Technology, Medical Specialization, Science, Science and Technology
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Does prostate cancer treatment help older, sick men?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate removal or radiation, and they'd have to live with their side effects, says a new study. "If you'...Tags: Demographics, Vanderbilt University , Medical Specialization, Internists, Diabetes
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Mother, daughter reflect on their experiences with cancer-causing gene mutation
The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M.For More Information Those interested in more information about the BRCA mutation can contact the San Juan Regional Medical Center's Cancer Navigator at 505-609-6259. Additional information about support and resources available to those diagnosed with...Tags: Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, Abdominal Pain, Science and Technology, Endometriosis
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