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Elaine Schattner

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A Call For More Research On Cancer’s Environmental Triggers

A Call For More Research On Cancer’s Environmental Triggers

Commentary: How Patients Have Transformed A Medical Meeting About Breast Cancer

Commentary: How Patients Have Transformed A Medical Meeting About Breast Cancer

Many Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Skip Chemo, Large Trial Confirms

Many Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Skip Chemo, Large Trial Confirms

Is There A Better Place To Decide What’s Right For Patients?

Is There A Better Place To Decide What’s Right For Patients?

The Paradoxical Benefits Of A Web App For Cancer Patients

The Paradoxical Benefits Of A Web App For Cancer Patients

Precision Oncology Drug Shows Power Of Cancer Genomics

Precision Oncology Drug Shows Power Of Cancer Genomics

Which Patients Will Be Helped By Immune Cancer Drugs? This Test May Tell

Which Patients Will Be Helped By Immune Cancer Drugs? This Test May Tell

We Need To Tame The Price Of New Cancer Drugs

We Need To Tame The Price Of New Cancer Drugs

A New Antibody For Treating Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia?

A New Antibody For Treating Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia?

Team Care Slashes Deaths From Pregnancy In Sickle Cell Anemia

Team Care Slashes Deaths From Pregnancy In Sickle Cell Anemia

Encouraging Results For Ribociclib In Advanced Breast Cancer

Encouraging Results For Ribociclib In Advanced Breast Cancer

A Novel, Targeted Drug Yields Promising Results In Stomach And Esophageal Cancer

A Novel, Targeted Drug Yields Promising Results In Stomach And Esophageal Cancer

MoovCare, A Web App, Helps Cancer Patients Live Longer

MoovCare, A Web App, Helps Cancer Patients Live Longer

Report Touts Benefits Of Prolonged Medication After Breast Cancer. Is It Persuasive?

Report Touts Benefits Of Prolonged Medication After Breast Cancer. Is It Persuasive?

The Emerging Value Of Personalized Phase 1 Clinical Trials In Oncology with permission, Maria Schwaederle, PharmD

The Emerging Value Of Personalized Phase 1 Clinical Trials In Oncology

At A Conference On Cancer, Patients Take Notes Like Their Lives Depend On It

At A Conference On Cancer, Patients Take Notes Like Their Lives Depend On It

The Big News For Sickle Cell Anemia Is Not Gene Therapy

The Big News For Sickle Cell Anemia Is Not Gene Therapy

Why Prolia May Be The Better Drug For Reducing Bone Breaks And Recurrence After Breast Cancer

Why Prolia May Be The Better Drug For Reducing Bone Breaks And Recurrence After Breast Cancer

Venetoclax Is A Powerful New Kind of Cancer Drug Effective In Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Venetoclax Is A Powerful New Kind of Cancer Drug Effective In Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Lynparza, First In A New Class Of Cancer Drugs, Is Surprisingly Active In A Wide Range Of Tumors

Lynparza, First In A New Class Of Cancer Drugs, Is Surprisingly Active In A Wide Range Of Tumors

Oncotype Test Could Reduce Overtreatment Of Early Stage Breast Cancer

Oncotype Test Could Reduce Overtreatment Of Early Stage Breast Cancer

Tamoxifen As A Breast Cancer Preventive — Mixed Results In Long-Term Follow-Up

Tamoxifen As A Breast Cancer Preventive — Mixed Results In Long-Term Follow-Up

What’s Intriguing And Concerning About Early Results For Keytruda In Breast Cancer

What’s Intriguing And Concerning About Early Results For Keytruda In Breast Cancer

To Address Breast Cancer Globally, 3 Things Are Essential

To Address Breast Cancer Globally, 3 Things Are Essential

Collateral Damage: How A Cancer Diagnosis Hurts Employment And Finances

Collateral Damage: How A Cancer Diagnosis Hurts Employment And Finances

At Palliative Care In Oncology Symposium, A Burst Of Energy

At Palliative Care In Oncology Symposium, A Burst Of Energy

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