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Elaine Schattner

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PARP Drugs Help Some Breast Cancer Patients, But They’re No Magic Bullet

PARP Drugs Help Some Breast Cancer Patients, But They’re No Magic Bullet

A New PARP Drug For Breast Cancer? I’m Thrilled!

A New PARP Drug For Breast Cancer? I’m Thrilled!

3 Lessons From An Alarming Case Of Mistaken Cancer Gene Test Results And Surgery

3 Lessons From An Alarming Case Of Mistaken Cancer Gene Test Results And Surgery

A Pill Might Control Pancreatic Cancer, Even If It Doesn’t Cure It

A Pill Might Control Pancreatic Cancer, Even If It Doesn’t Cure It

A PARP Inhibitor Keeps Some Cancers In Check For Years

A PARP Inhibitor Keeps Some Cancers In Check For Years

Why I’m Wary Of Grail And Its Plan To Develop A Cancer Detection Blood Test

Why I’m Wary Of Grail And Its Plan To Develop A Cancer Detection Blood Test

Precision Medicine Is A Needed Goal That Will Benefit Cancer Patients

Precision Medicine Is A Needed Goal That Will Benefit Cancer Patients

Precision Medicine Will (Eventually) Lower Cancer Care Costs

Precision Medicine Will (Eventually) Lower Cancer Care Costs

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

Chatting With Anne Parker: A Patient’s View On How Cancer Care Has Changed Since The 1960s

Chatting With Anne Parker: A Patient’s View On How Cancer Care Has Changed Since The 1960s

Understanding Angelina Jolie Pitt’s Cancer Risk And Her Decision To Tell About It

Understanding Angelina Jolie Pitt’s Cancer Risk And Her Decision To Tell About It

For Colon Cancer Screening, Cologuard Test Offers A Solid New Option

For Colon Cancer Screening, Cologuard Test Offers A Solid New Option

‘Lily,’ A Film About A Young Artist With Breast Cancer, And What’s Next In Her Life

‘Lily,’ A Film About A Young Artist With Breast Cancer, And What’s Next In Her Life

The (Unmet) Potential Value of Cancer Genome Testing

The (Unmet) Potential Value of Cancer Genome Testing

Ambitious ‘Lung-MAP’ Trial Aims to Evaluate Biomarkers and New Drugs in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

Ambitious ‘Lung-MAP’ Trial Aims to Evaluate Biomarkers and New Drugs in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

Don’t Judge Her Don't Judge Her!

Don’t Judge Her

A Chip against Cancer: Microfluidics Spots Circulating Tumor Cells Scientific American, April 2009

A Chip against Cancer: Microfluidics Spots Circulating Tumor Cells

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