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Quality improvements in palliative care at Good Samaritan Medical Center – MD News
mentions study led by Mass General physician Jennifer Temel
NSCLC chemo rates unchanged with early palliative care- Medpage Today
coverage of study led by Mass General investigator Joseph Greer
Toddler is latest Cops for Kids recipient- SouthCoastToday.com/Gazette
mentions philanthropic gift to MGHfC pediatric oncology
For cancer researchers, a giant leap forward– Daily Record (Parsippany, N.J.)
mentions meeting presentation by Mass General physician Jose Baselga
50/50 and cancer: can humor help us heal? – AOL Healthy Living/Huffington Post
quotes Mass General physician Richard Penson
Patients struggle with record drug shortage – WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 video report featuring Mass General patient and physician Eyal Attar
Brave Megan home at last after beating cancer – The Independent (Ireland)coverage MGHfC patient treated with proton therapy
Secret garden spots – Boston Globe column mentions the Yawkey Center healing garden
Coverage of lung cancer drug quoting Mass General investigator Alice Shaw
New Lung Cancer Pill Highlights Improved Way of Treating Patients – ABC News
Fighting Lung Cancer – NBC News (video)
FDA Approves Pfizer Lung-Cancer Drug – Wall Street Journal quotes Mass General physician Alice Shaw
Betsy Neisner of Northampton gets first-hand experience of chemo drug shortage – Springfield Republican article quotes Mass General Cancer Center patient
Scrambling for cancer drugs – Boston Globe quotes Mass General physicians Michael Birrer and Eyal Attar
'Inappropriate' Use of ESAs in Cancer Patients – Medscape News quotes Mass General physician David Kuter
Hot Chemotherapy Bath: Patients See Hope, Critics Hold Doubts – New York Times quotes Mass General physician David Ryan
Cancer Docs Abuzz About New Lymphoma Treatment – ABC News Online text article quotes Mass General physician Bruce Chabner
Doctor: Nationwide Cancer Drug Shortage Slowing Treatment – WBUR Radio audio link to story featuring Mass General physician Eyal Attar
Large-Scale Genetic Profiling Technique Identifies Potential Weaknesses in Breast Cancer – Cancer Network.com quotes Mass General investigator Jose Baselga
Three new cancer tests are on their way – The Telegraph (U.K.) mentions Mass General collaboration with Johnson & Johnson to develop CTC chip technology
Ovarian cancer on the rise – Today Online (Singapore)quotes Mass General physician Marcela del Carmen
For 3 periods, there’s no leukemia, no chemo, only the B’s – Boston Globe article on Mass General Hospital for Children Cancer Center patient, also quotes Mass General nurses Karen DaRocha and Debbie McCarthy
Coverage of "Run of Hope" benefiting Mass General Hospital for Children Cancer Center Run against cancer:
- Names/Boston Globe photo – features Mass General Hospital for Children patient and physician Howard Weistein
- Maria Menounos makes a run for it – Inside Track/Boston Herald
New cancer patients struggle to get appointments – Hospitalist News quotes Mass General Cancer Center physician David Ryan
Coverage related to American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting
Coverage of presentation and study led by Mass General physician Paul Goss
- Hormone-blocking drug found to cut breast cancer risk – Boston Globe
- Drug can reduce risk of breast cancer, study says – New York Times
- Hormone-blocking drug reduces breast cancer risk – Associated Press
- Pfizer’s Aromasin blocks breast cancer in healthy, at-risk women in study – Bloomberg News
- Aromasin cuts risk of breast cancer in some groups – Reuters
- Aromasin reduced breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women – HealthDay News
- Drug that treats breast cancer found to prevent it, too – CNN.com
- Breast cancer drug with fewer side effects found to cut risk of tumors – Los Angeles Times
- Drug may reduce breast cancer risk by half – United Press International
- ASCO: Exemestane scores for primary prevention of breast cancer – MedPage Today
- Exemestane – A new option for breast cancer prevention – Medscape News
- Drug slashes cases of breast cancer in high-risk groups: Trial – Postmedia News/Canada.com
- Breast cancer drug with fewer side effects found to cut risk of tumors – The China Post
- 'Statins' for cancer could prevent many breast cancers – New Scientist quotes Mass General investigator Paul Goss
- ASCO Updates – Cure Today mentions meeting presentation by Mass General physician Paul Goss
- Breast cancer study: Drug reduces risk by 65 percent – WFXT-TV, Ch. 25 video report features Mass General physician Paul Goss
Coverage of presentation by Mass General investigator Alice Shaw
- Study: Pfizer lung cancer pill may double survival – Associated Press
- Lung cancer drug crizotinib sharply increases survival in patients with a specific gene mutation – Los Angeles Times
- New research signals major shift in cancer drugs – Chicago Breaking Business/Wall Street Journal mentions both Goss and Shaw presentations
Coverage of other ASCO presentations
- ASCO: Multiple Myeloma antibody Tx waits in wings – MedPage Today coverage of presentation by Mass General investigator Noopur Raje
- Melanoma drug combo shows promise in early trial – Science Now quotes Mass General investigator Keith Flaherty
- ASCO: Biologic duo comes with OK toxicity in Ovarian cancer – MedPage Today quotes Mass General physician Michael Birrer
- Phase 1 personalized therapy trials up response and survival – Medscape News mentions Mass General Cancer Center's genetic profiling program
- Targeted drugs aid in cancer treatment – Boston Globe quotes Mass General Cancer Center patient, physician John Iafrate, and mentions meeting presentation by physician Alice Shaw
- ASCO: Ovarian cancer recurrence yields to PARP inhibitor – MedPage Today coverage of meeting presentation by Mass General investigator Richard Penson
Coverage related to Mass General Cancer Center "the one hundred" event
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- Matt Damon's father battling cancer – People Magazine Online
- Kent Damon's cancer is in remission – United Press International
- S. Shore residents among Mass General cancer honoree – The Patriot Ledger article on individuals being honored at MGH Cancer Center "the one hundred" event
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- Cellphones are added to list of potential risks for cancer – Boston Globe quotes Mass General physician William Curry
- Two Boston hospitals in running for Livestrong grants – Boston.com Mass General Cancer Center program is candidate for addition Lance Armstrong Foundation funding
- AJR: Call for best practices in prostate cancer imaging reports – Health Imaging coverage of article co-authored by Mass General physician Shahin Tabatabaei
- 30 most innovative people in Massachusetts – The Boston Globe mentions Mass General physician Daniel Haber
- 3 studies alter approach to some Cancer screening – Associated Press quotes Mass General Physician Matthew Smith
- Watertown student raises $17000 for Cancer Research – The Boston Globe mentions the effort of a teenager who raised funds for brain cancer research at Mass General Brain Tumor Center
- Emerson Hospital 5K for Cancer set for June 4 – Boston.com mentions collaboration between Emerson and Mass General Cancer Center
- This reef may save your life – Huffington Post quotes Mass General physician Bruce Chabner
- AUA: Drug slows bone mets in prostate cancer – MedPage Today coverage of meeting presentation by Mass General physician Matthew Smith
- South Shore women named among hospital's One Hundred – Boston Globe (Globe South edition) article on women named to Mass General Cancer Center "the one hundred"
- Melanoma – Chronicle/WCVB-TV, Ch. 5 video links to program featuring Mass General Cancer Center physicians Don Lawrence, David Fisher and Jennifer Wargo and patients John Murphy and Glenna Kohl
- Cancer and chemo won't stop her Marathon run – MetroWest Daily News
- Boston Marathon Profile: Ipswich's Cynthia Ingelfinger – Ipswich Chronicle
- Cancer survivor follows in her father’s footsteps – The Boston Herald
- Running to give back – The Salem News
- Emberley will keep her pace under the speed limit – The Lynn Item
- Canton woman to run marathon for sick children – The Canton Journal
- Saugus resident Pambianchi runs Boston Marathon in honor of patient partner – Saugus Advertiser article on member of Mass General Marathon Team
- CM hoops junkie passes test of will – ESPN Boston
- Catholic Memorial senior taking ‘A Shot For Life’ – Boston Herald
- Taking a shot in the dark – ESPN Boston
- Hub student to shoot hoops 24 hours straight in cancer research fundraiser – Boston.com
- Catholic Memorial student shoots hoops for a cause – West Roxbury/Roslindale Transcript
- Poehler, Damon, Eaton make the list at Time - Boston Globe article mentions that Matt Damon will host the 2011 celebration of the one hundred on June 1
- Shortage of chemotherapy drug halts leukemia treatment for Hadley woman – Daily Hampshire Gazette article on MGH Cancer Center patient, quotes physician Eyal Attar
- Alternative and complementary treatments for cancer – Huffington Post mentions availability of acupuncture to Mass General Cancer Center patients
- Leukemia drug shortage – ABC News video report includes comments from Mass General physician Eyal Attar and patient
- Multiple myeloma gala sets goal of giving hope – Boston Herald quotes Mass General physician Noopur Raje
- Stand Up To Cancer awards next round of Innovative Research Grants
Sridhar Ramaswamy, MD, awarded research grant - Oncologist to present annual block lecture at Ohio State
coverage of award given to Bruce Chabner, MD, director of clinical research for the Mass General Cancer Center
- Taking aim at melanoma
F1000/The Scientist article written by Mass General investigator Keith Flaherty
- Patients provide pleasant surprises for hospital designers
AAMC Reporter article focuses on work of Mass General Cancer Center's Patient and Family Advisory Council - HPV link comes as a shock to male cancer patients
New Bedford Standard-Times quotes Mass General physician Lori Wirth - New test aids cancer patients
Poughkeepsie Journal mentions Mass General Cancer Center circulating tumor cell research
- Mutations block lung-cancer treatment - Nature News
- Lung cancer evolves with treatment, study finds – HealthDay News
- When lung cancer resists treatment, more biopsies needed – My Health News Daily
- Health care reform...in the lab – The Bottom Line/Boston Business Journal Online
- Meditation and cancer patients
WABC-TV, Ch. 7 (New York) mentions Mass General research study - Inflammatory marker tied to colorectal cancer risk
HealthDay Physicians Briefing coverage of study led by Mass General physician Andrew Chan - New cancer testing device: smaller, faster, more accurate
Straits Times (Singapore) coverage of device developed by Mass General investigators - The magic bullet for prostate cancer
MSN Health (Men’s Health reprint) quotes Mass General physician Anthony Zietman - The past, present and future of cancer
MIT News quotes Mass General physician Daniel Haber - Is chemotherapy about to become a thing of the past?
Toronto Globe and Mail quotes Mass General physician Keith Flaherty - New insight on weight gain after prostate cancer therapy
WebMD Health News quotes Mass General physician Philip Saylor
- Microchip spots cancerous tumors within an hour, study shows – HealthDay News
- Device linked to smartphone helps diagnose cancer – Boston Globe
- Harvard scientists create hand-held device to detect cancer at bedside – Bloomberg News
- Microchip provides one-hour tumor diagnosis at patient's bedside – ABC News Radio
- Fight against Cancer (scroll down) – WABC-TV, Ch. 7 (New York)
- Cancer diagnosis by smart phone – ScienceNOW
- A Smartphone diagnoses tumors at your bedside – Smart Planet
- Researchers use smartphones to detect cancers – TechNews Daily
- Dr. William Curry discusses recent cell phone study – WFXT-TV. Ch. 25 video interview with Mass General physician
- Clayton Christensen: The Survivor – Forbes feature on patient treated at Mass General for several conditions, quotes physicians Ryan Thompson and Ephraim Hochberg
- Mammography less accurate after breast cancer – Medscape News quotes Mass General physician Daniel Kopans
- Blood test for cancer has many possibilities – Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News article on development of Mass General-invented device
- FDA looks for cancer link to breast implant patients
Boston Globe quotes Mass General physician Bruce Chabner - Scientist Identify 'Rogue Gene' Blamed for Spreading Cancer
AOL Healthquotes Mass General physician Bruce Chabner - A Universal marker for tumor cells?
Science Now coverage of study led by Mass General investigators David Ting and Daniel Haber - New cancer marker may aid earlier detection
Technology Review coverage of study led by Mass General investigators David Ting and Daniel Haber - Researchers discover over-expression of DNA sequences called satellite repeats in epithelial cancers
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News coverage of study led by Mass General investigators David Ting and Daniel Haber - Politics trumps good medicine
Galveston (Texas) Daily News cites study led by Mass General physicians Jennifer Temel and Vicki Jackson - US Cancer costs in 2020: Up to $207 billion
My Health News Daily cites study led by Mass General physicians Jennifer Temel and Vicki Jackson - All Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) Test Updates
- Limits on test drugs add to patients’ ordeals
Boston Globe quotes Cancer Center physician Irene Kuter, MD - Pre-cancerous growths removed from Roger Daltrey's throat
Rolling Stone mentions singer's treatment by Mass General physician Steven Zeitels, MD - Internet commerce pioneer seeks to crack secretive culture with cancer commons
Xconomy.com mentions participation of Cancer Center physicians David Fisher, MD and Keith Flaherty, MD in open-source database project - SABCS Wrap-up: A Chemotherapy-free future for HER2-positive patients?
Medscape News includes comments from Cancer Center Director of Hematology/Oncology, José Baselga, MD - Aspirin may protect against breast cancer
Coverage quoting Mass General physician Steven Isakoff, MD - Amgen drug slows spread of cancer but doesn’t extend life
New York Times quotes Mass General physician Matthew Smith - Certain drug combinations may beat back aggressive breast cancer
HealthDay News coverage of meeting presentation by Mass General physician Jose Baselga - Smartphone app helps diagnose cancers – Healthzone (Canada)
- Additional coverage:
- Drug combo benefits early-stage breast cancer
Associated Press - Breast cancer boost from using Herceptin and Tyverb together
The Telegraph (U.K.) - Combination Tx for HER2+ Breast Cancer Excites SABCS
Medscape News
- SABCS: HER2 Combo ups breast cancer response
MedPage Today
- Drug combo benefits early-stage breast cancer
- Circulating tumor cells: Useful tool in metastatic breast cancer?
Medscape News quotes Mass General physician Leif Ellisen - SABCS: HER2-Targeted drugs not equal in breast cancer
MedPage Today quotes Leif Ellisen
- SABCS: Similar survival with aromatase inhibitors
MedPage Today coverage of meeting presentation by Mass General physician Paul Goss - SABCS: No cognitive decline from radiation to prevent brain mets
MedPage Today quotes Mass General physician Steven Isakoff
- Exemestane to prevent breast cancer recurrence similar to Anastrozole
Medscape coverage of meeting presentation by Mass General physician Paul Goss - ASH: ITP extension studies continue to show benefits
MedPage Today quotes Mass General physician David Kuter - Doctors: Elizabeth Edwards' death highlights need for early breast cancer screenings
AOL Health quotes Mass General physician Daniel Kopans - ASH: Improved survival seen in rare hemophilia
MedPage Today quotes Mass General physician David Kuter - Risks outweigh benefits of allogeneic transplant in multiple myeloma
Medscape quotes Mass General physician Noopur Raje - ASH: Acquired hemophilia yields to Rituximab
MedPage Today quotes Mass General physician David Kuter - Clinical prediction rule for VTE recurrence risk in cancer patients
Medscape quotes Mass General physician David Kuter - ASH: Novel Hodgkin drug 'dramatic' in refractory patients
MedPage Today quotes Mass General physician Ephraim Hochberg - ASH: Major factor VIII infusions linked to inhibitor development
MedPage Today coverage quoting Mass General physician David Kuter - Romiplostim safely maintained platelet counts in adult ITP
Hem/Onc Today coverage quoting Mass General physician David Kuter - Support cells help tumors to form metastases
MedIndia coverage of study led by Mass General investigator Rakesh Jain - Mansfield's Dobro helping Pats kick cancer
Mansfield News coverage of Mass General Cancer Center patient's participation in Patriots "Kick Cancer" program - Cediranib disappoints in Phase 3 recurrent glioblastoma trial
Medscape coverage of meeting presentation by Mass General physician Tracy Batchelor - Defeating drug-resistant cancers
Technology Review quotes Mass General Cancer Center investigator Keith Flaherty - 3D Mammogram on the brink of FDA approval
ABC News.com quotes Mass General physician Daniel Kopans - For Mass General patients, a haven to heal in
Boston Globe article on Christopher's Haven residence for Mass General Hospital for Children cancer patients and families, quotes physician Howard Weinstein - 25 Most Stylish Bostonians of 2010 – Dr. William T. Curry Jr. – Boston Globe features Mass General physician
- Cancer through time (scroll down)
USA Today timeline includes Mass General physician Saul Hertz's use of radioactive iodine to treat thyroid cancer in the 1940s - Romiplostim may be more effective than standard of care for ITP
Medscape Today coverage of study led by Mass General physician David Kuter - Researchers combine optical, x-ray tomo techniques to better ID breast cancer
Diagnostic Imaging quotes Mass General physician Daniel Kopans and investigator Qianqian Fang - Study: Aggressive lung cancer screening saves lives
New Bedford Standard-Times quotes Mass General physician Lecia Sequist - Uncertain futures
Boston Globe op-ed article written by Mass General physician David Scadden - Crizotinib hits bulls eye for subset of lung cancer patients
Medscape Today video and web report including study led by Mass General physician Eunice Kwak
- Early lung cancer trial results point to value of genotyping
White Coat Notes/Boston.com - Some tumors may resist promising Pfizer cancer drug
Reuters - Pfizer Drug Powers Cancer Treatment Into The DNA Age
Treatments/Forbes Online - Experimental cancer drug effective against certain types of lung cancer
Booster Shots/Los Angeles Times Online - New Drug Shows Promise Against Certain Lung Cancers
HealthDay News - Novel Kinase Inhibitor Promising in NSCLC
MedPage Today - Lung Cancer Drug Crizotinib Shows Promise
WebMD - Crizotinib Found to Inhibit Lung Tumor Growth
Health Day Physician's Briefing - Cancer Drug Zeroes In on a Genetic Mistake
Technology Review - Lung Cancer Drug Speeds Through Clinical Trials
My Health News Daily - 'Smart' lung cancer drug shows promise
Asia News International
- Navigating cancer with expert help
Beverly Citizen quotes Nancy Lee, nurse at MGH/NSMC Breast Health Center - Markey raises radiation concerns
Boston Globe quotes Mass General Radiation Safety Director Rex Woodleigh - Childhood cancer haunts survivors in unexpected ways
Cancer Network quotes MGHfC physician Torunn Yock, MD - Early palliative care improves quality of life in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
Cancer Network coverage of study led by Mass General physicians Jennifer Temel and Vicki Jackson - PAINT THE TOWN PINK: Meredith Rennie: Celebrating a milestone
Marshfield Mariner article written by Mass General Cancer Center patient - Latest Findings Back Mammograms for Women in Their 40s
HealthDay News quotes Mass General physician Daniel Kopans - Breast cancer: post surgery options
Ivanhoe Newschannel quotes Mass General physician Amy Colwell - US Researchers Improve CTC Chip
Medical Device Network coverage of research led by Mass General investigators Mehmet Toner and Daniel Haber - Beth Israel Deaconess enters partnership for personalized medicine
White Coat Notes/Boston.com mentions Mass General Cancer Center tumor genotyping project - Cancer-gene testing ramps up
Nature News mentions Mass General Cancer Center tumor genotyping project - Westford breast cancer patient keeps the candle burning
Malden Observer article on woman honored by Mass General Cancer Center "the one hundred" program - Star-studded benefit for cancer center
Boston Globe coverage of "Boston Golfers Against Cancer" benefit for Mass General Cancer Center - Beauty temporarily lost, now found
Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle quotes Kathleen Bazazi of Images Boutique at Mass General Cancer Center - Homegrown fundraising harnesses power of the pink
Associated Press mentions "Mel's Bracelets," which raise funds for Mass General breast cancer research - Facts and myths of breast cancer
New England Cable News video interview with Mass General physician Stephanie Moore - New Chip Captures Hard-to-Find Tumor Cells
Technology Review feature on technology developed at Mass General, quotes investigator Mehmet Toner - Coverage of study led by Mass General physician Jose Baselga
- Coverage of study led by Mass General investigator David Fisher:
- Rodent of the Week: These self-tanners are ready for beach volleyball
Booster Shots/Los Angeles Times.com - Natural Tanning May Inhibit Skin Cancer
Harvard Crimson - Cancer institute here easily passes federal review
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quotes Mass General physician Bruce Chabner - Molecular clue to sunless tanning found
White Coat Notes/Boston.com - Cream that'll give you a natural tan without sun (and cut risk of cancer)
Daily Mail (U.K.) - New 'safe' tanning method developed
Press Association (U.K.) - Now get a tan without exposure to cancerous UV rays
Asia News International
- Rodent of the Week: These self-tanners are ready for beach volleyball
Coverage of runners participating in the Mass General Marathon Team
Coverage of student raising money for brain tumor research at the Cancer Center
Other News
coverage of study led by Mass General investigators Lecia Sequist and Jeffrey Engelman
coverage of study led by Mass General investigator Ralph Weissleder
Coverage of study led by Mass General investigator Eunice Kwak:
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MedPage Today quotes MGH physician Daniel Kopans
Reuters coverage quoting Mass General physician Daniel Kopans
Patriot Ledger coverage of "Mel's Bracelets" project raising money for Mass General Cancer Center
Boston Herald coverage
Boston Globe
Extra Points/Boston.com coverage of Patriots Kick Cancer campaign quotes Mass General president Peter Slavin
Boston.com quotes Mass General nurse practitioner Krista Rubin
Science News quotes Mass General investigator Konrad Hochedlinger
- Experimental drug for advanced melanoma (streaming video) – NBC Nightly News
- Targeted gene therapy may offer hope against melanoma – ABC News Online
- Treatment for metastatic melanoma shows promise in preliminary trials – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
- 'Breakthrough' melanoma drug shrinks tumors, prolongs life– USA Today
- Promising new melanoma drug: Questions and answers – USA Today
- Roche melanoma drug works in 81 pct of patients – Reuters
- In early trial, targeted therapy fights advanced melanoma– HealthDay News
- Penn study makes breakthrough in shrinking tumors of terminal melanoma patients – Philadelphia Inquirer
- New drug fights metastatic melanoma – Science News
- Doctors encouraged by melanoma drug – United Press International
- New cancer drug gets dramatic results – Technology Review
- Skin cancer drug offers new hope to patients – The Guardian (U.K.)
- New drug shrinks many advanced melanomas: study – Agence France Presse
- Targeted therapy shows early promise in melanoma – MedPage Today
- "Major advance" declared in metastatic melanoma – and it's only phase 1 – Medscape News
- New drug may treat advanced melanoma – WebMD
- Promising new melanoma drug cuts tumors by 80% – The Money Times (Hong Kong)
- The cancer trial Bristol and Roche must do now – Treatments/Forbes.com
- Experimental targeted cancer drug helps 4 out of 5 metastatic melanoma patients – Booster Shots/Los Angeles Times Online
- New therapy promising against metastatic melanoma – The Chart/CNN.com
- Trial drug 'effective' against cancers with faulty BRAF gene – Cancer Research UK
- Making a Difference: Palliative Care
NBC Nightly News explores palliative care at the Cancer Center - Palliative Care Extends Life, Study Finds – New York Times
- Cancer strategy: Easing the burden – Boston Globe
- Palliative Care Can Extend Life, Reduce Depression – WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
- Study shows value of quality-of-life cancer care – Associated Press
- Lung Cancer Patients Lived Longer With Palliative Care in Study – Bloomberg News
- Palliative Care May Boost Mood, Survival – HealthDay News
- Palliative Care Aids in Recovery For Some Lung Cancer Patients – ABC News.com
- Study: Advanced Cancer Patients Receiving Early Palliative Care Lived Longer – HealthBlog/Wall Street Journal Online
- Year after Kennedy death, brain cancer treatment making strides
WCVB-TV, Ch. 5 quotes Mass General physician William Curry - Cancer & blood disease
Citrus County (Florida) Chronicle cites meeting report by Mass General physician Jason Efstathiou
- Sun-Phobic writer provokes envy, laughter with perfect $180 panama hat
Bloomberg News quotes Mass General physician David Fisher
- Shining a light on Vitamin D
MSN Health and Fitness quotes Mass General physician David Fisher - New hope to fight ovarian cancer
Providence Journal quotes Mass General investigator Steven Skates - Franklin family goes to extreme measures for stomach cancer gene
Milford Daily News article on family treated at Mass General for hereditary cancer syndrome - Christopher's Haven: Help in affording that live-saving trip
WFXT-TV, Ch. 25 story on Mass General for Children-affiliated family residence, quotes physician Howard Weinstein
- ‘Great strides’ made in finding cure for NF
Boston Herald mentions work of Mass General investigators James Gusella and Scott Plotkin
- Novel approach shows promise for melanoma treatment
HealthDay Physician Briefing coverage of study led by Mass General physician Jennifer Wargo - Neratinib shows little activity against non-small-cell lung cancer (must sign up for free account to view article)
Reuters Health coverage of study by Mass General physician Lecia Sequist - Gene mutations offer clues to autoimmune disorders
HealthDay News coverage of study led by Mass General Cancer Center investigator Shiv Pillai
- Overtreating earliest cancers - but which ones?
Associated Press quotes Mass General physician Michael Barry
- Therapies for cancer bring hope and failure
New York Times mentions Mass General Cancer Center study
- For lung cancer, a new drug and a way forward
NCI Cancer News quotes Mass General physician Alice Shaw - Pill shrinks some lung cancers
WebMD coverage of meeting presentation by Mass General physician Alice Shaw
- Crizotinib in ALK-NSCLC; Response rate "unprecedented" (must sign up for free account to view article)
Medscape News coverage of meeting presentation by Mass General physician Alice Shaw
- ASCO: Sea sponge drug saves lives in metastatic breast cancer
MedPage Today quotes Mass General physician Steven Isakoff - Proton radiotherapy reduces adverse effects, novel agent offers hope in Medulloblastoma (must sign up for free account to view article)
Medscape News coverage of meeting presentation by Mass General physician Torunn Yock - Pfizer lung cancer drug promising in early tests
Associated Press coverage of meeting presentation by Mass General physician Alice Shaw
- Chromatin may explain how few genetic changes lead to pediatric kidney cancer
HHMI News coverage of study led by Mass General investigator Bradley Bernstein - Making cancer history: Killing tumors (registration required)
The Times (London, U.K.) feature on targeted cancer treatment spotlights Mass General Cancer Center, quotes physicians Daniel Haber, Lecia Sequist, Leif Ellisen, Keith Flaherty, and Eunice Kwak - Bringing genome sequencing into cancer care
Editors Blog/Technology Review Online mentions Mass General use of genetically targeted cancer treatment - Cancer patients to be offered personalized drug therapies
The Times (London, U.K.) mentions Mass General project to genetically screen all tumor samples
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