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NCCS was joined by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance in a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a system for making Medicare payments for cancer care planning and coordination services.
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director Harold Varmus, M.D. described the current state of cancer research and identified obstacles to cancer research progress during remarks at the National Press Club on Tuesday, September 25.
A new study published in the journal Nature finds there are four main types of breast cancer tumors. The study, which is part of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Genome Atlas project, yielded important information about the genetic and epigenetic abnormalities that cause breast cancer as well as significant data to support breast cancer therapy development.
Money & Medicine investigates the dangers the nation faces from runaway health care spending as well as the dangers patients face from over-diagnosis and over-treatment. In addition to illuminating the waste and overtreatment that pervade our medical system, Money & Medicine explores promising ways to reduce health care expenditures and improve the overall quality of medical care.
In a provocative article in the New Yorker, physician and author Atul Gawande describes the success of the restaurant chain Cheesecake Factory in combining quality control, cost control, and innovation. He then asks if big medicine can achieve the same combination. Can the Cheesecake Factory set an example for medicine?
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