By Dave Andrusko Fabulous news! A study presented Monday at the European Cancer Congress in Vienna and published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine found that pregnant women who are diagnosed with cancer do not need to delay treatment or abort their...
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Does National Health Service Abandon Elderly to Cancer Death?
By Wesley J. Smith Well, this is eyebrow raising. A charity that advocates on behalf of the elderly in the UK is alleging that the NHS [National Health Service] appears to be offering less quality cancer treatment to oldsters than to younger patients. From the...
Provocative New Study Finds Higher US Cancer Spending Saves Lives, Improves Economy
By Jennifer Popik, JD, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics The argument is commonly made that other countries around the world have more efficient health care systems than the U.S., meaning they spend less money for supposedly better outcomes. In a recently...
NICE Refuses “Breakthrough” Cancer Treatment
By Wesley J. Smith There NICE goes again. The (misnamed) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence–actually the UK’s health rationing agency–plans to turn down a breakthrough treatment for advanced stage melanoma. From the Oncology Report story: “A drug...