Most Cancer Patients Unconcerned  About Doctors' Ties to Drug Firms
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The vast majority of cancer patients participating in studies of experimental drugs do not  care if the doctor running the study has financial ties to the drug's maker, according to a new survey that undermines "full disclosure" as a central tenet of clinical research.
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There's nothing wrong with drug reps schmooze with doctors.
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When painful medicine is involved, closeness to a patient can make for fuzzy views.
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Only about a third of U.S. medical schools have policies aimed at curbing conflicts of interest arising from their financial ties with companies like drug and medical device makers, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Far from the expected deluge, relatively few patients with cancer and other serious illnesses have applied for generous early Medicare prescription drug coverage.
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At a time when more people are cured of cancer than ever before, fewer doctors seem willing to say so.    They call the cancer undetectable, or in remission...
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Drug companies are fighting most of the state initiatives, which they say will deny patients access to valuable treatments.
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Many clinical cancer trials are not published in order to keep industry secrets. A British cancer research group calls for all studies to be published -- even those with marginal results -- so doctors are not misled.
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WASHINGTON - Far from the expected deluge, relatively few patients with cancer and other serious illnesses have applied for generous early Medicare prescription drug coverage.    The Bush administration was planning a lottery to determine who would get the 50,000 slots included in last year's Medicare prescription drug law...
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Results of many clinical cancer trials are not finding their way into the public domain, leaving doctors in the dark when it comes to choosing the best cancer treatments for their patients, the charity Cancer Research UK warned Monday.
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For the people who have followed closely the unfolding concerns about popular arthritis medicines, the news that Celebrex may also be linked to a higher risk of stroke and heart attack holds little surprise.
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Drug companies which fail to disclose the results of clinical trials are harming the treatment of cancer patients, doctors say.
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Many doctors refuse to admit that simple chance is a factor in how well some of their patients do.
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Patients volunteering for early trials of experimental cancer drugs may be far safer today than their counterparts were a decade ago.
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At a time when more people are cured of cancer than ever before, fewer doctors seem willing to say so.
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Nearly 20 percent of US Food and Drug Administration scientists surveyed in late 2002 said they were pressured to approve or recommend approval of a medicine despite
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Cancer patients were urged not to worry today following a shortage of the common painkiller used to treat those suffering from the disease.