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Cinzia Greco and Grazia De Michele Dear Friends, As much as we can’t believe it, October is already fast approaching along with the usual trivializing and upbeat representations of breast cancer promoted by Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As it does, we keep working to change the breast cancer paradigm. We are excited to . . . → Read More: BCCQ (2015, Issue 3) is Out! 
The OUPblog Tenth Anniversary Book: Ten Years of Academic Insights for the Thinking World celebrates the incisive works that made the OUPblog an unrivaled source for sophisticated learning, understanding, and reflection. Thirty-four (of over 8,000) blog articles have been hand-picked by Oxford University Press editors and regular OUPblog contributors to represent the Press’s commitment to . . . → Read More: “The Teal Before the Pink” Featured in OUPblog Anniversary Collection 
“This is why you shouldn’t believe that exciting new medical study,” by Julia Belluz, Vox. In 2003, researchers writing in the American Journal of Medicine discovered something that should change how you think about medical news. They looked at 101 studies published in top scientific journals between 1979 and 1983 that claimed a new therapy . . . → Read More: This is why you shouldn’t believe that exciting new medical study
“Effective Ovarian Cancer Treatment Is Underused, Study Finds,” by Denise Grady, The New York Times. In 2006, the National Cancer Institute took the rare step of issuing a “clinical announcement,” a special alert it holds in reserve for advances so important that they should change medical practice. In this case, the . . . → Read More: Effective Ovarian Cancer Treatment Is Underused, Study Finds
In May 2015, the “21st Century Cures Act” was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with the goal of promoting the development and speeding the approval of new drugs and devices. Championed by the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and device industries, some of its provisions could have a significant impact on clinical trial design, what is . . . → Read More: The 21st Century Cures Act 
A study published (July 6, 2015) in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that more widespread breast cancer screening does not save lives as once believed. It does, however, lead to widespread over-diagnosis, as it detects cancers that would not have been fatal or harmful. This ecological study (comparing groups, rather than individuals) covered the . . . → Read More: Breast Cancer Screening, Incidence, and Mortality Across US Counties
“Families provided $470 billion in unpaid care to loved ones in 2013,” by Lisa Rapaport, Reuters. Family caregivers in the U.S. provided an estimated $470 billion in unpaid medical support and other services to their loved ones in 2013, up from $450 billion five years earlier, according to a recent report from AARP. Those . . . → Read More: Families provided $470 billion in unpaid care to loved ones in 2013
“The full story on breast cancer screening. But do you want to listen?,” by Kenneth Lin, MD, MedPage Today’s KevinMD.com. The Men Against Breast Cancer Fund and several cancer advocacy and physician organizations have posted a petition on Change.org asking Congress to place a two-year moratorium on finalizing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s draft . . . → Read More: The full story on breast cancer screening. But do you want to listen?
“Drug Prices Soar, Prompting Calls for Justification,” by Andrew Pollack, The New York Times. Prices for cancer drugs, some of which extend lives by only a couple of months, routinely exceed $100,000 a year, and some new ones exceed $150,000. And it is not unusual for the list prices of existing drugs to rise 10 . . . → Read More: Drug Prices Soar, Prompting Calls for Justification
“War metaphors in breast cancer – “brave” word angers some,” by Sally James, Health News Review. Sally James, a Seattle-based freelance writer, who is a regular story and news release reviewer for Health News Review. A recent campaign by the Centers for Disease Control is called Bring Your Brave and aims to get younger . . . → Read More: War metaphors in breast cancer – “brave” word angers some |
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