Blog Buzz: November 2 – November 9

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It has been an eventful few weeks, here are just a few things making a stir on social media…

Now that the election has ended, bloggers are offering their takes on the future of health care reform. Aaron Carroll gives his on  The JAMA Forum. The Kaiser Family Foundation has an interactive implementation timeline that allows users to view the roll-out of the law’s provisions by year and to filter by topic, a helpful tool for understanding this complex plan. Check out the timeline here. Continue reading →

MSKCC in the News: October 22 – November 9

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Selected articles published in this time period include:

  • Sanofi cuts in half the price of a new cancer drug after a leading cancer center said it would not use the drug because it was too expensive (Note: See MSKCC in the News: October 8 – October 19 to read letter in NYT entitled “In Cancer Care, Cost Matters” written by Drs. Peter B. Bach, Leonard B. Saltz, and Robert E. Wittes from MSKCC).
  • Prof Nancy Kemeny, Attending Medical Oncologist at MSKCC was in Cork, Ireland recently to present her work on the use of regional chemotherapy to improve survival rates for patients with liver metastases due to colorectal cancer.