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HONOLULU, HI, ATLANTA, GA and PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA, January 28, 2021 — The University of Hawaii Cancer Center and the Hawaii Cancer Consortium are  teaming up with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), the American Cancer Society (ACS) and other leading cancer organizations across the country to endorse the resumption of cancer screening and treatment during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The coalition of 76 organizations has released an open letter reminding the public that ...

Mexican opium poppy farmers are demanding the army quit destroying their crops and leave the area. (UNODC) Marijuana Policy South Dakota Judge Hears Arguments on Marijuana Amendment. A state judge in Pierre presided over nearly three hours of arguments Wednesday from attorneys challenging and defending the states voter-approved marijuana legalization constitutional amendment. The constitutionality of the amendment is being challenged by the head of the Highway Patrol and the Pennington County s...

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited: Datopotamab Deruxtecan and ENHERTU Show Promising Early Clinical Activity in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer ii 80% (n=64) CI, confidence interval; CR, complete response; DCR, disease control rate; NE, not evaluable; ORR, objective response rate; PD, progressive disease; PR, partial response i Includes patients with =1 postbaseline scan or who discontinued treatment. ii ORR is CR+PR; Responses are confirmed (CRs/PRs; n=32) plus those CRs/PRs to...

Biden kills Trump plan on opioid-treatment prescriptions Dan Diamond © Toby Talbot/AP Trump’s last-minute plan would have exempted many physicians from the “X” waiver — a two-decade-old requirement to undergo training before they could prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File) The Biden administration said Wednesday that it is canceling a last-minute plan by its predecessors to let more physicians prescribe an opioid-treatment dru...

®) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) are teaming up with leading cancer organizations across the country to endorse the resumption of cancer screening and treatment during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The coalition of 76 organizations today released an open letter reminding the public that cancer still poses a major threat to peoples health, but acting as soon as is safely possible can lead to much better outcomes in the future. The letter examines distressing trends showing a significan...

(PRNewsfoto/EMD Serono) ROCKLAND, Mass. and NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- EMD Serono, the Healthcare business sector of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the US and Canada, and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved BAVENCIO ® (avelumab) as monotherapy for the first-line maintenance treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC) who are progression-free following platinum-based chemotherapy. "A...

Biden moving to nix Trump plan on opioid-recovery prescriptions Dan Diamond, The Washington Post Jan. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is preparing to halt a last-minute plan by the Trump administration to let more physicians prescribe an opioid-treatment drug, said three officials with knowledge of the pending announcement, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plan. The Trump plan had been hailed by physicia...

®) put out new information today to provide guidance for COVID-19 vaccinations in people with cancer. The nonprofit alliance of leading cancer centers created an NCCN COVID-19 Vaccine Committee that includes top hematology and oncology experts with particular expertise in infectious diseases, vaccine development and delivery, medical ethics, and health information technology. These recommendations can help cancer care providers make informed decisions on how to protect their patients from the ...

Detecting Prostate Cancer With Advanced Micro-ultrasound A new imaging choice for patients considering MRI MRI Targeted biopsy is performed using cognitive fusion more easily with anatomical guidance based on the radiology report. MRI targets can be identified quickly in real-time along with micro-ultrasound targets, which may have been missed on MRI. Image courtesy of Exact Imaging Visualization and targeting of a guided prostate biopsy using the ExactVu micro-ultrasound at a small Gleason 8 ...

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news. Week in Review Highlight of the Week: This week, CMS issued several rules, while President-elect Biden announced the framework for his COVID-19 relief plan. Read more about these actions and other news below. I. Regulations, Notic...