Study on Alt-Med Breast Cancer Treatments Finds a Grim Side Effect: Death

Over a five-year span, women who used complementary and alternative medicine had a greater mortality rate than those who ...

Alternative breast cancer treatment tied to about four times higher mortality, nationwide analysis finds

The alternative medicine industry is expanding rapidly, fueled in large part by the surge of health-related content on social ...

This controversial breast cancer treatment increases your risk of dying by 400%

It may be best not to go off-script when it comes to breast cancer. Roughly 1 in 8 US women are expected to be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at some point. It’s the most common cancer in women ...
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Aaron Mitchell on Use of 'Low-Value' Cancer Care in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare

Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans are less likely to receive low-value cancer treatments than those with traditional Medicare, researchers reported. Medicare Advantage plans ...
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After Ananda Lewis’ Death: A Look At Alternative Cancer Treatment

Beloved MTV VJ and television host Ananda Lewis passed away June 11 at the age of 52 after a battle with breast cancer, leaving fans across the country in shock and mourning. Her passing has sparked ...
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Use of Low-Value Cancer Treatments in Medicare Advantage Versus Traditional Medicare

Using national Medicare data, we performed retrospective analyses of beneficiaries who had a new cancer diagnosis between 2016 and 2021 and who were at risk of receiving a low-value treatment: ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Imdelltra Gains Traditional Approval for Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Results showed tarlatamab significantly reduced the risk of death by 40% vs standard of care treatment (HR, 0.60 [95% CI, 0.47-0.77]; P .001). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted ...