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July 2009 Blog Posts (2)

Study Finds Few Patients Die from Prostate Cancer within Fifteen Years of Radical Prostatectomy

Investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), along with collaborating teams at the Cleveland Clinic and the University of Michigan, have completed the first large- scale, multi-institutional study of prostate cancer death after standard treatment to remove the prostate since PSA screening has become widely used as a method to screen for the disease.

In the study, published online in the… Continue

Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on July 27, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Study Finds Varying Interpretations of the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Can Significant Delays Cancer Research Projects

A study conducted by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) finds that different interpretations of the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule can result in significant delays or abandonment of important clinical cancer research projects. The study also outlines measures that research sites can undertake to resolve these differences and speed the pace of research.

ASCO, American Society of Clinical Oncology, is the… Continue

Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on July 20, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments