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Oncologists Just Got a Three Tier Rationing Playbook for a Chemotherapy Drug with No Substitute

ASCO has directed cancer practices to a federal conservation framework as ifosfamide, a chemotherapy with no direct substitute, runs critically low.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Cancer Practices Report Only Weeks of Ifosfamide on Hand as Oncologists Warn No Substitute Drug Exists

ASCO warns some oncology practices have under a few weeks of ifosfamide left, with no direct substitute for the chemotherapy drug.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

A Once-Daily Pill for Pancreatic Cancer Just Won Approval, and It Nearly Doubled Survival in Trial

FDA approved Rasonque for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. A phase 3 trial found median survival of 13.2 months against 6.7 on chemotherapy.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

The Reason Vitamin C Failed in the Famous Mayo Clinic Cancer Trials May Have Been the Pills Themselves

Pauling gave patients intravenous vitamin C. The trials that discredited him used tablets, and the gut caps how much can be absorbed.

Medical Daily · Aug 13

The Frog Microbe That Erased Tumors in Mice Has Its Own Medical File, and It Involves Sepsis in Cancer Patients

Ewingella americana cleared tumors in mice. It is also a rare human pathogen, documented in bloodstream infections, including one in a chemotherapy patient.

Medical Daily · Aug 13

Survival Gaps in Ovarian Cancer Track with Neighborhood Conditions, Pointing Toward Treatment Access

Women with ovarian cancer in highly vulnerable neighborhoods faced 20% higher mortality in a new study. Researchers point toward care access.

Medical Daily · Aug 12

‘The Office’ star Lucy Davis reveals incurable cancer diagnosis: ‘I’m trying to live out whatever might be left of my life’

The Office star Lucy Davis has revealed that she was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer around a year and a half ago, with the disease having spread to her spine, right hip and ribs. Describing the cancer as incurable and saying it is too late for chemotherapy, Davis said…

The Economic Times · Aug 12

The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer

Star, 53, says disease has metastasised to her bones and it is too late for chemotherapy

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

Large Trial Finds High-Dose Vitamin D Did Not Slow Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

A phase 3 trial in 455 patients found high-dose vitamin D3 did not improve survival in metastatic colorectal cancer, reversing an earlier signal.

Medical Daily · Aug 7

Researchers Are Printing Bone Cancer Cells into Gel Cubes to Study a Tumor That Ignores Chemotherapy and Radiation

Rowan researchers are 3D printing chondrosarcoma cells into a hydrogel to study how the tumor recruits stem cells. Flat cell culture cannot answer this.

Medical Daily · Aug 7