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“We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer” Op Ed: Consequences of Radiation from Medical Imaging

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In a January 31st  New York Times  Op Ed,  Drs. Rita Redberg and Rebecca Smith-Bindman of UCSF Medical Center report on how the increased uses of medical technologies for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring diseases like cancer, are contributing to unprecedented exposures to radiation.  The consequences of these exposures is well documented, particularly for people diagnosed […]

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Doctors: Too Few Cancer Patients Enroll in Studies

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In an article published on January 28th, Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press Chief Medical Writer, explores the issue of enrollment in clinical trials and the impact of patient enrollment in testing new treatments. The article cites the recent analysis of thousands of experiments registered on clinicaltrials.gov lead by Dr. Matthew Galsky of the Icahn School of […]

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Announcing the Launch of the 2014 Lilly Oncology On Canvas Art Competition and Exhibition

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Today Lilly Oncology and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) announced the launch of the 2014 Lilly Oncology On Canvas: Expressions of a Cancer Journey Art Competition and Exhibition. The biennial competition invites individuals from the United States and Puerto Rico, who were diagnosed with any type of cancer — as well as their families, friends, […]

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“Why Everyone Seems to Have Cancer” Considers Inevitability of Cancer

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In a recent article in The New York Times, George Johnson,  the author of “The Cancer Chronicles,”  analyzes the state of the current “standoff” with cancer. While noting advances in science and prevention that have improved childhood cancer survival rates and reduced the prevalence of some cancers, Johnson describes the biological patterns that increase the likelihood […]

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