Onco Actu du 20 juillet 2015

	3.1 Tabac
Physicians testified for tobacco companies against plaintiffs with head, neck cancers [Stanford Medicine] Despite scientific evidence to the contrary, a small group of otolaryngologists have repeatedly testified, on behalf of the tobacco industry, that heavy smoking did not cause the cancer in cases of dying patients suing for damages, according to a study by a Stanford University School of Medicine researcher.
	5.4 Traitements - Economie
Pharma needs to get into digital health data game to stay competitive, study says [FiercePharma] The report predicts that drugmakers are looking at a future where they will not be paid so much for specialty drugs themselves as for the results that come from them. To stay competitive, they will need to put the pieces together.
Americans want Medicare to help negotiate down drug prices -poll [Reuters] "People don't understand why these drugs cost so much, and they don't understand why, in America, you can't negotiate for a better price," said Mollyann Brodie, executive director of public opinion and survey research at Kaiser Family Foundation.
	6. Lutte contre les cancers
Taskforce report: achieving world-class cancer outcomes [Cancer Research UK] The context for the taskforce was that, despite fifteen years of effort and progress, we still have outcomes that do not come close to meeting our aspirations as a society. Our patients deserve world-class outcomes.
Cancer: The challenge facing the NHS [BBC News] When it comes to cancer, there is a mountain of statistics.
Cancer diagnosis 'within four weeks' under new care plan [BBC News] The publication of the five-year strategy comes after a cross-party group of MPs warned that cancer services had "lost momentum" in the past two years.
This cancer care lottery is unacceptable [The Telegraph] There is a conflict going on between those who want an NHS that is flexible and focused on the needs of patients and those who would stick with the status quo because it is simpler. Change is needed. In the field of medicine, it is a matter of life and death.
NHS chief: Cancer reforms will save 30,000 lives yearly [The Telegraph] The plan to overhaul treatment of the disease has been devised by the Independent Cancer Taskforce, made up of expert groups including NHS England, the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal College of GPs and cancer charities.
	6.10 Politiques
The F.D.A.’s Medical Device Problem [NY Times] The 21st Century Cures Act would subject millions of Americans to unsafe or untested medical devices. We urge the Senate, as it takes up the bill, to avoid these dangerous provisions.
	6.9 Controverses
Ashya King's parents 'reduced his survival chances by 30 per cent', report reveals [The Telegraph] A leaked copy of the report makes it clear that the child's life was in serious danger if the feeding tube had become blocked or dislodged and that his parents had not been shown how to use the tube.