vendredi 16 octobre 2015

Onco Actu du 16 octobre 2015


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1. Biologie

Study charts 'genomic biography' of form of leukemia [Dana-Farber Cancer Institute]

2. Etiologie

Study: Bacterium That Causes Q Fever Linked to Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma [ASH]

2.6 Etiologie - Environnement

U.S. lawsuits build against Monsanto over alleged Roundup cancer link [Reuters]

3. Prévention

New framework for genomics-led personalised prevention proposed [PHG Foundation]


3.1 Tabac

Richard Smith: How public health moralists are promoting harm from tobacco and helping the tobacco industry [BMJ Blogs]

Talking to kids about smoking risks may help parents quit [Reuters]

4.1 Dép., diag. & prono. - Prostate

Medicare Initiates Coverage for Genomic Health's Oncotype DX® Prostate Cancer Test Effective Immediately [Genomic Health]

4.12 Biopsies liquides

Blood test could match cancer patients to best treatments [Cancer Research UK]

4.2 Dép., diag. & prono. - Génome

Rare mutation may extend survival in lung cancer patients with brain metastases [YaleNews]

4.9 Dép., diag. & prono. - Sein

Mammogram False Alarms Are Common, And Worrisome [NPR]

5. Traitements

Study reveals why cancer anemia treatment leads to tumor growth [MD Anderson Cancer Center]

5.2.1 Pharma - Partenariats

Five Prime, Bristol Shake Hands Again in New $350M Cancer Pact [Xconomy]

Ablynx and Merck begin immuno-oncology collaboration [Pharmafile]

5.4 Traitements - Economie

Pfizer CEO: Drug-pricing snafu isn't pharma's fault. It's insurers and their poor coverage [FiercePharma]

6. Lutte contre les cancers

10 Years And Half A Million Words… [Dr. Len's Blog]

6.1 Observation

Another health disparity: clinical trials [Fred Hutch]

More evidence poor cancer patients don’t join clinical trials [Reuters]

6.10 Politiques

ABPI hits back at Prime Minister’s criticism of high drug prices [Pharmafile]

6.5 Médecines alternatives

In the pages of Nature, a full-throated defense of “integrating” quackery into medicine [Respectful Insolence]

6.6 Publications

Failure to reproduce key experiments retracts cancer study [Retraction Watch]

6.7 DMP, Big Data & applis

Automating big-data analysis [MIT News]


6.7.2 Applis

OHSU releases Mole Mapper ResearchKit app to track potential skin cancers [OHSU]

6.9 Controverses

Theranos And Its Blood Test Machine [In the Pipeline]