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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Pancreatic cancer implicated in Steve Jobs' death

    October 6, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 6, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Steve Jobs’ Pancreatic Cancer: A Timeline  

  • Colonoscopy screening guidelines may change favouring testing in men at earlier age compared to women

    September 29, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 29, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Men Should Be Tested for Colon Cancer at Younger Age Than Women Reference: Sex-Specific Prevalence of Adenomas, Advanced Adenomas, and Colorectal Cancer in Individuals Undergoing Screening Colonoscopy

  • Microchip implant monitors tumour growth

    September 9, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 9, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Microchip implant monitors tumour growth  

  • Targeted lung cancer therapy demonstrates how personalized medical therapy works

    August 31, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 31, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: New Lung Cancer Pill Highlights Improved Way of Treating Patients Reference: Butrynski JE, et al “Crizotinib in ALK-rearranged inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor” N Engl J Med2010; 363: 1727-1733.

  • Tamoxifen shown to reduce breast cancer recurrence for women with early stage disease

    August 2, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 2, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Tamoxifen Legacy Lasts Long Term Reference: Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group “Relevance of breast cancer hormone receptors and other factors to the efficacy of adjuvant tamoxifen: patient-level meta-analysis of randomised trials” Lancet 2011; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60993-8.

  • Where is all the fuss about radioactive cigarettes? Instead we focus on parts per billion non health risk issues.

    July 29, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 29, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Radioactive Smoke

  • NDP Leader Jack Layton's health announcement

    July 26, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 26, 2011    

  • Obesity and breast cancer risk study misinterpreted by some media outlets

    July 25, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July , 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Obesity Biggest Driving Force behind Breast Cancer Reference: Circulating sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women: reanalysis of 13 studies

  • New medication for Hodgkin's patients who have failed to respond to all other treatments may soon be approved

    July 15, 2011

    FDA Panel Endorses Novel Drug for Lymphoma

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