Dr. Len's Cancer Blog
Dr. Len's Cancer Blog
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Authored by J. Leonard (Len) Lichtenfeld, MD, the Society's deputy chief medical officer, this blog covers breaking cancer news and provides commentary on new research, scientific developments, and other cancer breakthroughs.
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We Can Find You A Space In The Mall Parking Lot, Ma'am, But Your CT Scan Will Have To Wait
by Dr. Len December 17, 2011
This week I decided to read a section in the newspaper I don't ordinarily have time for and came across an...
Dec 20, 2011 10:25 AM ET
A Thanksgiving Wish While Walking On A Country Road
It isn't much of a road, really. A single lane gravel covered path through the National Forest near our home in North Georgia. It isn't a grand road, like an interstate where cars go about their business at 70 MPH or more, or large trucks haul their goods from coast to coast. It isn't a grand boulevard, like Park Avenue in New York or Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
No,...
Nov 29, 2011 11:05 AM ET
FDA Withdraws Approval For Avastin In Metastatic Breast Cancer
Today the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, announced that the FDA is withdrawing approval of Avastin® (bevacizumab) for the treatment of...
Nov 22, 2011 10:10 AM ET
Hope Lodge Means Giving Hope To Cancer Patients From Around The World
by Dr. Len
November 13, 2011
As you know, my posts to the blog have been missing in action for the past several weeks. Nothing bad or wrong, mind you. Just lots of travel,...
Nov 16, 2011 2:00 PM ET
To Screen Or Not To Screen: The Prostate Cancer Dilemma
To screen or not to screen for prostate cancer, that is the question. Or is it?
A report from the venerable United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) made it to the media yesterday--a bit ahead of schedule--and it not...
Nov 2, 2011 10:18 AM ET
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