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Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, speaks to journalists after party caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill last month. He backs a proposal to give the Pentagon authority to use unapproved drugs and devices in battlefield situations.

Controversy erupts over plan to let Pentagon use unapproved drugs on battlefield

August 22, 2019 at 1:35 a.m.

Should the Pentagon be allowed to authorize the use of unapproved drugs and medical devices on an emergency basis for combat soldiers? That question has sparked a furious battle this...

Standard treatment for melanoma could soon change

June 2, 2018 at 1:08 p.m.

In a head-to-head comparison of two immunotherapy drugs used to prevent relapse in certain patients with advanced melanoma, one treatment was the clear winner - and it's not the one...

Close up of a screen which shows an injection of embryo stem cells

FDA cracks down on stem-cell clinics offering risky treatments

June 2, 2018 at 7:02 p.m.

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced a crackdown on stem-cell clinics offering unproven and potentially dangerous treatments, including an operation in California that the agency said was using...

Emily Whitehead catches fireflies in her backyard in Pennsylvania. She got CAR T-cell therapy when she was 6 and close to death from leukemia. The treatment almost killed her, but she recovered and today is cancer-free.

First gene therapy — ‘a true living drug’ — on the cusp of FDA approval

June 3, 2018 at 7:29 a.m.

Food and Drug Administration advisers on Wednesday enthusiastically endorsed a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment that uses patients' revved-up immune cells to fight the disease, concluding that the therapy's benefits for desperately...

U2’s The Edge talks up food as an anti-cancer weapon

June 3, 2018 at 2:07 p.m.

The lead guitarist of U2, the popular rock band playing in the Washington area this week, has more on his mind than music. In 2006, The Edge's 7-year-old daughter was...

On Thursday, June 8, 2017, the FDA said it has asked Endo Pharmaceuticals to stop selling its reformulated, extended-release painkiller, Opana ER.

FDA seeks removal of opioid painkiller from the market

June 4, 2018 at 1:58 p.m.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday asked a drug company to remove its opioid pain medication from the market, the first time the agency has made such a request...

Attendees at the American Society of Clinical Oncology convention at McCormick Place in Chicago.

7 things doctors are buzzing about at the biggest cancer research meeting

March 28, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

With 38,000 oncologists converging on the sprawling McCormick Place for the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the halls in the convention center are as crowded as...

Much shorter chemo works for many colon cancer patients, study says

June 4, 2018 at 2:52 p.m.

Many colon cancer patients can cut their chemotherapy regimen in half, improving their quality of life and reducing their chances of having debilitating side effects, according to a major international...

Immunotherapy offers hope to certain cancer patients not responding to chemo

June 4, 2018 at 4:42 p.m.

The oncologist was blunt: Stefanie Joho's colon cancer was raging out of control and there was nothing more she could do. Flanked by her parents and sister, the 23-year-old felt...

New breast cancer study will assess controversial ‘watchful waiting’ approach

June 5, 2018 at 12:25 a.m.

Barbara Nickles and Ligia Toro de Stefani are both women in their early 60s who were diagnosed with abnormal cells in a breast, or Stage 0 breast cancer as it's...

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