Dr Amy Roy, consultant clinical oncologist, said this has led to an 80 to 90% cure with some cancers.

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And several professional organizations have petitioned Medicare to change its mind including the American Society of Clinical Oncologist and the American Society of Hematologist.

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Kindler also lured Neil Gibson, formerly chief scientific officer at biotech OSI Pharmaceuticals, to head oncology research, and Briggs Morrison, a former oncologist who made clinical trials run faster at Merck, to design drug studies.

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Kindler also lured Neil Gibson, formerly chief scientific officer at biotech OSI Pharmaceuticals, to head oncology research, and Briggs Morrison, a former oncologist who made clinical trials run faster at Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ), to design drug studies.

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There are other factors at play that make access to new drugs more difficult for adults in the U.K. "Children are treated in clinical trials, " says Penelope Brock, a pediatric oncologist at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Clinical practice guidelines recommend that women with ovarian cancer be under the care of a gynecologic oncologist--studies show that having a cancerous ovarian mass removed by these specialists is associated with more favorable outcomes.

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Philip Kantoff, a urological oncologist at Harvard Medical School and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, is conducting a big clinical trial that should firmly establish whether and how much Provenge helps patients.

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