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Capecitabine (Xeloda) can extend the lives of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer who have residual invasive disease after receipt of neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Certain Breast CA Patients Benefit From Adjuvant Capecitabine

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Capecitabine cut risk of relapse, death by 30 percent over five years, researchers say
There is a substantial financial burden for Medicare beneficiaries with myeloma who do not receive a low-income subsidy for orally-administered anticancer therapy

High Costs for Myeloma Patients Not Getting Low-Income Subsidy

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For those aged 75 to 84 years, LIS receipt linked to increased odds of receiving immunomodulatory drugs
Restarting anticoagulation therapy may be cost-effective for patients with a predicted one-year venous thromboembolism risk of 17.5 percent or higher

Restarting Anticoagulation in Certain VTE Cases Cost-Effective

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Treating patients with predicted VTE risk of 17.5 percent or more may be cost-effective
Proposed legislation as part of the American Health Care Act

High-Risk Pools May Represent Step Back for U.S. Health Care

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Higher premiums, deductibles, out-of-pocket costs likely to make high-risk pools unaffordable
For patients with breast cancer receiving endocrine therapy

Daily Texting Effectively Monitors Rx Adherence, Side Effects

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Most patients with breast cancer taking endocrine therapy report intervention helpful in taking drugs
Lessons from social psychology can be used to improve behavioral changes in terms of error disclosure

Social Psychology May Help With Physician Error Disclosure

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Deliberate practice, together with lessons from social psychology, can implement change in error disclosure
Information technology can be harnessed to assist patients facing routine decisions

Technology Can Help Patients Facing Routine Decisions

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Use of technology makes appointments more productive, helps patients engage in the decision
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would repeal the federal law essentially banning construction of physician-owned hospitals and making it difficult for these facilities to grow

New Bill Intends to Repeal Limits on Physician-Owned Hospitals

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Bill introduced in U.S. House of Representatives has bipartisan support with more than 50 co-sponsors
The Republican-led bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that passed the House this month would result in 23 million Americans losing their health insurance coverage

New Health Care Act Could Result in 23 Million Losing Insurance

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While premiums may lower over the long-term, many would face much higher out-of-pocket costs
DNA methylation testing may be feasible as a molecular triage of high-risk human papillomavirus-positive individuals for high-resolution anoscopy screening

Progress Made on Genetic Test for Anal Cancer

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But research is still in early stages