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Journal Of Clinical Investigation Online News Feb. 8, 2010
09 February 2010
NEPHROLOGY: New approach to treating the kidney disease Alport syndrome?
Alport syndrome is a progressive hereditary kidney disease with no definitive therapy. It is caused by mutations in any of the collagen IV genes (COL4A3, COL4A4, and COL4A5)...
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Study: Medicare Bladder Cancer Treatment Policy Raises Health Costs
09 February 2010
Reuters: "Medicare's move in 2005 to pay doctors to do bladder cancer surgery in their offices rather than in hospitals dramatically raised the number of procedures and overall health costs, U.S. researchers said on Monday. .....
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NICE Consults On Preliminary Decision Not To Recommend Everolimus For Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
09 February 2010
In draft guidance, published today (9 February 2010), the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been unable to recommend everolimus (afinitor, Novartis) for the second line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma...
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