PHOENIX – A construction milestone has been reached at the new University of Arizona Cancer Center at Dignity Health’s St. Joseph’s outpatient facility in downtown Phoenix as the final beam was set atop the building on Tuesday.Continue reading
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Noted Breast Cancer Surgeon, Researcher Dr. Leigh A. Neumayer, Appointed First Female Head of UA Department of Surgery
Dr. Neumayer, a renowned expert in breast cancer, women’s health and surgical education, will be the UA’s first female head of surgery and one of only six women surgery department heads in the nation.Continue reading
LuCED® test has potential to detect cancer with a cough
VisionGate to Present Early Lung Cancer Detection Data at ASCOContinue reading
Insys to Advance Development of Pharmaceutical Cannabidiol (CBD) to Treat Epilepsy in Children and Adults
Hires Mark Davis as Senior Clinical Director to Oversee ProgramContinue reading
Accelerate Diagnostics Raises $45M from Rights Offering
TUCSON, Ariz., May 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. AXDX -1.79% , announced today that it has completed its previously announced rights offering. Through broad participation from both insiders and non-insider investors, together with funds committed through the related standby commitments, the company raised $45,000,000 from the rights offering. Continue reading
Arizona Governor Signs HB2078, Fair Access to Cancer Treatment Bill, Enacting Cost-Parity for Oral Anticancer Treatments
PHOENIX, 5/1/14 – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed House Bill 2078 into law Wednesday, making Arizona the 32nd state in the United States to have cost-parity for oral anticancer drugs. Beginning January 1, 2016, HB2078, sponsored by Representative Heather Carter (LD15), requires health insurance companies with plans that cover intravenous (IV) anticancer treatments and oral anticancer treatments to not discriminate against oral treatments by way of higher co-payments, deductibles or coinsurance.Continue reading
Man Without a Human Heart Completes 4.2-Mile Run
Randy Shepherd, Kept Alive for 10 Months by the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Powered by the Freedom Portable Driver, Walked the April 26, 2014 Long-Distance Course Honoring Pat TillmanContinue reading
PanAridus Patents Eight New Strains of Guayule
CASA GRANDE, Ariz.—PanAridus, an agribusiness development firm specializing in the natural rubber-producing desert shrub guayule, has patented eight new strains of guayule, according to the company.Continue reading
Castle Biosciences announces results of Mesothelioma Molecular Test
Castle Biosciences’ Mesothelioma Molecular Test Accurately Stratifies Survival Risk Under Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatment Plans
Presentation at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery 94th Annual Meeting
DecisionDx-Mesothelioma test now available through early access programContinue reading
University of Arizona Steele Center to Study Preventing Deadly Intestinal Disease in Premature Babies
The study will expand Dr. Melissa Halpern’s previous research findings that identified changes in intestinal bile acid levels in neonatal rats that develop NEC, compared with those that did not develop the disease.Continue reading