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SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) — Robot-assisted surgery for prostate cancer may require alteration in radiation planning but doesn’t preclude sufficient lymph node sampling, according to results of two studies.

ACS Stats Find Gains in War on Cancer
Cancer is not quite the killer it was 20 years ago. The American Cancer Society found that “age-standardized” cancer deaths among men declined by 21% from 1990, while the rate among women declined by 12% from 1991 to 2006.

Labor Groups Protest Insurance Companies
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Supporters of healthcare reform rallied against health insurers Tuesday, further casting the industry as the villain in the often theatrical healthcare reform debate.

Kidney Donors Survive Just Fine (CME/CE, with video)
Donors who gave up a kidney to save another person’s life paid no penalty in their own long-term survival, a study of national data suggested.

medicare to Drug Plan Operator: You re Fired
medicare has terminated its contract with Fox Insurance Co., a prescription drug plan operator handling 123,000 beneficiaries in 21 states, because the government said it was improperly denying claims.

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Comparative Effectiveness Studies Found Wanting (CME/CE)
Head-to-head studies of different drugs have dominated comparative effectiveness research to date, while other types of studies that might be equally useful have been neglected, researchers said.

Americans Have Sex into Their 60s and Beyond (CME/CE, with audio)
Thirty-somethings can expect to enjoy at least another 30 years of sex, researchers have found.

ASCO GU: BP Reveals Hit or Miss for Targeted Tx
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) — Early response to preoperative targeted therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma may indicate efficacy, while treatment-induced hypertension may be another marker after surgery, according to studies reported here.

FDA Panels to Advise on LABA Study Designs
The FDA is seeking advice this week from two of its advisory committees on how manufacturers of a major group of asthma drugs should study their potential risks.

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