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Advocates seek to eradicate the disease by 2030.

Biologic therapy targets genetic defects found in various cancers.

Top stories of the week on Specialty Pharmacy Times.

Baked potato extract found to suppress the spread of colon cancer stem cells.

Study suggests testing sites in high schools may increase the likelihood of getting an HIV test.

Study shows nitroglycerin may improve the delivery of anticancer drugs.

Health care providers urged to counsel lung transplant recipients on the risks connected with skin cancer, light protection, and routine screening.

Minor benefit found adult patients with grade II, or moderate, COPD when adding aclidinium bromide and formoterol.

Obesity leads to biomechanical changes that create the right conditions for tumor growth.

Varubi prevents nausea and vomiting associated with vomit-inducing cancer chemotherapy.

Dispensing medical marijuana may soon become an issue for specialty pharmacy.

Cancer therapy filgrastim-sndz (Zarxio) was initially approved on March 6, 2015.

Oncologists will now be able to measure progress in cancer treatments.

Addition of docetaxel had the greatest benefit in patients with a high burden of metastatic disease.

Pharmacists vital in helping HIV-infected women stay adherent to their treatment regimen.

Discovery holds promise for patients with Crohn's disease, diabetes, ulcerative colitis, and more.

RA drug found to improve physical and emotional well-being among patients.

Elotuzumab is an immunostimulatory antibody combination therapy for patients who received one or more prior therapies.

Genentech official sheds light on the current cancer drug pipeline.

HbA1C significantly decreased in adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.

Findings could lead to effective new cancer treatments.

Findings may lead to safer cancer treatments without side effects harmful to the brain.

Entecavir treats chronic hepatitis B infection in adults with evidence of active viral replication.

Protein may hold key to eradicating cancer cells.

Afatinib treats patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung that progressed after chemotherapy.

Paul Sipes, vice president of Spud Software, discusses how specialty pharmacies can benefit from the use of a data warehouse.

Long-term aspirin use may lessen colorectal cancer risk.

Link found between race and breast cancer life expectancy.

Dogs show promise in sniffing out melanoma, bladder, lung, breast, and ovarian cancers.

Access to high cost curative antiviral HCV drugs remains a challenge for patients.