Health and Medicine News

Phoenix Business Journal April 20, 2009
A TGen-Scottsdale Healthcare study shows how new screening tools help doctors decide which chemotherapy treatment to give patients based on their genetic makeup.
Dr. Daniel Von Hoff, principal investigator of the nine-site Phoenix-based study, said results show the promise of personalized medicine. “As these tools become more precise and more effective, [...]

Ken Alltucker – May. 6, 2009
The Arizona Republic
Banner Health has struck a deal with one of the most recognized names in cancer care to open a new hospital and outpatient-treatment center on the campus of Banner’s Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert.
The deal brings the cutting-edge care of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to consumers [...]

Ken Alltucker – May. 6, 2009
The Arizona Republic
John C. Lincoln Health Network this week opened a new breast-health and research center next to its Deer Valley hospital.
The new 9,000-square-foot center will offer clinical care as well as research under an agreement with Translational Genomics Research Institute.
Breast-cancer patients will have the option of confidentially [...]

by Ken Alltucker – Apr. 20, 2009 03:03 PM
The Arizona Republic

Neurosurgeon P. David Adelson acknowledged it’s a risky move to leave a comfortable position at the University of Pittsburgh to head a new pediatric unit at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
In Pittsburgh, Adelson had an established medical community and a thriving research base. But he sees more [...]

Ken Alltucker – May. 6, 2009
The Arizona Republic
John C. Lincoln Health Network this week opened a new breast-health and research center next to its Deer Valley hospital.
The new 9,000-square-foot center will offer clinical care as well as research under an agreement with Translational Genomics Research Institute.
Breast-cancer patients will have the option of [...]