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Guidelines for Molecular Testing for Lung Cancers
Lawyers litigating lung cancer cases will need increasing knowledge of mutations related to lung cancer, and their implications as to...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 2, 20134 min read


Cancer – The Emperor of All Maladies to Become a Six Hour Series on PBS
PBS, Ken Burns and Katie Couric are collaborating to bring cancer’s biography to television in a six hour mini-series. The series will...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 4, 20131 min read
New Phases in Treating Cancer – Economic Implications for Litigation and Otherwise
New phases of cancer treatment are arriving, and have the attention of doctors, patients, the FDA and Wall Street. Trial lawyers, risk...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 3, 20131 min read
How Much Should One Expect Lung Cancer Claiming to Increase Now that Low Dose CT Scans are Cheap and
It’s always good to listen to experts; sometimes the message also will be accurate. In the late 2000s, I chaired an international...

Kirk Hartley
May 28, 20135 min read
Scientists Moving Towards a Gene Biomarker for Tumors Prone to Metatasis
Using bio-banked tumor materials and clinical history for a decade of patient outcomes, researchers in Europe are making progress towards...

Kirk Hartley
May 28, 20132 min read
Actos Bladder Cancer Verdict is Set Aside by The Trial Judge
The previously noted Actos bladder cancer verdict has now been set aside, as described in a new blog post from the Drug & Device blog....

Kirk Hartley
May 3, 20131 min read
Cancer Litigation Continues to Increase – Actos Bladder Cancer Verdict for Plaintiff
Cancer litigation continues to increase. It’s fertile ground – each year, 1.6 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer. Now, the first...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 29, 20131 min read
HeLa Cancer Cell Line Sequenced – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Takes a New Path
We are in the midst of profound change, and at the front edge of immense change in dealing with cancer. To see at least part of the...

Kirk Hartley
Mar 15, 20133 min read
DES Advocacy Group Reports Mediation Ordered for Additional DES Breast Cancer Cases
A DES advocacy group is reporting that mediation was ordered for additional DES breast cancer cases. Eli Lilly in January paid to settle...

Kirk Hartley
Feb 19, 20131 min read
Multi-generational Cancer Cases – Eli Lilly Pays to Settle Breast Cancer Claims by Four ̶
Last week brought news of Eli Lilly paying a confidential amount to settle claims by four “DES daughters” (the Fecho sisters) who...

Kirk Hartley
Jan 14, 20133 min read
PET Scans Now Provide Physical Proof of Chemobrain
For decades, persons going through chemotherapy have reported “chemobrain,” meaning mental impairment arising after or during...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 28, 20121 min read


Fund Lymphoma Research While Shopping At Amazon
Turn your shopping into Amazon into a contribution to research on lymphoma and leukemias, the vicious blood cancers that attack about...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 23, 20121 min read
Women’s Lung Cancer Rates to Triple in the UK by 2040
Cancer’s toll continues to grow. Unless science intervenes, women’s lung cancer rates in the UK are expected to triple by 2040, according...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 14, 20121 min read
A Daunting Story of Mesothelioma Surgery – Brutal Ways for Some to Achieve Longer Life
Mesothelioma tumors are brutal, and so are the treatments. A new story at Philly.com details the 11 hour surgeries and light therapy in...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 24, 20122 min read
Best Father’s Day Gift Ever
On Father’s Day, I’ve taken the liberty of reposting this cogent post from Dr. Wendy Harpham’s wonderful blog for persons who have...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 17, 20122 min read
Leading Causes of Death in the US in 2008
"Malignant neoplasms – 566,469." That’s the number of cancer deaths in 2008 in the US as reported by The Centers for Disease Control....

Kirk Hartley
Jun 11, 20121 min read
Research Continues on Mesotheliomas, Taconite and Asbestos
Research continues on the signifcant numbers of mesotheliomas among persons working in Minnesota’s mountain ranges containing tactonite....

Kirk Hartley
Jun 7, 20121 min read



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Kirk Hartley
Jun 4, 20121 min read
Molecular Biologists and Mathematicians Continue Progress in Tracing Cancer Cell Lineage
The annual ASCO national conference is in Chicago this weekend (and more). It’s a massive conference of oncologists working on...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 3, 20123 min read
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