While most of the topics are as serious as, well, cancer, there are some lighter moments. That means putting two immunotherapy medications together, or trying them with targeted therapies or conventional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation. A Windy City papered by drug ads: Pharmaceuticals ads decorate airport concourses, tucked between promotions for the Chicago Cubs and White Sox. “This is the new epidemic — people going under to pay for their drugs,” said Scott Ramsey, director of the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. About 30,000 people a year in the United States are diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2017 11:13 UTC