A long gestation!
Settlement reached in pregnancy drug cancer lawsuit
BOSTON -- Eli Lilly and Co. has settled a lawsuit brought by four sisters who contended their breast cancer was caused by a drug their mother took during pregnancy in the 1950s, a move some believe could trigger financial settlements in scores of other claims brought by women around the country.
A total of 51 women, including the Melnick sisters, filed lawsuits in Boston against more than a dozen companies that made or marketed a synthetic estrogen known as DES.
The Melnick sisters' case was the first to go to trial. The settlement was announced Wednesday on the secon...
Source: PharmaGossip - January 10, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Sharing Your Cancer Diagnosis – guest post
For a lot of us this problem presents itself right at a time when you really have too many other things to worry about: you are newly diagnosed with cancer. Who to tell? When to tell them? For Dee, today’s guest blogger, the problem was magnified by the extra sensitivity surrounding her diagnosis of vaginal cancer. Dee just started her blog in January at WHAT kind of cancer?
Please give her a visit.
Sharing your diagnosis….to tell, or not to tell
Having a cancer diagnosis, particularly a vaginal cancer diagnosis, brings with it the awkward position of either having to tell people what’s going ...
Source: Being Cancer Network - March 23, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Guest Post * Living with Cancer Newly diagnosed Acceptance Anxiety Vaginal cancer Source Type: blogs
