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<乌鸦传媒>Two-Stage Screening Strategy for Ovarian Cancer Continues to Show Progress

Large study shows stage shift, high specificity, increasing PPV over 21 years

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<乌鸦传媒>CAR-T Investigation: FDA Leaders Detail Decision on Cancer Risk Warning

Post-treatment cases grow to 22 since products' initial approvals

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<乌鸦传媒>Apalutamide Makes Its Case in Biochemically Recurrent Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer

Intensification should be considered for high-risk patients, researchers say

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<乌鸦传媒>Liquid Biopsy Has Mixed Performance for Predicting Colon Cancer Outcomes

Adjuvant chemo fails to move needle on DNA clearance, but dynamics predictive of DFS

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<乌鸦传媒>Native Hawaiian Physician-Scientist Kekoa Taparra Is Making Waves

One of the first Native Hawaiians with an MD, PhD is tackling Pacific Islander health disparities

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<乌鸦传媒>FDA Calls for New Boxed Warning on All CAR-T Products

Most serious warning would alert patients, providers on potential risk for secondary malignancies

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<乌鸦传媒>New FDA Boxed Warning; College Shaken by Suicides; More Get Flu Shot Than COVID Vax

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Likely Cost-Effective if Under $2 Million

Lifetime reduction in acute pain episodes should offset high upfront costs of the therapy

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<乌鸦传媒>Big PFS Improvement in Highly Mutated CRC With Dual Immunotherapy

Nivolumab/ipilimumab led to improvement in untreated MSI-H/dMMR disease versus chemo

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<乌鸦传媒>Neoadjuvant PD-1 Blockade Boosts pCR Rates in Early Esophageal Cancer

But will the benefit extend to event-free and overall survival?

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<乌鸦传媒>New Standard for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma?

Adding durvalumab and bevacizumab to transarterial chemoembolization almost doubles PFS

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<乌鸦传媒>HAIP Chemo Offers OS Advantage in Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

One in three trial patients still alive at 3 years after hepatic arterial infusion pump treatment

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<乌鸦传媒>Radioligand Gets Big Win in High-Grade GEP Neuroendocrine Tumors

Lutetium dotatate reduces PFS risk by 72% in randomized trial

<乌鸦传媒>Increase in Congenital Syphilis; Decrease in Breast Cancer Mortality

Also in TTHealthWatch: long-term heart failure outcomes

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<乌鸦传媒>Adding Immunotherapy, Anti-TIGIT in First Line Boosts OS in Esophageal Cancer

But how much did investigational tiragolumab contribute to efficacy?

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<乌鸦传媒>Two Million Cancers; Casgevy OK'd for Thalassemia; Rectal Exams and Prostate Cancer

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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<乌鸦传媒>Long-Term Data Affirm First-Line Immunotherapy for Advanced Esophageal Cancer

Three times as many patients alive at 5 years with chemo plus pembrolizumab

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<乌鸦传媒>I Understand Why Defense Secretary Austin Kept His Prostate Cancer Quiet

But opening up can help reduce stigma and inform the public

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<乌鸦传媒>FDA Clears AI-Powered Non-Invasive Skin Cancer Detector

Intended for use in primary care, handheld device is first of its kind

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<乌鸦传媒>Certain Cancer Survivors More Likely to Have Substance Use Disorder

Prevalence particularly high in those recently diagnosed with head and neck and cervical cancers

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<乌鸦传媒>Kate Middleton Hospitalized; Sen. Paul Urges Prison for Fauci; COVID Back in Class

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Cost of Genomic Testing on the Minds of Many Oncologists

Insurance coverage, patient out-of-pocket costs key considerations for 80% of survey respondents

FDA APPROVED Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) over a computer rendering of cervical cancer cells.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Expands Pembrolizumab Approval in Cervical Cancer

PD-1 inhibitor approved in combination with CRT for locally advanced disease

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<乌鸦传媒>Breast Cancer Mortality Reduced by 58% Over Past Four Decades

Modeling study suggests advances in treatment played largest role, followed by screening

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<乌鸦传媒>Surgeon Dies in Plane Crash; Austin Released From Hospital; Animal Pandemic Spreads

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

<乌鸦传媒>Go Vegetarian to Avoid COVID? Making Dialysis Centers Work Better

Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnostic errors among hospitalized patients

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<乌鸦传媒>EGFR Inhibitors for Lung Cancer Tied to Increased Keratitis Risk

Findings don't tell us to stop these drugs, researcher says, but should guide clinical decisions

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<乌鸦传媒>Short Shrift in Cancer Funding; Bypassing Familiar for Distant; Testing for BRCA

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

<乌鸦传媒>Exercise Improved Quality of Life for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

In trial, intervention group reported decreased pain, fatigue, shortness of breath

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<乌鸦传媒>No Laughing Matter: Nitrous Oxide for Transrectal Prostate Biopsy

No effect on anxiety but significantly less patient-rated pain

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<乌鸦传媒>Hypofractionated Chemoradiation With Adaptive SABR Appeared Effective in NSCLC

Dose of 70 Gy in 15 fractions showed favorable balance between safety and efficacy in small trial

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Vax and Blood Clots; Cancer Rise in Young Adults; Corpse-Abuse Charge Dropped

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

<乌鸦传媒>Pirtobrutinib Shows Potential in Heavily Pretreated Follicular Lymphoma

"Safety profile is one of the real advantages" of non-covalent BTK inhibitor, says panelist

<乌鸦传媒>Novel Combination Active in Large B-Cell Lymphoma, Even After CAR-T

But where mosunetuzumab/polatuzumab vedotin would fit among available options remains a question

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<乌鸦传媒>Carvedilol No Help in Preventing Heart Failure in Childhood Cancer Survivors

While safe, the results do not support use of the drug in anthracycline-exposed survivors

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<乌鸦传媒>Trump-Era Conscience Rule Rescinded; Lloyd Austin's Cancer; Sinead O'Connor's Death

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Cryobiopsy and Forceps Biopsy Go Head-to-Head for Diagnosing Lung Lesions

When added to needle aspiration, one method yielded better samples for molecular testing in NSCLC

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<乌鸦传媒>More Evidence Linking ADT for Prostate Cancer to Adverse Neurocognitive Effects

Meta-analysis shows increased risk of dementia, Parkinson's, depression

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<乌鸦传媒>Vaccine 'Promising' for Delaying Relapse in KRAS-Mutated Pancreatic Cancer, CRC

T-cell response linked to 86% reduced risk of relapse, death

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<乌鸦传媒>Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Shows Benefit for Progressing Stroke

Urgent anticoagulation with argatroban shows no bleeding downside in EASE trial

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