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Leah Lawrence

Leah Lawrence is a freelance health writer and editor based in Delaware. She has contributed to trade, consumer, and medical association publications and websites focused on hematology/oncology, cardiology, primary care, endocrinology, and general health.

Latest from Leah Lawrence

ESMO over a computer rendering of a tumor.

<乌鸦传媒>Clinical Challenges: When to Start End-of-Life Care in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Some patients live years with advanced disease; when should end-of-life care talks happen?

An aerial view of the World Trade Center site after the terrorist attack on 9/11/01.

<乌鸦传媒>9/11 Responders Face Higher Risk of Multiple Cancers

Longer follow-up sheds light on the long-term consequences of exposure to disaster site

ASCO over a computer rendering of a cancer cell and lymphocytes

<乌鸦传媒>Clinical Challenge: HER2-Positive Breast Cancer in Older Women

The challenge may have more to do with the assessment of the patient's overall health

A mammogram showing a large mass consistent with a breast cancer

<乌鸦传媒>Triple-Negative Breast Cancers Not All the Same

Histology tied to treatment response, outcomes

The packaging and vial of Blincyto (blinatumomab) for injection

<乌鸦传媒>Blincyto Shines for Kids' B-Cell ALL

Overall survival boost seen in new trials

The vials and packaging of Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) for injection

<乌鸦传媒>Neoadjuvant Dual ICI Leads to Clinical Benefit in Operable NSCLC

More than one-third of patients achieved major pathologic response with nivolumab-ipilimumab.

A computer rendering of pink DNA strands

<乌鸦传媒>Not Just BRCA: Large Studies ID Other Key Breast Cancer Risk Genes

Implications for screening and other risk-management strategies, researchers say

A computer rendering of a strand of DNA shattering

<乌鸦传媒>PARP Inhibitors Linked With Blood Cancer Risk

Incidence of MDS/AML under 1%, but further investigation warranted as indications broaden

SABCS over a photo of women holding pink breast cancer ribbons

<乌鸦传媒>Clinical Challenges: Skin Toxicity With Targeted Drugs in Breast Cancer

Close cooperation between medical oncology and dermatology can help avoid treatment interruptions, delays

A senior woman with hair loss due to chemotherapy wearing a pink breast cancer ribbon on her hospital gown.

<乌鸦传媒>Chemotherapy Improved TNBC Survival in Older Women

Benefits noted in both node-negative and -positive disease, as well as for those with a comorbidity score greater than 0

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