Mobile application communication may improve palliative care needs met in critically ill patients
1. Families randomized to having access to a mobile application that allowed them to communicate...
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Oncology
Perioperative Pembrolizumab Boosts Response in Localized Gastric Cancer Treatment
In a study on perioperative pembrolizumab with cisplatin-based or FLOT-based chemotherapy for...
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Computed Tomography coronary calcium scores may predict risk of cardiovascular events in cancer patients
1. Despite lower prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors, cancer patients were...
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Pembrolizumab enhances progression-free survival in patients with HER2-positive gastro-esophageal cancer
1. Progression-free survival was significantly greater among patients in the pembrolizumab group...
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Comparison of two chemotherapy regimens in muscle invasive bladder cancer
1. In the perioperative setting, there was no difference between dd-MVAC vs. GC on overall 5-year...
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Systemic Therapy and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy in Oligoprogressive Breast Cancer or Lung Cancer
1. Progression-free survival in NSCLC was found to be significant with HR 0.41 compared to breast...
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Perioperative pembrolizumab with chemotherapy for gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma improves pathological complete response rate compared with placebo
1. The median overall survival and event-free survival were not statistically different in the...
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#VisualAbstract: Atezolizumab Monotherapy vs Chemotherapy In Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
1. The median overall survival was similar between both groups, 15.2 months in atezolizumab...
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Testosterone replacement therapy not associated with prostate cancer risk
1. In a population of men with hypogonadism and PSA concentrations less than 3 ng/mL, patients...
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#VisualAbstract: Atezolizumab With Carboplatin in Patients With Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
1. Progression-free survival was 4.1 months in the combination arm vs 2.2 months in the...
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Black Men More Likely Than Whites to Have Prostate Cancer
At any given prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, Black men were more likely than White men to...
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Patients With Cancer May Overly Self-Refer to ED
Adults with cancer may not be using available clinician advice before self-referring to the ED,...
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Guideline-Concordant Care Lower for Black Patients With CRC
Black patients who are newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC) receive worse and less-timely...
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Smoking Habits of Young Adults Shifted From 2013 to 2021
Over time, young adults are moving away from combustible cigarettes to e-cigarettes, according to...
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#VisualAbstract: Rituximab maintenance therapy following autologous stem cell transplant increased survival in young patients with mantle-cell lymphoma
1. In patients with mantle-cell lymphoma who responded to induction therapy and autologous stem...
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Rate of New Lung Cancer Cases Has Decreased Over Past 5 Years
The rate of new lung cancer cases has decreased, and survival has improved over the past 5 years,...
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Familial Germline EGFR T790M Variant Identified in Lung Cancer
Researchers described a new familial lung cancer caused by an inherited mutation in EGFR in a...
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Risk for Breast Cancer Examined After False-Positive Mammogram
The risk for developing breast cancer after a false-positive mammography result varies with age,...
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Mortality Higher for Black Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemo for Breast Cancer
For patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), Black...
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ASTRO Issues Guidance Related to Partial Breast Irradiation
In a clinical practice guideline published in Practical Radiation Oncology, the American Society...
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