Month: September 2019

ESMO 2019 Congress, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, 2019, Barcelona, SpainCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain 29 ...

Two studies show CDK4/6 inhibitors improve overall survival in advanced breast cancer

ESMO 2019 Congress, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, 2019, Barcelona, Spain Barcelona, Spain, 29 September 2019 - New data from ...

Targeted therapy drug helps women with aggressive breast cancer live longer

UCLA researchers find ribociclib significantly improves overall survival ABSTRACT LBA7_PR Los Angeles - A study led by UCLA researchers found ...

Wrist-worn step trackers accurate in predicting patient health outcomes

Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Determining how far patients with pulmonary disease can walk in six minutes has long been an effective ...

Risk of heart valve infections rising in hospitals

Rutgers study highlights the need for improved infection prevention strategies People with heart disease or defective or artificial heart valves ...

Additional heart artery stenting reduces risk of future heart attacks

Credit: The University of Sheffield Research shows that patients requiring emergency heart attack treatment also benefit from further intervention to ...

Taxi drivers face highest levels of black carbon compared to other professional drivers

Madrid, Spain: Professional drivers working in congested cities are exposed to black carbon levels that are on average a third ...

Two immunotherapy drug combination offers chemotherapy-free option for advanced NSCLC

ESMO 2019 Congress, Sept. 27 -- Oct. 1, Barcelona, SpainCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 28 September ...

Ovarian cancer: more women benefit from maintenance combined targeted therapy

ESMO 2019 Congress, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, 2019, Barcelona, SpainCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 28 ...

Front-line osimertinib improves overall survival in EGFR-mutation positive NSCLC

ESMO 2019 Congress, Sept. 27, 2019 - Oct. 1, 2019, Barcelona, SpainCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, ...

PARP inhibitor plus chemotherapy improves progression-free survival for advanced ovarian cancer patients

Phase III trial validates the benefit of veliparib for patients without a BRCA mutationCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers from ...

New treatment improves survival in women newly diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer

An international study shows that administering niraparib after chemotherapy reduces by nearly 40% the risk of relapse or death from ...

Liquid biopsy has prognostic role in colorectal cancer and potential for guiding therapy

ESMO 2019 Congress, Sept. 27 -- Oct. 1, Barcelona, SpainCredit: European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 28 September 2019 ...

One in two pts with metastatic melanoma alive after 5 years with combination immunotherapy

ESMO 2019 Congress, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, Barcelona, SpainCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 28 September ...

New blood test capable of detecting multiple types of cancer

In study, test proved able to detect and localize more than 20 types of cancer with a high degree of ...

Combination immunotherapy drugs herald new hope for melanoma patients with long term survival rates

Royal Marsden Hospital research being presented at ESMO A combination of two immunotherapy drugs, ipilimumab and nivolumab, has stopped or ...

Internists commend CMS for bolstering primary care and supporting patients in proposed PFS

ACP submits comments on 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Quality Payment Program Proposed Rules Washington, D.C. September 27, 2019 - ...

Are humans preventing flies from eavesdropping?

Background sounds affect a parasitoid fly's eavesdropping capabilities Today's world is filled with background noise, whether it be from a ...

Study finds safe mercury levels in Kotzebue Sound fish

A new analysis of Kotzebue Sound fish has found that mercury levels in a variety of its subsistence species are ...

UTA testing method to build temperature, heat-flux sensors for hypersonic vehicles