Immunotherapy drug benefits patients with high-risk local melanomas
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 18, 2021 – An immunotherapy called pembrolizumab reduced cancer recurrence after surgery in patients with stage IIb and ...
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Better support for long-term symptoms is needed to help patients live life after cancer
Lugano, Switzerland, 18 September 2021 – Previous standards of cancer follow-up care and support may no longer meet current needs as improvements in screening practices, early diagnosis and treatment of cancer have put long-term survival beyond five years following diagnosis within reach ...
Study shows new drug combinations improve outcomes for patients with advanced lung cancer
New Haven, Conn. — New findings from a large study led by researchers at Yale Cancer Center shows the addition ...
Patients and non-oncology doctors struggle to keep up with the pace of change in oncology, research shows
Credit: ESMO Widespread unawareness among cancer patients of how immunotherapy works and how much it costs Non-oncology doctors’ knowledge of oncology is frequently not up to date, with risks in ...
Can fruit fly research help improve survival of cancer patients?
The experience of a fruit fly dying from cancer may seem worlds away from that of a human with a ...
COVID-19 transmission risks rise during labor with patients’ heavier breathing
Some medical procedures can put health care workers at higher risk for contracting COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases. With these ...
New research initiative launches for all patients ever diagnosed with colorectal cancer
BOSTON – Count Me In, a nonprofit cancer research initiative, is inviting all patients across the United States and Canada ...
Researchers show novel device improves blood sugar control in hyperinsulinism patients whose pancreas has been removed
Philadelphia, September 13, 2021—Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have demonstrated that an experimental device can improve blood sugar ...
Children of cancer patients are too often excluded from the disease journey, research shows
Lugano, Switzerland, 13 September 2021 – The announcement of a cancer diagnosis abruptly and durably alters the course of daily life – not just for the person receiving it, ...
Surgical patients find virtual follow-up care more convenient without loss of satisfaction
CHICAGO (September 9, 2021): Most patients who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy (surgical removal of the appendix) or cholecystectomy (surgical removal of ...
Patients treated by mobile stroke units had better outcomes, according to study published in NEJM
EMBARGOED UNTIL 5 PM. ET SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 - Credit: Nash Baker for UTHealth Houston EMBARGOED UNTIL 5 PM. ET SEPTEMBER ...
Older patients benefit from cancer immunotherapies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Biorender FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A retrospective analysis of large datasets of biomarkers from tumors and healthy tissue ...
Unwelcome passenger: Higher hospitalization seen in older patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria
We are all exposed to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), which are widely found in the environment, including the soil and water. ...
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‘Stealth transmission’ fuels fast spread of coronavirus outbreak
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Metabolism changes with age, just not when you might think
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Chinese case study suggests COVID-19 is not transmitted from pregnant mothers to newborns
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ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may increase the risk of severe COVID-19
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Statins starve cancer cells to death