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Bleeding disorder diagnoses delayed by years in girls and women
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Despite girls having abnormally heavy menstrual bleeding, their families and physicians may not recognize signs...
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Maribavir seen as superior to other antivirals for CMV clearance post transplant
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
The novel antiviral was associated with a twofold improvement in CMV viremia clearance at 8 weeks of therapy...
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CAR-T in children branching out to solid tumors
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cells are being explored for treatment of pediatric sarcomas, glioblastomas/gliomas...
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Safety profiles of hemophilia agents vary widely
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Within-class comparisons can be misleading; each antihemophilia agent, old and new, needs to be evaluated...
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Using engineered T cells reduced acute, chronic GVHD
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
GVHD and relapse-free survival outcomes were better with regulatory T cells given prior to stem cell transplant...
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Transplant-related mortality higher with CD34 selection
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
The lower incidence of chronic GVHD with CD34 selection was offset by the higher mortality, compared with other...
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Steroid complications in GVHD common, boost costs of care
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Hospitalizations related to infections and other adverse events associated with steroid use carry a high price...
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Chronic GVHD therapies offer hope for treating refractory disease
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Drugs with novel mechanisms of action are currently in clinical trials for chronic graft-versus-host disease....
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MRI-guided prostate biopsy prevails in PRECISE trial
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
In men being investigated for prostate cancer, MRI-guided targeted biopsy beat the standard approach of using...
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Factor VIII concentrate is here to stay in hemophilia A
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Factor VIII concentrate is still needed to treat breakthrough bleeding in patients treated with non–factor...
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Lasting benefit with nivo plus ipi in advanced HCC
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
The duration of response approached 4 years in some patients.
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TACTICS: TACE plus sorafenib improves PFS in unresectable HCC
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Adding chemoembolization to sorafenib did not improve overall survival, but the results may have been skewed by differences in post-TACE therapies...
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The jury’s still out on trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab in mCRC
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Phase 3 results may provide more insight.
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Triplet shows ‘promising’ activity in unresectable/metastatic CRC
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Panitumumab plus ipilimumab and nivolumab induced responses in more than a third of patients.
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Coronasomnia: Pervasive sleeplessness, self-medicating raise concerns of sleep experts
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Lockdown-related stress and psychological factors may play a role, but SARS-CoV-2 may also have still-unrecognized central nervous system effects...