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Stereotactic radiotherapy highly effective for brain mets in RCC
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- Roxanne Nelson
Stereotactic radiotherapy is highly effective for controlling brain metastases in patients with renal cell carcinoma, even in those with more than...
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Line complications plague dose-adjusted EPOCH-R in non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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- Roxanne Nelson
The risk of line-associated complications was significantly higher with dose-adjusted EPOCH-R therapy, compared with R-CHOP, in patients with...
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TKIs and immunotherapy hold promise for alveolar soft part sarcoma
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- Roxanne Nelson
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immune checkpoint inhibitors show encouraging results in the treatment of alveolar soft part sarcoma
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Aspirin cuts risk of liver and ovarian cancer
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- Roxanne Nelson
Regular aspirin use decreased the risk of both ovarian cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Aspirin cuts risk of ovarian and liver cancer
- Author:
- Roxanne Nelson
Regular aspirin use decreased the risk of both ovarian cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Epacadostat plus pembrolizumab shows promise in advanced solid tumors
- Author:
- Roxanne Nelson
Investigational drug epacadostat plus pembrolizumab demonstrated promising antitumor activity and safety in patients with advanced solid tumors....
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Plasma GAG provides prognostic info for RCC
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- Roxanne Nelson
Plasma glycosaminoglycan (GAG) measurements can provide accurate diagnostic and prognostic information that may have clinical utility in renal...
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RT linked with better survival in DCIS
- Author:
- Roxanne Nelson
Lumpectomy plus radiotherapy is associated with a significant reduction in breast cancer mortality versus lumpectomy or mastectomy alone.
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Tailored hemophilia prophylaxis could cut costs
- Author:
- Roxanne Nelson
Tailored frequency-escalated prophylaxis resulted in less use of recombinant factor VIII.
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Bisphosphonate use linked with lower risk of lung cancer for never-smokers
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- Roxanne Nelson
Use of oral bisphosphonates was associated with a lower risk of developing lung cancer in postmenopausal women, but only those who were never...
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Fruquintinib promising agent for advanced NSCLC
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- Roxanne Nelson
Median PFS was 3.8 months with fruquintinib versus 1.1 months with placebo in heavily pretreated patients with advanced NSCLC.
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Excellent prognosis for cystic RCC evaluated with radiologic threshold of greater than 50%
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- Roxanne Nelson
There was no evidence of tumor recurrence or metastasis from cRCC for both active surveillance and following surgery when evaluated with a...
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Spray-dried plasma inches toward clinical trials
- Author:
- Roxanne Nelson
In vitro studies show strong results for spray-dried plasma, which could have implications on the battlefield.
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Sotatercept promising for treatment of anemia in MDS
- Author:
- Roxanne Nelson
The phase 2 trial included patients who did not respond to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents.
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Age at RRSO affects peritoneal cancer risk in BRCA mutation carriers
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- Roxanne Nelson
The risk was predominantly observed in BRCA1 mutation carriers, and disease development generally occurred within 5 years following RRSO.