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Treating bone loss ups survival for breast cancer patients
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
Findings suggest a trend toward reduction in contralateral breast cancer in the treatment group.
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Pembrolizumab before surgery improves survival in early triple negative breast cancer
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
Treatment shifts residual cancer burden to lower categories.
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Can lung cancer ID be as easy as breathing into an analyzer?
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
Breathomics testing is considered a promising lung cancer screening tool.
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Novel COVID-19 vaccine could fill the void for patients with blood cancers
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
Existing vaccines provide weak protection for immunocompromised patients with B-cell deficiencies.
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Better survival in older cancer patients who take metformin
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
“It is important to explore optimal dosages that significantly improve cancer outcomes to boost anticancer effect.”
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Study suggests keto diet increases tumor growth in ovarian cancer
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
Conducted in mouse models, this study contradicts other studies that show tumor-suppressing effects.
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AI model predicts ovarian cancer responses
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
Model achieves overall accuracy of 93% using still-frame images.
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Asking hard questions during office visits can improve patient outcomes
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
Improving outcomes among a small group of Black patients came down to asking questions doctors wouldn’t ordinarily ask.
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Air trapping common in patients with long COVID
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
The reported findings “indicate a long-term impact on bronchiolar obstruction,” states Brett M. Elicker, MD.
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No new safety signals reported for pembrolizumab as kidney cancer treatment
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
Pembrolizumab in combination with axitinib is an FDA-approved treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma.
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Testicular cancer mortality rates dip for Hispanic men
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
However, mortality rates for Black men have improved, shows a small study.
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Sotorasib demonstrates clinically meaningful difference in pancreatic cancer
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
Sotorasib is under study as a treatment for patients with advanced solid tumors.
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Among critically ill adults, low-molecular-weight heparin reduces deep vein thrombosis
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
The analysis showed also that LMWH should be considered the primary pharmacologic agent for thromboprophylaxis...
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Lung cancer now a growing public health threat
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
With 2 million new cases in 2020 and nearly 4 million by 2050, experts say air pollution and smoking will continue to drive new lung cancer cases...
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Nedaplatin chemo proves to be a less toxic option for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Author:
- Walter Alexander
Chemotherapy-induced toxic effects, such as renal dysfunction, have always been a major concern in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.