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Immunotherapy May Be Overused in Dying Patients With Cancer
“There are patients who are getting immunotherapy who shouldn’t,” according to a surgical oncologist from Yale.
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Can Addressing Depression Reduce Chemo Toxicity in Older Adults?
Researchers evaluated whether greater reductions in grade 3 chemotherapy-related toxicities occurred with geriatric assessment-driven...
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Case Series: Upadacitinib Effective for Granulomatous Cheilitis
Treatment resulted in a complete response in four patients within a median of 3.8 months and a partial response in one patient.
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Psychiatric, Autoimmune Comorbidities Increased in Patients with Alopecia Areata
Overall, patients with AA showed a greater prevalence of any psychiatric disease and any immune-mediated or autoimmune disease.
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The Last 30 Days: How Oncologists’ Choices Affect End-of-Life Cancer Care
Researchers analyze data from more than 17,000 patients who died of cancer between 2012 and 2017.
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Ancient Viruses in Our DNA Hold Clues to Cancer Treatment
Targeting remnants of a virus in our DNA could lead to more effective cancer treatment with fewer side effects.
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Study Finds Gout Drug Effective for Aphthous Ulcers in Children
“Complex aphthous stomatitis in children is typically treated with topical supportive care, which is often not effective,” one of the study...
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Pilot Study Finds Experimental CBD Cream Decreases UVA Skin Damage
Histology showed that CBD-treated skin demonstrated reduced UVA-induced epidermal hyperplasia compared with control-treated skin.
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Risk of MACE Comparable Among Biologic Classes for Psoriasis, PsA
Despite some concern about increased risk for MACE with TNFi use, this study suggests no special risk for patients with psoriasis or PsA...
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Study Links Newer Shingles Vaccine to Delayed Dementia Diagnosis
The current study made use of a “natural experiment” in the United States, which switched over from use of the live vaccine to the recombinant...
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Several Skin Conditions More Likely in Children With Obesity
Investigators collected data on several skin conditions and comorbidities in a retrospective cohort study.