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Nonmyeloablative conditioning gets a radiation boost for severe hemoglobinopathies
SALT LAKE CITY – Doubling total body irradiation reduced graft rejection without increasing toxicity for patients with sickle cell disease or beta...
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Consider steroid-induced hypertension when treating pediatric ALL
Infants and children with secondary diabetes mellitus were among those most likely to develop steroid-induced hypertension.
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VIDEO: Patient vouchers prompt physicians to prescribe top antiplatelet drugs
ORLANDO – Voucher use led to prescribing changes post-MI, but not all patients took advantage.
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VIDEO: Dabigatran effective for myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery
ORLANDO – There’s now treatment for a condition that’s been rarely looked at until now.
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Fruquintinib promising agent for advanced NSCLC
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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Gaps exist in receipt of clinically indicated genetic counseling after breast cancer diagnosis
Less than half of patients diagnosed with early breast cancer with an indication for genetic risk evaluation received formal genetic counseling....
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Low vitamin D common in chronically anticoagulated children
SAN DIEGO – Consider testing for vitamin D deficiency to optimize bone health in children receiving frequent anticoagulation.
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Colorectal cancer risk stratification enhanced by combining family history and genetic risk scores
As the genetic risk score increased, there was an observed increased risk for individuals with first-degree relatives, second-degree relatives, or...
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MOMENTUM 3 HeartMate 3 LVAD ‘practice changing’
ORLANDO – Landmark trial paves way to much wider use of LVADs as destination therapy.
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Outpatient CAR T infusions feasible using liso-cel
SALT LAKE CITY – Though most patients are admitted later, hospital stays are shorter with outpatient CAR T infusion.
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MDedge Daily News: Improving wearable cardioverter defibrillators
And alirocumab cuts deaths in post–acute coronary syndrome patients.