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Physicians may be overprescribing immunotherapy for unfit cancer patients
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- Katie Robinson
Study suggests the benefits from ICI therapy may not translate to patients who are traditionally excluded from phase 3 trials.
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Three drugs go head-to-head in advanced lung cancer study
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- Katie Robinson
This is the first-known analysis that compares atezolizumab, nivolumab, and docetaxel in patients outside of clinical trials. Atezolizumab and...
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MRI before tongue carcinoma biopsy may be more reliable than other radiologic methods
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- Katie Robinson
Getting an accurate measure of the depth of a tongue squamous cell carcinoma is critical to determining a patient’s prognosis. But which...
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Common lung cancer screening tool superior to alternatives
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- Katie Robinson
CT scans are increasingly used for lung cancer screening, so accuracy is essential in devising an appropriate treatment plan for patients.
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Exercise reduces arm and shoulder problems after breast cancer surgery
- Author:
- Katie Robinson
Study provides the best quality evidence to date in support of early exercise for women at high risk of shoulder problems after breast cancer...
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Dogs show potential as medical detectives in breast cancer
- Author:
- Katie Robinson
First preliminary study indicating the feasibility of developing a new breast cancer screening method using urine samples based on volatile...
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Overall survival for metastatic urothelial carcinoma approaching 2 years
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- Katie Robinson
Metastatic urothelial carcinoma is still a hard-to-treat condition with a 12- to 15-month survival for metastatic disease that is treated. In a...
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Antibiotic and glucocorticoid use before cancer therapy could have detrimental effect on outcomes
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- Katie Robinson
Observational study finds that antibiotics and glucocorticoids at 10 mg daily when given within 1 month before or after immune checkpoint...
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Uncertainty looms large in treatment options for high-risk cutaneous SCC
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- Katie Robinson
More data – and high-quality data – are needed for physicians to determine with more confidence which adjuvant therapies would be best for...
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Lung cancer screening rates in U.S. nowhere near goal
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- Katie Robinson
Lung cancer screening is effective in reducing mortality, particularly when patients adhere to follow-up recommendations, but too few patients in...
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Immunocompromised people face highest risk of cutaneous SCC metastasis
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- Katie Robinson
Immunocompromised individuals, such as solid organ transplant patients, make up 73.3% of all patients with cutaneous SCC who are at risk of...
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Early mortality falls in advanced ovarian cancer with neoadjuvant chemo
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- Katie Robinson
This observational study shows reductions in early mortality for patients with advanced ovarian cancer. The findings may inform treatment...
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Donafenib shows potential as first-line treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
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- Katie Robinson
Donafenib is newly approved in China. It may emerge as a new first-in-line treatment for advanced HCC in China, filling a treatment gap.
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Neuroimaging may predict cognitive decline after chemotherapy for breast cancer
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- Katie Robinson
Cognitive decline after chemotherapy has been reported in 20%-40% of patients with cancer. Now, researchers say they have identified a measurement...
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Priming tremelimumab dose regimen shows promising benefit-risk profile in HCC
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- Katie Robinson
Immunotherapies provide durable, long-term survival leading to substantial survival tails in the Kaplan-Meier OS curves associated with anti–CTLA-...