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Could an osteoporosis drug reduce need for hip revision surgery?

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Pam Harrison
Publish date: January 15, 2021

Denosumab, widely used to treat osteoporosis, may reduce the need for revision surgery due to aseptic loosening of the prosthesis in patients with...

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U.S. cancer death rates drop for second year in a row

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Pam Harrison
Publish date: January 14, 2021

Mortality from cancer continues to decline in the United States, driven largely by major reductions in death rates from non–small cell lung cancer...

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Intense rectal cancer surveillance may be reduced

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Pam Harrison
Publish date: December 23, 2020

For patients with rectal cancer who achieve a sustained clinical complete response, the risk for local regrowth...

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New standard emerges for locally advanced rectal cancer

Author:
Pam Harrison
Publish date: December 21, 2020

Short-course radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy before surgery reduces disease-related treatment failure at 3...

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Extended virus shedding after COVID-19 in some patients with cancer

Author:
Pam Harrison
Publish date: December 10, 2020

Some patients, including stem cell transplant and CAR T recipients, may require extended periods of isolation.

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Rapid relief of opioid-induced constipation with MNTX

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Pam Harrison
Publish date: November 25, 2020

Subcutaneously administered, peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor antagonist, relieves opioid-induced constipation in both chronic, noncancer-...

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Low-dose radiotherapy for lung inflammation in severe COVID-19

Author:
Pam Harrison
Publish date: November 5, 2020

A small trial of low-dose radiotherapy for severe COVID-19 pneumonia has shown promising results, and two larger...

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Surgery may not be needed with locally advanced rectal cancer

Author:
Pam Harrison
Publish date: November 4, 2020

A short course of radiotherapy plus chemotherapy allows many rectal cancer patients to skip surgery if they...

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HIV drugs prevent type 2 diabetes, may be path to new therapy

Author:
Pam Harrison
Publish date: October 30, 2020

“Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, drugs approved to treat HIV-1 and hepatitis B infections, also...

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Thermography plus software shows efficacy for breast cancer screening

Author:
Pam Harrison
Publish date: October 26, 2020

Thermography aided by diagnostic software may provide an alternative to mammography in resource-poor countries...

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Deaths sky high in hospitalized COVID patients with kidney injury

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Pam Harrison
Publish date: September 9, 2020

“We may be facing an epidemic of post–COVID-19 kidney disease and that, in turn, could mean much greater numbers of patients who require kidney...

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First guideline on NGS testing in cancer, from ESMO

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Pam Harrison
Publish date: August 28, 2020

ESMO recommends tumor next-generation sequencing for non–small cell lung cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer...

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Immunotherapy should not be withheld because of sex, age, or PS

Author:
Pam Harrison
Publish date: August 27, 2020

Immune checkpoint inhibitors confer a similar survival advantage regardless of cancer type, line of therapy, sex...

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Black/White gap gone: ‘The only cancer where this has happened’

Author:
Pam Harrison
Publish date: August 24, 2020

Lung cancer rates are similar among Black and White patients, a new study suggests.

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NSCLC success story: Mortality down, survival improved

Author:
Pam Harrison
Publish date: August 13, 2020

In recent years, mortality rates have fallen and survival has improved for patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

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