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Gene therapy promising for reversal of hereditary vision loss
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- Liam Davenport
The results confirm in a “real-life setting” the efficacy and safety of the treatment.
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Higher risk of death with endocrine therapy nonadherence
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- Liam Davenport
“Importantly, improving adherence and persistence represents a low-hanging fruit for increasing survival in luminal breast cancer.”
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Global burden of brain disorders surpasses cardiovascular disease and cancer
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- Liam Davenport
“The burden of brain conditions will increase as populations continue to grow and age.”
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New consensus on biomarkers for diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders
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- Liam Davenport
Reducing the options available to clinicians when making a differential diagnosis into the current algorithm is a pragmatic approach.
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Huge underuse of germline testing for cancer patients
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- Liam Davenport
Information from germline genetic testing could affect a patient’s cancer care.
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Gilteritinib maintenance reduces relapse in MRD+ AML
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- Liam Davenport
Despite not meeting its primary endpoint, a trial in mutated acute myeloid leukemia showed the benefit of gilteritinib maintenance in certain...
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CLL: Venetoclax-obinutuzumab combo effective long term
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- Liam Davenport
Progression-free survival benefit of 1 year with venetoclax-obinutuzumab is sustained long term in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, trial analysis...
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‘Professional grief’ is a daily reality for oncologists
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- Liam Davenport
“We could make the work easier to do so that you have more time with patients and less time with administrative work and have more time to process...
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It’s okay to say ‘no’: Setting boundaries in oncology
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- Liam Davenport
Having set boundaries “provides more emotional and cognitive flexibility, and less uncertainty, in the relationships that we have with our...
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Ticagrelor may reduce brain lesions after carotid stenting
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- Liam Davenport
There were also significantly fewer cases of a composite of adverse clinical events with ticagrelor versus clopidogrel, but no difference in rates...
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Immediate statin after acute stroke reduces disability
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- Liam Davenport
It was “safe, with no increased risk of bleeding, hepatotoxicity, or muscle toxicity.”
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High Lp(a) tied to higher coronary plaque volume, progression
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- Liam Davenport
This could explain the greater risk for major adverse cardiovascular events seen in patients with high Lp(a) levels.
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‘Huge step forward’ in advanced ovarian cancer
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- Liam Davenport
A preplanned interim analysis revealed that the addition of durvalumab and olaparib was associated with a 37% improvement of PFS, compared with...
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Omitting radiation in rectal cancer: ‘Less is more’
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- Liam Davenport
‘An all-chemotherapy approach may make curative intent treatment accessible for patients in these resource-constrained settings,’ says the author...
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Cross-border U.S.-Mexican collaboration drives up ALL survival
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- Liam Davenport
Survival from pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in a Mexican hospital improved significantly through...