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Increase in thyroid cancer rates points to overscreening
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- Liam Davenport
Large but variable increases in rates of papillary thyroid cancer may point to the “diagnostic pressure” of opportunistic high-sensitivity...
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Don’t delay: Cancer patients need both doses of COVID vaccine
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- Liam Davenport
For patients with cancer, immune response to the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is reduced, and there is a need for a booster dose at...
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Swallowable capsule-camera may reveal GI cancers, diseases
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- Liam Davenport
Researchers are testing a swallowable capsule device that transmits images of the gut and may reveal...
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‘Unprecedented’ long-term survival after immunotherapy in pretreated NSCLC
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- Liam Davenport
For patients with NSCLC who experience disease progression with chemotherapy, immunotherapy offers an “...
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Nivolumab improves survival in relapsed mesothelioma
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- Liam Davenport
Nivolumab prolonged progression-free and overall survival, compared with placebo.
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Screening for lung cancer in never-smokers is ‘feasible’
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- Liam Davenport
Never-smokers should be screened for lung cancer too, researchers say.
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‘Astonishing’ 4-year survival in NSCLC with pembro plus chemo
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- Liam Davenport
New data showing a doubling in survival with the combination versus chemo alone have been hailed as “very impressive” by clinicians.
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Rapid shifts in radiotherapy for cancer in response to COVID-19
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- Liam Davenport
Some radiotherapy regimens were shortened, but others were intensified, suggesting that they were being used as a replacement for surgery.
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Low-carb diets boost diabetes remission rates, at least short term
- Author:
- Liam Davenport
Following a low-carbohydrate diet for 6 months increases type 2 diabetes remission rates by a third, but ongoing...
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Concern over response to COVID-19 in patients with blood cancers
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- Liam Davenport
Among patients with hematologic cancers, immune responses were less pronounced and were highly variable,...
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Bariatric surgery might reduce severity of COVID-19 infection
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- Liam Davenport
“Patients after bariatric surgery become significantly healthier and can fight the virus better.”
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Pembro benefits in mTNBC regardless of chemo type
- Author:
- Liam Davenport
The type of chemotherapy regimen accompanying pembrolizumab does not appear to affect outcomes in women with...
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First-in-class ADC has benefit across mTNBC subgroups
- Author:
- Liam Davenport
For women with pretreated metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, sacituzumab govitecan improved outcomes regardless of target protein...
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RxPONDER: Even more women may forgo chemo for breast cancer
- Author:
- Liam Davenport
First results from RxPONDER provide insight – and controversy – regarding the need for chemotherapy in women...
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monarchE: Abemaciclib reigns on in high-risk breast cancer
- Author:
- Liam Davenport
Extended follow-up shows ongoing event-free survival benefits with abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy in high-...