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Steroid complications in GVHD common, boost costs of care
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Hospitalizations related to infections and other adverse events associated with steroid use carry a high price...
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Chronic GVHD therapies offer hope for treating refractory disease
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Drugs with novel mechanisms of action are currently in clinical trials for chronic graft-versus-host disease....
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MRI-guided prostate biopsy prevails in PRECISE trial
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
In men being investigated for prostate cancer, MRI-guided targeted biopsy beat the standard approach of using...
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Factor VIII concentrate is here to stay in hemophilia A
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Factor VIII concentrate is still needed to treat breakthrough bleeding in patients treated with non–factor...
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Lasting benefit with nivo plus ipi in advanced HCC
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
The duration of response approached 4 years in some patients.
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TACTICS: TACE plus sorafenib improves PFS in unresectable HCC
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Adding chemoembolization to sorafenib did not improve overall survival, but the results may have been skewed by differences in post-TACE therapies...
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The jury’s still out on trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab in mCRC
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Phase 3 results may provide more insight.
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Triplet shows ‘promising’ activity in unresectable/metastatic CRC
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Panitumumab plus ipilimumab and nivolumab induced responses in more than a third of patients.
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Coronasomnia: Pervasive sleeplessness, self-medicating raise concerns of sleep experts
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Lockdown-related stress and psychological factors may play a role, but SARS-CoV-2 may also have still-unrecognized central nervous system effects...
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Higher intensity therapy doesn’t increase surgical risk in esophageal cancer
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Neither radiation nor docetaxel added to neoadjuvant cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil increased the risk of perioperative complications when compared...
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Boost dose reduces recurrence in high-risk DCIS
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Adding a tumor bed boost to whole breast irradiation cut the risk of local recurrence in half, regardless of fractionation.
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Von Willebrand disease guidelines address women’s bleeding concerns
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
In the absence of robust evidence, the joint guidelines outline key suggestions for clinical situations covering...
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Bemarituzumab FIGHTs gastric/GEJ cancers, improving survival
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Bemarituzumab improved progression-free and overall survival.
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Four-item prognostic index predicts survival in adult Burkitt lymphoma
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Patients with zero of four risk factors on the Burkitt Lymphoma International Prognostic Index had excellent 3-...
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Study found dual-targeted CAR T highly active against relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Fifteen of 16 patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma had strong responses to therapy with BCMA- and...