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Adjuvant nivolumab as standard of care in resected bladder cancer
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Compared with placebo, nivolumab improves disease-free survival, nonurothelial tract recurrence-free survival, and distant metastasis-free...
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Rucaparib benefit in BRCA+ prostate cancer confirmed
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
New study finding provides evidence of clinical benefit for an indication for rucaparib that was granted an accelerated approval in May 2020.
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Oncologist files whistleblower lawsuit against Roswell Park
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
“I am speaking out because time and again female doctors are unable to deliver on the promise of their medical training because of discrimination...
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New ‘reference regimen’ in metastatic pancreatic cancer?
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
NALIRIFOX regimen can be considered new reference regimen for first-line pancreatic cancer treatment, a researcher reports at ASCO GI.
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SUNLIGHT shows new standard of care in refractory metastatic CRC
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Adding bevacizumab to trifluridine/tipiracil significantly improved survival, researchers report at ASCO GI.
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Adding SBRT to sorafenib boosts survival in liver cancer
- Author:
- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
The use of SBRT in this setting improved both overall survival and progression-free survival, researchers reported at ASCO GI.
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Regorafenib: New option for advanced gastroesophageal cancer?
- Author:
- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Regorafenib significantly improves survival, compared with placebo, in patients with refractory AGOC, researchers report at ASCO GI.
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Longest overall survival ever seen in advanced gastric cancer
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
“Zolbetuximab plus mFOLFOX6 is a new potential standard treatment for these patients.”
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‘Low-value’ prostate cancer screening prevalent in primary care
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
A new study shows that testing for prostate-specific antigen and also digital rectal examinations are both carried out frequently in older men.
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Oral minoxidil improves anticancer treatment–induced alopecia in women with breast cancer
- Author:
- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Oral minoxidil has been receiving increased attention as an adjunctive therapy for hair loss, particularly for women.
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New test that detects 14 cancers focuses on sugars, not DNA
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
“The main advantage of glycosaminoglycans appears to be that they change in the blood and urine at the earliest stages of cancer.”
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Subset of patients with melanoma have very low mortality risk
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
The authors were interested in identifying lesions that are currently diagnosed as melanoma but might lack the capacity for metastasis.
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Less than a third of Americans aware of cancer risk from alcohol
- Author:
- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Survey also shows low awareness that cancer risk varies by type of drink.
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Who’s more likely to develop a second primary melanoma?
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
"High numbers of nevi and high genetic predisposition were more strongly associated with second [rather] than first primary melanomas."
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Novel co-admin of CAR T cells achieves 99% remission in leukemia
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- Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
“We do believe [this approach] will become standard of care.”