Sharon Worcester is an award-winning medical journalist for MDedge News. She has been with the company since 1996, first as the Southeast Bureau Chief (1996-2009) when the company was known as International Medical News Group, then as a freelance writer (2010-2015) before returning as a reporter in 2015. She previously worked as a daily newspaper reporter covering health and local government. Sharon currently reports primarily on oncology and hematology. She has a BA from Eckerd College and an MA in Mass Communication/Print Journalism from the University of Florida. Connect with her via LinkedIn and follow her on twitter @SW_MedReporter.
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COVID-19 in China: Children have less severe disease, but are vulnerable
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- Sharon Worcester
The findings of this case review underscore the possibility that children “may play a major role in community-based viral transmission” of novel...
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Maternal mortality: A national crisis
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- Sharon Worcester
“An American mom today is 50% more likely to die in childbirth than her own mother was and 3-4 times more likely to die if she’s black than if she...
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PPI use linked with increased fracture risk in children
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- Sharon Worcester
“Risk of fracture should be taken into account when weighing the benefits and risks of PPI treatment in children.”
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Wuhan case review: COVID-19 characteristics differ in children vs. adults
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- Sharon Worcester
“Early chest CT screening and timely follow-up, combined with corresponding pathogen detection, is a feasible...
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Lymphopenia linked to worse response in RCC, bladder cancer patients on checkpoint inhibitors
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- Sharon Worcester
ORLANDO – Patients with lower pretreatment absolute lymphocyte counts and higher neutrophil-lymphocyte ratios were less likely to respond to...
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Review reveals shorter OS, RFS in young colorectal cancer patients
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- Sharon Worcester
Peritoneal metastasis occurred significantly more often in younger patients, but predisposing conditions such as polyposis or congenital colon...
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Late effects in young cancer survivors underscore importance of high-risk screening
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- Sharon Worcester
Childhood cancer survivors have higher standardized mortality ratios than early-adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.
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Adolescent obesity linked with midlife cancer risk
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- Sharon Worcester
Investigators say teen obesity could be an important intervention target for subsequent cancer prevention.
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Synovial biopsy findings drive precision medicine for RA closer to the clinic
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- Sharon Worcester
“I think synovial biopsies will yield a lot of information and really, hopefully, help us target therapy and find new therapeutic targets that we...
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Tramadol use for noncancer pain linked with increased hip fracture risk
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- Sharon Worcester
"Our results point to the need to consider tramadol's associated risk of fracture in clinical practice and treatment guidelines," the researchers...
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IFN-activated monocytes show early promise for ovarian cancer
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- Sharon Worcester
ORLANDO - Two of 11 patients achieved a partial response, and there were no grade 4-5 adverse events.
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Model reveals genes associated with prognosis in ER+, HER2– breast cancer
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- Sharon Worcester
ORLANDO – A model revealed 5 genes associated with poor prognosis and 15 genes associated with good prognosis.
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Phase 2 data: Inotuzumab, approved in adults with B-ALL, shows promise in kids, too
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- Sharon Worcester
“Importantly, there were no inotuzumab dose modifications or delays due to hepatic toxicity.”
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Adding ilixadencel improved outcomes in metastatic renal cell carcinoma
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- Sharon Worcester
ORLANDO – Ilixadencel improved responses when added to sunitinib as first-line therapy in patients with synchronous metastatic renal cell...
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The 2019 novel coronavirus: Case review IDs clinical characteristics
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- Sharon Worcester
A review of coronavirus pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, suggests older men and those with comormid conditions are most likely to be affected by...