Pharmacology
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Acetaminophen linked to diminished response to immunotherapy in cancer
“Commonly used medications may have a larger impact on the efficacy and toxicity of immune checkpoint blockade than historically seen with...
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Women are not being warned that anesthetic may reduce birth pill efficacy
“Use of sugammadex is expected to rise as it becomes cheaper in the future, and ensuring that women receiving this medicine are aware it may...
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Antipsychotic tied to dose-related weight gain, higher cholesterol
Risperidone is an antipsychotic with a “medium to high metabolic risk profile.”
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‘Great optimism’ greets immunotherapy responses in dMMR rectal cancer
Study treating dMMR rectal cancer with PD-1 blockade therapy showed elimination of tumors after 6 months, enabling omission of surgery, radiation...
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Panitumumab beats bevacizumab in left-sided mCRC
In the U.S., the choice between an anti-EGFR or anti-VEGF antibody for colorectal cancer has been controversial.
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Cannabis may relieve pain as effectively as opioids, but more research is needed
Synthetic products with high THC:CBD ratios were associated with moderate improvements in pain.
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Non-White subjects are sparse in DMT trials for MS
Black people only made up 1.9% of participants in studies reporting full racial data over 25 years.
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‘Extremely exciting’ study results guide MM treatment options
New trial data help inform the tailoring of effective treatment approaches for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM).
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‘Exciting’ new gene therapy yields promising results
A single dose of CAR-T cell therapy evoked a beneficial response in patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Pembrolizumab before surgery improves survival in early triple negative breast cancer
Treatment shifts residual cancer burden to lower categories.