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Conference Coverage
Cancer drug shortages spur worry, rationing, and tough choices
Limited supplies of crucial medications are disrupting patient care, oncologists say.
Conference Coverage
ACS officer provides ASCO highlights: Targeting hidden cancer, AI in oncology
A pair of new studies show that drugs can reduce cancer risk when cells are elusive.
Latest News
‘New standard of care’ for capecitabine hand-foot syndrome
“For me as a GI oncologist, topical diclofenac for prevention of HFS for patients on capecitabine is practice changing,” ...
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The road to weight loss is paved with collusion and sabotage
Plus: Taiwanese mosquitoes face a robotic foe, and surgical knots face the cold eye of physics.
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Widespread carboplatin, cisplatin shortages: NCCN survey
Only 64% of centers said they are still able to continue treating all current patients receiving carboplatin.
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The enemy of carcinogenic fumes is my friendly begonia
Also: Driving the gastrointestinal highway and pulling the plug on an unsupervised chatbot.
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Ancient plague, cyclical pandemics … history lesson?
Plus: AI detects invisible concussions and a janitor does more than clean.
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Blood cancer patient takes on bias and ‘gaslighting’
Having battled Hodgkin lymphoma and the health care system itself, a young public relations specialist is on a mission.
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People still want their medical intelligence in human form
Plus: Finding humor in the temporal lobe and comparing reproductive inequality in mammals.
From the Journals
Focus of new ASH VTE guidelines: Thrombophilia testing
New guidelines recommend testing for thrombophilia in patients with VTE provoked by a nonsurgical major transient risk factor or associated with...
From the Journals
Review supports continued mask-wearing in health care visits
Masks continue to lower the risk of catching the virus during medical visits.