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ASCO: Eribulin results ‘a giant step for sarcoma’

Posted on: 31/05/2015 - 15:18

CHICAGO – For the first time ever, a new drug has shown a survival advantage – albeit a small one – in metastatic soft tissue sarcomas, diseases that are almost without exception unresponsive to...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Lymphadenectomies don’t boost survival in melanoma with SLN micrometastases

Posted on: 30/05/2015 - 21:30

CHICAGO – Complete lymph node dissection did not improve survival in a prospective, randomized trial of 483 patients with stage III melanoma and micrometastases in their sentinel lymph node...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

GADOLIN: Combination improves PFS in rituximab-refractory indolent NHL

Posted on: 30/05/2015 - 20:35

CHICAGO – Progression-free survival for patients with rituximab-refractory indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was effectively doubled with a combination of obinutuzumab and bendamustine, compared with...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Nivolumab puts brakes on advanced liver cancer

Posted on: 30/05/2015 - 15:44

CHICAGO – Immune checkpoint inhibition with nivolumab every 2 weeks provides a better response than does standard treatment for advanced liver cancer, phase I/II results suggest. The overall...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

OARSI: Flex educational, motivational muscle when prescribing exercise for OA

Posted on: 29/05/2015 - 19:43

SEATTLE – A new study using an analytic framework grounded in behavior change theory shows several modifiable ways to help patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis to exercise, the most...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

OARSI: Flex educational, motivational muscle when prescribing exercise for OA

Posted on: 29/05/2015 - 19:43

SEATTLE – A new study using an analytic framework grounded in behavior change theory shows several modifiable ways to help patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis to exercise, the most...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

DDW: Anti-MAdCAM antibody hits endpoints in treatment-refractory UC

Posted on: 29/05/2015 - 18:43

WASHINGTON – The anti-MAdCAM candidate, PF-00547659, induced responses in up to 54% of patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis failing at least one prior therapy. At the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Thyroid surgery on the rise

Posted on: 29/05/2015 - 16:52

There was a steady rise in the number of endocrine procedures being performed in the United States over the past decade, according to a new publication from the Endocrine Society. Thyroid disease...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Severe acne erupts during transgender transition

Posted on: 29/05/2015 - 15:21

Individuals undergoing a transition from female to male (trans men) may be prone to severe acne in response to the testosterone therapy associated with that process, according to data from case...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

DDW: Aspirin cuts incidence of noncardiac gastric adenocarcinomas

Posted on: 28/05/2015 - 20:02

WASHINGTON – Even wonder drugs have their limits: Aspirin use was associated with a significant reduction in the incidence of noncardiac gastric adenocarcinoma, but it had no effect on the incidence...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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