Tiny Lung Micronodules in Bone Sarcoma Not Even a Tiny Problem? Five-year survival no worse in patients with micronodules under 5 mm Nov 20, 2020
Lorlatinib Shows 'Striking' CNS Activity in ALK Lung Cancer But unusual adverse events may hold therapy back Nov 18, 2020
New Clinical Strategy for HR-Positive Breast Cancer? Ki67 values before, after preop endocrine therapy associated with recurrence risk Nov 17, 2020
IL-8 Antibody Active in Tumors After PD-1/L1 Blockade Clinical benefit in more than a third of patients with anti-IL-8/nivolumab combo Nov 13, 2020
PD-1 Inhibitor Active in Progressive Basal Cell Cancer Response rate of 20-30% with cemiplimab after post-hedgehog inhibitor progression or intolerance Nov 11, 2020
Al Roker's Prostate Cancer Morning show stalwart's diagnosis highlights discrepancies for Black men Nov 10, 2020
Focal RT Boost in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Cuts PSA Relapse Rates of biochemical relapse cut in half with boost to 95 Gy Oct 29, 2020
IVF Babies With Birth Defects Also Show Increased Cancer Risk Absolute risk is small, but findings should prompt further research Oct 29, 2020
New-Onset Diabetes and Pancreas Cysts a Risky Mix Study provides support for assessing diabetes markers in pancreatic cyst surveillance Oct 28, 2020
More Top Research From Kidney Week 2020 Additional studies on anemia, heart risk, and racial disparities in chronic kidney disease Oct 27, 2020
High-Dose SBRT More Effective for Painful Spine Metastases Roughly one-third of patients had a complete pain response at 3 and 6 months Oct 26, 2020
Anal Cancer on the Rise in U.S., Especially in Women Whites also had a higher risk than Blacks for HPV-linked disease Oct 26, 2020
FIT Could Accurately Rule Out CRC in Symptomatic Patients Outperforms symptoms in sensitivity and equals colonoscopy at 2 Β΅g/g hemoglobin cutoff Oct 22, 2020
Newborns Getting Preoperative Blood Transfusions Have More Complications Data favor restrictive transfusion strategy Oct 22, 2020
COVID Deaths Drop in the Hospitalized; Miracle Mouthwash? New Organ Discovered A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Oct 21, 2020
CDK4/6 Inhibitor in SCLC Cuts Chemo-Induced Myelosuppression Reduced severe neutropenia and less need for supportive care with trilaciclib Oct 20, 2020
Dual Checkpoint Blockade With Some Chemo Boosts OS in NSCLC Nivolumab-ipilimumab with two cycles of chemotherapy improved survival, regardless of histology or PD-L1 status Oct 17, 2020
COVID Heart Autopsies Point More to Clot Damage Than Myocarditis Results bolster case for anticoagulation in hospitalized patients Oct 15, 2020
More Evidence Points to Role of Blood Type in COVID-19 Two studies find ties to infection susceptibility, severity, but with caveats Oct 14, 2020
Surprise Billing Seen Likely for Many Colonoscopies And would be illegal for uncomplicated procedures Oct 12, 2020
Look for Bone Mets at Soft Tissue Sarcoma Diagnosis Lung scan only would have missed 40% of all metastases, majority of bone disease, study finds Oct 12, 2020
Eddie Van Halen's Head and Neck Cancer A look at what caused the legendary guitarist's death Oct 12, 2020
With H. Pylori, Higher-Dose PPIs May Promote Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Retrospective Israeli study comes with many caveats, however Sep 24, 2020
These Forbes 400 Billionaires Made Their Fortunes in Healthcare 14 individuals, $66 billion in combined net worth Sep 24, 2020
Positive Anti-PD-1 Data in Gastric, Esophageal Cancer Better OS, PFS with nivolumab, pembrolizumab in advanced/metastatic disease Sep 23, 2020
Immunotherapy Falls Short Again in Ovarian Cancer No PFS benefit in advanced disease with addition of atezolizumab to chemo, bevacizumab Sep 23, 2020
Novel Tx Helps Some Advanced Cervical Cancer Patients Three-fourths in small trial obtain disease control or better with antibody-drug conjugate Sep 22, 2020
No Luck for Chemo-Free Tx in First-Line Bladder Cancer Durvalumab alone or with tremelimumab no better than chemotherapy Sep 22, 2020
No Benefit With Anti-PD-L1 Drug in Metastatic TNBC Lack of progression-free, overall survival boost with atezolizumab contrast with prior trial Sep 22, 2020
Adjuvant Anti-CDK Thwarts Early Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk of invasive recurrence declines 25% in patients with high-risk disease Sep 20, 2020
Newly Approved Drug Boosts Survival in Metastatic TNBC Antibody-drug conjugate as third-line option improved survival, response rates Sep 20, 2020
Drug Active in 'Undruggable' KRAS-Mutant NSCLC Responses in a third of patients, disease control rate approaching 90% Sep 20, 2020
CDK4/6 Inhibition Boosts PFS in Endometrial Cancer Median PFS more than doubled by adding palbociclib to endocrine therapy Sep 19, 2020
COVID-19 in Health Workers; Stimulating New White Blood Cells: It's TTHealthWatch! This week's topics also include gene expression and COVID infection, and outbreaks in childcare settings Sep 19, 2020 podcast
Another First-Line Combo Succeeds in Advanced RCC Third immunotherapy plus TKI combination tops sunitinib Sep 19, 2020
Skip Chemo for Older Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer? Less than one-month survival loss at 3 years with trastuzumab monotherapy Sep 18, 2020
Double Mastectomy Linked to Sexual, Body Image Issues in Young Women Pre-op counseling or decision aids could help women make better informed decisions Sep 16, 2020
