Jennifer Crombie, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, discusses results from a real-world study of lisocabtagene maraleucel in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma. Similar to published findings…
Tanya Siddiqi, MD, medical director of lymphoma, City of Hope, Orange County, California, discusses the primary analysis of the TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial. This phase 1/2, single-arm, multicenter…
By Megan Brooks NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Radiation may be unnecessary for some women with early-stage breast cancer after conservative surgery, according to preliminary data from a…
Type 2 diabetes is a recognized epidemic both in the United States and around the world. A new study examines whether bariatric surgery in addition to lifestyle changes…
John Mattison, MD, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Kaiser Permanente, discusses the growing market of gamification in the health sector and the science behind the most powerful and sustainable…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Duloxetine can be helpful in cancer patients who experience painful neuropathy as a sequela of treatment with neurotoxic antineoplastic agents, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over half of patients with refractory and relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) achieve a complete or partial response when treated with the CD22…
Chris Longhurst, MD, Associate Professor at Stanford Medical School, describes a patient case in which data-drive healthcare was extremely useful. For unique cases, there is often little in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Peridural analgesia administered during colorectal cancer resection and postoperatively is associated with improved long-term survival rates, researchers in Germany report. “The present results…
Herbert Insel, MD, and Clinical Instructor at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the benefits of a prudent lifestyle. He councils fellow physicians on how to educate patients on a prudent lifestyle,…
Mental stress can induce episodes of myocardial ischemia, which can result from an imbalance of blood flow supply and demand to the heart. A new study examined whether…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A study comparing laparoscopic to open surgery for rectal cancer has confirmed the long-term oncologic safety of the laparoscopic approach. “This pooled analysis…
