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‘Urgent’ need to understand immunotherapy de-escalation in NSCLC
In addition to a toxicity and quality-of-life, immunotherapy de-escalation could have a significant impact on the costs of care.
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Tackling grief, loss in patients with advanced lung cancer
Most palliative care centers report insufficient capacity to meet the demand.
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ESMO 2021: Impressive clinical research despite pandemic
ESMO will be held online September 16-21. Among findings to be reported include the results of immunotherapy trials for melanoma.
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Researchers warn young adults are at highest risk of obesity
Adults aged 18-24 years gained the most weight over 10 years compared with older individuals and should be a key target for prevention programs,...
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POSEIDON: Two ICIs plus chemo up survival in mNSCLC
Adding durvalumab to chemotherapy significantly improved progression free survival by 26% but did not significantly improve overall survival.
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Antibiotic use and colon cancer: More evidence of link
The data “strengthen prior evidence and provide new insights into site-specific carcinogenesis as well as indirect support for the role of gut...
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Air pollution – second leading cause of lung cancer
“As lung cancer professionals, we can mitigate the effects of air pollution on causing lung cancer by speaking out for clean energy standards.”
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Antibiotic linked to rise in early onset colon cancer?
“We now want to find out if there is a link between antibiotic use and changes in the microbiome which can make the colon more susceptible to...
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EAS lipid guidance: Start high-risk patients on combo drug
Instead of starting very-high-risk patients unlikely to reach goal on a statin alone, clinicians should immediately reach for combination statin-...
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Simple risk assessment predicts post-PCI ischemic events
Determining if PCI patients have just one or more guideline-based risk features predicts their odds of ischemic events, and can be used to tailor...