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Neurofilament Light Chain Detects Early Chemotherapy-Related Neurotoxicity
“Nfl after a single cycle could detect axonal degeneration,” says the lead author of new research.
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Oncology Mergers Are on the Rise. How Can Independent Practices Survive?
The number of community practices acquired by hospitals nearly tripled from 2010 to 2020, according to a report from COA.
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Platinum Add-On Improves Survival in Early TNBC
Trial outcomes provide strong evidence for incorporating carboplatin into both the neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings in patients with early-stage...
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Inavolisib Added to Standard Tx Shows Sustained Benefit in Advanced BC
An expanded analysis of the INAVO120 trial looks at time from randomization to end of next-line treatment, time to first chemotherapy, and patient...
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Doctors Endorsing Products on X May Not Disclose Company Ties
Researchers review posts by physicians on X, looking for key words that might indicate that the posts were intended as endorsements of a product...
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One Patient Changed This Oncologist’s View of Hope. Here’s How.
“How we think about hope directly influences patient care,” according to a professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York...
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Surviving to Thriving: Enhancing Quality of Life in Breast Cancer
Up to 90% of early breast cancer survivors experience long-term effects from treatment, which often include fatigue, loss of mobility, chronic...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA Expands Repotrectinib Label to All NTRK Gene Fusion+ Solid Tumors
The approval was based on a single-arm open-label trial in 88 adults with locally advanced or metastatic NTRK gene fusion solid tumors....
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Ovarian Cancer Risk Doubled by Estrogen-Only HRT
Long-term follow up in women with hysterectomy included in the WHI reveals significantly more cases of ovarian cancer.
From the Journals
Are Children Born Through ART at Higher Risk for Cancer?
A slight increase in the risk for leukemia was observed in children conceived through IVF or ICSI.
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About 20% of Breast Cancer Survivors Gain Excess Weight
After adjustment for confounding factors, younger age at breast cancer diagnosis and lower baseline weight were the strongest predictors of more...