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Pfizer reports loss as it eyes big oncology push
Pfizer reported a quarterly loss Tuesday on much lower sales of COVID-19 products as it emphasized progress on cost-cutting and drug development initiatives.
Jan 30, 2024
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Prostate Cancer
Oncology & Cancer
Treatment can do more harm than good for prostate cancer. Why active surveillance may be better
Although about 1 in 8 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, only about 1 in 44 will die from it. Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer die from other causes, especially those with ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Medical research
As patients live longer, new criteria needed for prostate cancer trials
A lack of cancer progression could be used as a substitute for overall survival in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer clinical trials, according to a new meta-analysis published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Massive genetic study estimates the chance of dying from prostate cancer
Just by looking at a short portion of a man's genome it is possible to estimate the probability that he will die from prostate cancer—even before he has the cancer—thanks to a massive genetic study by RIKEN researchers. ...
Jan 25, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer: Screening and treatment options
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. While many prostate cancers grow slowly and remain localized, other types are aggressive and spread quickly. That's why Dr. Carlos Vargas, a Mayo Clinic radiation ...
Jan 25, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer treatment guided by new tool
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer is a leading cause of death in the United States. Unfortunately for American men, prostate cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers.
Jan 24, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Long-term follow up pinpoints side effects of treatments for prostate cancer patients
A 10-year follow-up study of nearly 2,500 U.S. men who received prostate cancer treatment will help inform decision-making in terms of treatments and side effects for a diverse population.
Jan 23, 2024
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Health informatics
When lab-trained AI meets the real world, 'mistakes can happen'
Human pathologists are extensively trained to detect when tissue samples from one patient mistakenly end up on another patient's microscope slides (a problem known as tissue contamination). But such contamination can easily ...
Jan 23, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New approaches needed to find better cancer drug targets, says cancer specialist
Tumors depend heavily on certain genetic changes to thrive, and researchers have discovered many such "genetic dependencies" as targets for potential new cancer drugs. At the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and elsewhere, ...
Jan 23, 2024
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Medications
Clinical trial finds combination hormone therapy delivers superior prostate cancer treatment
Combining testosterone-blocking drugs in patients with prostate cancer relapse prevents the spread of cancer better than treatment with a single drug, a multi-institution, Phase 3 clinical trial led by UC San Francisco researchers ...
Jan 23, 2024
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