Researchers who studied more than 300 pediatric patients receiving heart transplants over the past 36 years at the University of Florida have documented how advances in technology, technique, and patient management have improved ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Radiotherapy does not improve survival rates in older patients with early breast cancer, new research suggests.
Feb 15, 2023
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Patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were treated with neoadjuvant nivolumab had improved five-year recurrence-free and overall survival rates compared with historical outcomes, according to results ...
Feb 15, 2023
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For patients with pretreated relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma, idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel), a B-cell maturation antigen-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, prolongs progression-free survival and ...
Feb 10, 2023
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Chronic pancreatitis, a painful, debilitating condition, often requires major surgery to remove all or part of the pancreas. Few large studies have evaluated how these patients fare five years or more after their operations. ...
Jan 24, 2023
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Underweight and severe obesity are associated with decreased survival in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), according to a study published online Jan. 12 in the Blood Cancer Journal.
Jan 23, 2023
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Adding nab-paclitaxel to a standard treatment of gemcitabine plus cisplatin does not significantly extend median overall survival (OS) time for patients with advanced biliary tract cancers, although it may provide a benefit ...
Jan 20, 2023
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For patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM), mass spectrometry (MS) can monitor treatment response, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in Blood Cancer Journal.
Jan 19, 2023
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Treatment for lung cancer is rapidly evolving, with new technologies and research-proven procedures. However, a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found the quality of care for lung cancer in ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Phone calls from a nurse may improve survival for patients treated for heart failure, according to a new study by investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai.
Jan 18, 2023
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