Patient & Survivor Care
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Up-front pembro plus chemo boost survival in cervical cancer
Adding immunotherapy resulted in a 40% reduction in risk of death, compared with chemotherapy alone, for women with advanced cervical cancers...
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Ribociclib forestalls recurrence also in early breast cancer
New results come from an interim analysis of a phase 3 randomized trial comparing maintenance therapy with ribociclib plus endocrine therapy with...
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‘Huge step forward’ in advanced ovarian cancer
A preplanned interim analysis revealed that the addition of durvalumab and olaparib was associated with a 37% improvement of PFS, compared with...
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Omitting radiation in rectal cancer: ‘Less is more’
‘An all-chemotherapy approach may make curative intent treatment accessible for patients in these resource-constrained settings,’ says the author...
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Phone support helps weight loss in patients with breast cancer
After 6 months, patients who received telephone coaching and health education lost 9.7 pounds.
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Medicaid expansion closing racial gap in GI cancer deaths
Results of a new study were particularly notable for Black patients, for whom there was a consistent increase in receiving therapy and a decrease...
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Cross-border U.S.-Mexican collaboration drives up ALL survival
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Chemo avoidance pays off for some women with HER2+ early BC
Almost all patients who skipped chemotherapy avoided invasive disease/death at 3 years.
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Breast cancer: Meta-analysis supports ovarian suppression/ablation
Controlling estrogen seems to give premenopausal women a lifespan boost, but strategy remains uncommon.
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Surgical de-escalation passes clinical test in low-risk cervical cancer
‘Practice-changing’ results could reduce long-term survivor effects among qualifying patients.
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How a medical recoding may limit cancer patients’ options for breast reconstruction
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to reexamine how doctors are paid for a type of breast reconstruction known as DIEP flap....