Sotorasib beneficial for certain pancreatic cancers: Study Medha Baranwal29 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTUSA: Sotorasib has shown clinically meaningful anticancer activity and tolerability in heavily pretreated KRASG12C-mutated advanced pancreatic cancer...
High D-dimer levels tied to higher risk of VTE and death in lung cancer: Study Dr. Shravani Dali28 March 2022 11:30 AM ISTHigh D-dimer levels (vs low levels) are tied to a higher risk for lung cancer death, according to a recent study published in the Frontiers of...
MRI-guided stereotactic body radiation reduces additional toxicity in prostate cancer: ASCO Medical Dialogues Editorial Team28 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTLos Angeles, CA: A new study demonstrated that MRI-guided prostate stereotactic body radiation (SBRT) results in a statistically significant decrease...
Stage 4 lung cancer patient lives cancer-free after successful lung transplant Isra Zaman28 March 2022 5:15 AM ISTIn a medical breakthrough, a successful lung transplant for a terminal stage 4 lung cancer patient was performed by surgeons at Norwestern medicine....
Half of all women experience false positive mammograms after 10 years of annual screening Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 March 2022 5:15 AM ISTResearchers at UC Davis Health have found that half of all women will experience at least one false positive mammogram over a decade of annual breast...
Multivitamins not effective for preventing cancer in elderly, study reveals Medical Dialogues Editorial Team26 March 2022 11:15 AM ISTUSA: In a new study conducted by Howard D Sesso and team it was found that when compared to a placebo, a daily multivitamin-multimineral (MVM)...
Screening MRI may reduce breast cancer mortality in high-risk women: JAMA Medha Baranwal26 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTUSA: A modeling analysis suggests that in women with ATM, CHEK2, and PALB2 pathogenic variants, annual MRI screening starting at 30 to 35 years of age...
FDA approves new immunotherapy regimen for patients with melanoma Hina Zahid24 March 2022 8:51 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel therapy for patients with metastatic or inoperable melanoma, an aggressive type of skin...
ctDNA assay not reliable for detecting recurrence of colorectal cancer after surgery: JAMA Medha Baranwal24 March 2022 2:00 PM ISTCalifornia: Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assay is not advantageous over standard imaging and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) measurement for detecting...
Younger patients with appendicitis more prone to cancer of appendix later Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTAlthough surgical removal of the appendix is still the most effective treatment for acute appendicitis, nonoperative management is increasingly common...
Not many newly approved cancer drugs replace existing standard-of-care therapies: JAMA Medha Baranwal23 March 2022 7:00 PM ISTUSA: There has been a high volume of new cancer drug approvals, despite this, only about 14% of these drugs displace the current standard-of-care...
Lower extremity lymphedema may jeopardize physical functioning in elderly cancer survivors: JAMA Dr. Shravani Dali22 March 2022 6:45 PM ISTLower extremity lymphedema (LEL) is tied with decreased physical functioning (PF) and activities of daily living (ADLs) in older adults too...
