Plant-based diets may be associated with slower disease progression in men with prostate cancer
1. In a cohort of men with prostate cancer, disease progression was lower in men who had a higher...
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chronic-disease
Higher national health expenditure correlates with better lymphoid malignancy survival rates in European countries.
1. Lymphoid malignancy survival rates in European countries correlate with natation health...
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Cardiovascular risk associated with social determinants of health at individual and area levels
1. In this cohort study, individual and area level social determinants of health (SDOH) were...
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Access to mental health and substance use treatment improved with comprehensive primary care plus program
1. In a cohort of individuals, those diagnosed with an opioid use disorder (OUD), anxiety, or...
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Prenatal opioid exposure and not associated with increased risk of neuropsychiatric disorders in children
1. In a cohort study in South Korea, prenatal opioid use did not significantly increase the risk...
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Afamitresgene autoleucel as an effective T-cell therapy for synovial sarcoma and liposarcoma
1. Overall response rate to afami-cel in both groups was 37%. 2. The majority of adverse-events...
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Pembrolizumab enhances progression-free survival in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer
1. Progression-free survival at 24 months was higher in the pembrolizumab versus...
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The addition of cisplatin to standard-of-care radiation therapy does not appear to improve progression-free survival for patients with localized recurrent endometrial cancer.
1. For patients with localized endometrial cancer recurrence, adding cisplatin to radiation...
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Gefitinib with Chemotherapy in EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancer
1. The median overall survival was 17.6 months in the gefitinib group vs 27.5 months in the...
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Low-molecular weight heparin bridging therapy safe in elderly undergoing surgery following percutaneous coronary intervention
Impact of perioperative low-molecular-weight heparin therapy on clinical events of elderly...
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Poor respiratory function is associated with greater incidence of depression
1. In a cohort of patients with varying lung function assessed through values of FVC and FEV1, and...
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Beta-blockers do not lower mortality after myocardial infarction with preserved ejection fraction
1. In this randomized controlled trial, long-term beta-blockers did not impact all-cause mortality...
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Semaglutide improves obesity-related heart failure symptoms
1. In this randomized controlled trial, semaglutide was more effective in reducing heart...
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Mitoxantrone is superior to liposomal daunorubicin in MRD (measurable residual disease)-guided treatment of AML in pediatric cases
1. Mitoxantrone enhances five-year event-free survival over liposomal daunorubicin in MRD-guided...
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy does not appear to significantly improve disease-free survival in patients with locally advanced colon cancer
1. When compared to upfront surgery, neoadjuvant chemotherapy using mFOLFOX or CAPOX did not...
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Omitting Axillary Dissection in Breast Cancer with Sentinel-Node Metastases
1. The hazard ratio for recurrence or death comparing sentinel node biopsy only to completion...
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Novel prophylactic anticoagulation scoring tool helps stratify patients following lower limb trauma
1. The 3-month symptomatic venous thromboembolism rate was 0.7% in patients with TRiP(cast) score...
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Hepatitis E vaccine shows promising 10-year efficacy in the Chinese population
1. Overall vaccine efficacy ranged from 83.1% to 86.6% during the 10-year period. 2. Detectable...
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Intravascular image guidance during percutaneous coronary intervention lowers risk of death and myocardial infarction
1. Intravascular imaging-guided PCI significantly reduces target lesion failure compared to...
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Though associated with rising costs, the majority of publicly-funded cancer medications included in Ontario, Canada are those with substantial survival benefit
1. Roughly 65% of the cancer medication budget is allocated to treatments that provide improvement...
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