Lifestyle Factors & Cancer Survival Prediction Models
There’s abundant evidence that diet and lifestyle factors drive the risk for developing...
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Oncology
Addition of atezolizumab to capecitabine + bevacizumab is not clinically beneficial in the treatment of refractory metastatic colorectal cancer
1. Atezolizumab plus capecitabine + bevacizumab performed marginally better with regards to...
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Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Symptom Management Vs Usual Care
“Compared with usual care (UC), patient-reported outcome (PRO)-based symptom management can...
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Chemotherapy not associated with an increased COVID-19 mortality risk in active cancer patients
1. This prospective cohort study demonstrated that, in adult patients with active cancer and a...
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Biosimilar drugs undergo rigorous clinical testing and yield comparable outcomes to biologics
1. Cancer biosimilar treatment trials have clinical outcomes that do not differ statistically from...
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Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes
1. Compared to population- and sibling-matched cohorts, women previously diagnosed with cervical...
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Olaparib improves the quality of life for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients
1. Olaparib led to a bigger decrease in pain interference and symptomatic skeletal-related events...
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Trametinib improves progression-free survival among patients with low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma
1. The median progression-free survival for trametinib was significantly greater than that for...
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Pembrolizumab improves survival outcomes in cervical cancer patients
1. Patients receiving pembrolizumab with or without platinum-based chemotherapy experienced longer...
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The religious and spiritual beliefs of cancer patients may influence decision making
1. Overall, the influence of religion and spirituality on treatment decision making was both...
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Venous thromboembolism rates in hospitalized children continue to rise
1. In a large retrospective study, rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pediatric patients...
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Cemiplimab treatment of recurrent cervical cancer is associated with longer overall survival
1. Overall survival is longer in patients treated with cemiplimab as compared to chemotherapy. 2....
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