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A recent study found that tumor-stroma proportion was a reliable marker of chemoresistance, progression-free survival, and overall survival in high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

The analysis revealed that viral hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) had a distinct microbial signature vs non-viral HCC, although only hepatitis B virus–related HCC showed a significantly diverse tumor microbiome.

Camilla Levister, MS, ANP-C, CDCES, a nurse practitioner at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, gives insight into the nuances of testing closed-loop insulin delivery systems for pregnant women.

Patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and those with advanced-stage disease exhibited distinct gut microbiota diversity and alterations, with future studies warranted to investigate the mechanisms underlying the interactions between gut microbiota and HCC progression.

A recent review suggests patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer may benefit from nutritional intervention as part of disease management, but research on the topic has been limited and further investigation is warranted.

In patients with high-grade ovarian cancer, an increased proportion of CD3+ CD137+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) correlated with favorable overall survival outcomes. However, proportions of CD3+ or CD3+ CD8+ TILs did not show significant associations with OS.

A predictive model utilizing serum metabolic profiles was able to distinguish ovarian cancer from control samples with 93% accuracy, according to a new study.

In a cohort with more than half a million women with endometrial, ovarian, or cervical cancer, less than 1% were enrolled in a clinical trial, and more than 85% of enrolled women were White.

The study provides proof of principle for a novel approach to early detection of ovarian cancer based on an assessment of genomic instability patterns in DNA from Papanicolaou (Pap) smears.

Shifting from an opt-in to an opt-out approach boosted palliative care consults from 16.6% of eligible patients to 43.9%, the investigators found.

Findings from PREVENT-HF put to rest the idea that once remodeling in the heart's structure starts following anthracyclines that nothing can be done to treat it.

An abstract presented at the 2023 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition suggests that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) treated in the era of novel agents might be less likely to experience Richter transformation compared with those treated prior to this era.

The most-read articles from the 2023 European Hematology Association (EHA) Annual Meeting covered the most up-to-date treatment strategies for hematological malignancies, racial disparities in treatment patterns for blood cancers, and updates on immunotherapy as a tool in hematologic oncology.

The most-read content from the 2023 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition included the latest in treating hematologic malignancies, the hope brought by novel therapy strategies, and the potential for artificial intelligence to improve diagnostic accuracy.

Presenters at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition agreed that novel strategies, such as CRISPR and base editing, have potential to fine-tune the latest immunotherapy advancements to increase the efficacy and durability of a range of treatments.

The past year has offered new hope for patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes. Besides imetelstat, which has an FDA deadline for action of June 2024, the agency approved luspatercept, which has a different mechanism of action.

A cohort study of 65 clinical trials in multiple myeloma found that toxic effects are often described with subjective terminology that may not reflect adverse event rates reported in the studies.

The study findings provide the first in-depth look at the relationship between chromosomal changes in tumor cells and immune components of the tumor microenvironment.

Michael Fang, PhD, researcher and assistant professor in the division of Cardiovascular and Clinical Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, discussed recent findings in the type 1 diabetes (T1D) space that may alter the way providers address diabetes diagnoses.

There is great value, both for clinical trials and clinical practice, in biomarkers that identify patients at greatest risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) after acute kidney injury, explained Steven Coca, DO, MS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Smaller noncoding RNA is being used in clinical practice and as knowledge grows of long noncoding RNA, use of it should follow, explained Laura Denby, PhD, Kidney Research UK Senior Fellow, senior lecturer and principal investigator in the Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Edinburgh.

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2023 will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from November 2-5, as experts from across the globe gather to discuss the latest innovations in renal care and current issues facing the field.

The location of integration of a gene therapy has been crucial for the safety and efficacy of the treatment to cure infants with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency.

With stringent criteria, randomized controlled trials are the cornerstone of cancer intervention research, but the result is they do not represent the majority of patients, which leads to a gap between the efficacy seen in trials and the effectiveness in the real-world setting.

Results of the monarchE study showed patients with hormone receptor–positive (HR+), HER2-negative (HER2–) high-risk, early breast cancer had greater benefit after 5 years when receiving adjuvant abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy vs endocrine therapy alone.