Clinical

Erin Gillaspie, MD, MPH, FACS, a faculty member of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Thoracic Surgery, explained what testing needs to be done to identify the best treatment for patients with lung cancer.

Approximately 70 to 300 million individuals worldwide are living with myasthenia gravis, an antibody-mediated autoimmune disorder that adversely affects neuromuscular junction function.

Decreased coronary flow was associated with severe psoriasis, according to one study.

Adalimumab in conjunction with surgery demonstrated more clinical effectiveness and improved quality of life in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) compared with outcomes in those treated with adalimumab alone.

The study’s findings provide support for the use of precessation varenicline and nicotine patches in an adaptive treatment regimen where bupropion is provided to treat nonresponders.

When patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) received eculizumab, survival rates increased and thromboembolic events/major adverse vascular events (TE/MAVE) decreased.

Women have a higher likelihood of having hormone receptor (HR+) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) than men, and mutations of EGFR and KRAS were more common in HR+ NSCLC in a recent study.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and insomnia might be sex specific, and it is important to screen patients diagnosed with chronic insomnia for PTSD symptoms.

A conversation on barriers which prevent patients from obtaining medications; including cost, co-pays, and prior authorization.

An overview of the combination therapy of clindamycin, benzoyl peroxide, and adapalene.

John L. Marshall M.D., explains the importance of in-person conferences and the future of AI in the field.

Characteristics including Ogata score and phenotypic aberrancies may correlate with mutational patterns that are predictive of treatment response in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.

The authors developed an algorithm that uses medical claims to identify patients with chronic kidney disease who are at greatest risk of being hospitalized within 90 days.

Secondary effects not only improved past 16 weeks, but showed a sustained improvement at week 56 of mavacamten, said Milind Desai, MD, MBA, director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center and vice chair of education at the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic.

According to researchers, only 3 studies have previously explored a potential link between AD and dementia with inconsistent findings.

Despite seeming to elicit more pathological complete responses (pCRs) in patients with hormone receptor–positive (HR+), HER2-negative triple-negative breast cancer (BC) receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy, diet and exercise did not affect relative dose intensity.

One-fourth of patients who switched to an infliximab biosimilar retransitioned back to the originator, but they were more likely to subsequently discontinue treatment due to an unwanted response after switching back.

A PET-based radiomics signature was able to predict the efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy and performed better than conventional PET biomarkers in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) may be a reliable indicator of long-term outcomes among patients who have myasthenia gravis (MG).

Several trial participants experienced concerning hepatobiliary events.

Researchers found that individuals who used e-cigarettes had a higher smoking abstinence rate in late pregnancy than those who used nicotine reduction therapy, especially for those who began using e-cigarettes before pregnancy.

Risk factors for developing polycythemia vera (PV) are discussed by Aaron Gerds, MD, MS.

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) may involve skin or nerve ending changes that could lead to peripheral neuropathy and changes in the transduction of specific stimuli.

Despite not reaching statistical significance, findings from DICTATE-AHF show early dapagliflozin improved decongestion and led to earlier hospital discharge for patients with acute decompensated heart failure, explained Zachary Cox, PharmD, professor at Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy.

Patients treated by rheumatologists were more often treated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, according to one study.