July 5th 2025
Collaborations between academic and community cancer centers enhance access to care, with success in acute myeloid leukemia and precision oncology.
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine was found to be safe and effective in children aged 6 to 11 years; the Biden administration seeks to increase the availability of cost-effective rapid at-home COVID-19 tests; President Joe Biden will impose new vaccine requirements for international air travelers and lift current travel restrictions.
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Researchers Hope Single-Cell Tumor Immune Atlas Can Improve Predictions in Precision Oncology
October 26th 2021A pan-cancer reference atlas provides a framework for an immune-based patient stratification that study authors expect to be predictive for patient prognosis and immunotherapy response at an elevated level after further studies.
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Comparing Costs and HRU for Tisagenlecleucel vs Axicabtagene Ciloleucel for DLBCL
October 25th 2021Posters presented at AMCP Nexus 2021 evaluated the health care resource utilization (HRU) and costs associated with the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies tisagenlecleucel and axicabtagene ciloleucel.
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The nation's top infectious disease expert expects COVID-19 vaccination to be made available for children aged 5 to 11 years by early November; Walmart recalls aromatherapy spray due to rare and deadly bacteria contamination; COVID-19–related brain fog has been found to persist in patients for months after infection.
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Cataplexy, Sleep Latency in Narcolepsy May Improve With Nightly Sodium Oxybate
October 23rd 2021Two abstracts presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2021 showed that patients with narcolepsy treated with once-nightly sodium oxybate, FT218, vs placebo exhibited significant improvements in sleep latency and cataplexy.
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Liquid Biopsy of Cerebrospinal Fluid May Improve Treatment Considerations in NSCLC
October 22nd 2021Study findings suggest that the unique genomic variations of cerebrospinal fluid can be leveraged as a liquid biopsy to effectively and safely improve decision-making regarding treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with leptomeningeal metastasis.
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Ixekizumab Improves Retention vs Secukinumab in Patients With Psoriasis
October 20th 2021Biologic-experienced patients with psoriasis exhibited significantly improved treatment adherence and lower discontinuation, nonpersistence, and switching rates over 18 months when prescribed ixekizumab vs secukinumab.
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Adalimumab Biosimilar Shows Equivalent Efficacy, Safety to Reference Humira for Psoriasis
October 20th 2021Adalimumab biosimilar AVT02 exhibited comparative efficacy, safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity to the reference drug Humira in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis.
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Additional Data on Possible Chronic Cough Therapy Presented at CHEST 2021
October 20th 2021There are currently no FDA-approved treatments for refractory chronic cough or unexplained chronic cough. At the CHEST Annual Meeting 2021, attendees heard a readout from a durability study as well as pooled analyses from 2 phase 3 trials for gefapixant.
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Hypoglycemia Upon Hospital Admission From Long-term Care: Health Care Resource Use
This analysis of a hospital billing database describes inpatient length of stay, intensive care unit length of stay, comorbidities, and costs for patients with diabetes after admission with hypoglycemia from long-term care or home.
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Dr Malvika Kaul: Paradoxical Bronchospasm Should Be More Recognized in COPD, Asthma
October 19th 2021Paradoxical bronchospasm, although rare, should be recognized more often in spirometry tests, said pulmonologist Malvika Kaul, MD, who discussed study findings from a population of veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, where the possibly life-threatening condition was not picked up in lung tests.
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Dr Nicole Herbst on the Effect of ICU Visitor Restrictions on Provider Burnout
October 19th 2021Nicole Herbst, MD, a pulmonary and critical care fellow, talks about how visitor restrictions and communication practices in intensive care units (ICUs) during the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted provider job satisfaction and were linked to job burnout, according to a survey presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2021.
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Addressing Disparities in Uptake, Screening, and Research for Lung Cancer Care
October 19th 2021A panel discussion at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2021 discussed disparities related to race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status that have been shown to impact access to high-quality lung cancer care.
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Evaluating Treatment Goals, Preferences in Parents and Young Patients With Psoriasis
October 15th 2021Pediatric populations, young adults, and parents all identified differing goals and preferences of treatment for psoriasis, with the most important treatment goals overall cited as lesion prevention and reduction.
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