April 28th 2025
New research suggests classical biomarkers cannot discriminate between refractory and non-refractory rheumatoid arthritis.
Many Cases of Adult-Onset T1D Are Diagnosed After Age 30, Study Finds
October 7th 2023In the overall population of more than 1.3 million US adults, 37% of patients reported being diagnosed with T1D after 30 years, with men and racial or ethnic minorities diagnosed later compared with women and non-Hispanic White adults.
Read More
Innovations in Cancer Care Improve Outcomes, but Cost Remains a Barrier: Christine Pfaff, RPh
October 6th 2023Christine Pfaff, RPh, senior regional director of operations at American Oncology Network, discusses the role of immunotherapy and precision medicine in oncology, as well as considerations for patient safety and financial toxicity when prescribing oncology drugs.
Read More
Dempsey Center Research Demonstrates Importance of Supporting Oncology Care Providers
October 6th 2023The interrelated concepts of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, moral distress, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction have been identified as having a profound impact on the quality of life of health care providers.
Read More
Bridging RT Before CAR T-Cell Therapy Can Benefit Patients With R/R DLBCL
October 6th 2023Researchers found that patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) may benefit from bridging radiation therapy (RT) ahead of receiving chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.
Read More
Need for PrEP Support Services Persists Among Latino MSM
October 4th 2023Among Latino men who have sex with men (MSM), access to and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) remain at suboptimal levels, despite this population of individuals having disproportionately high rates of diagnosed HIV in the United States.
Read More
Health Affairs Challenges Systemic Racism in Health Care
October 2nd 2023The October issue of Health Affairs examines the multifaceted aspects of structural racism in health care, exploring historical roots, policy implications, public biases, innovative solutions, and institutional challenges, urging action to confront and dismantle disparities.
Read More
Review Highlights Potential of Neoadjuvant Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Multiple Cancers
September 30th 2023Recent evidence suggests that neoadjuvant immunotherapy offers a unique opportunity to explore disease mechanisms and identify new biomarkers of immune checkpoint blockade response and resistance, according to the researchers.
Read More
Biosimilars Could Help With Increasing Costs for AMD Therapies in Medicare
September 29th 2023Drug maker payments to ophthalmologists were associated with the choice of higher-cost therapies for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that could increase Medicare costs, but biosimilars could help.
Read More
Axi-Cel Yields High Responses in R/R High-Risk Large B-Cell Lymphoma
September 29th 2023Findings from the phase 2 ALYCANTE trial support axicabtagene ciloleucel as a second-line treatment for patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma who are ineligible to undergo a transplant.
Read More
Dato-Dxd Shows Survival Improvements in HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer
September 29th 2023The dual primary end points of overall survival and progression-free survival were encouraging when patients with hormone receptor–positive (HR+), HER2-negative (HER2–) breast cancer were treated with datopotamab deruxtecan.
Read More
Physical Activity Improves Performance, Frailty Scores, PROs in Multiple Myeloma
September 28th 2023Exercises such as resistance training and walking were safe and effective interventions that were associated with improved frailty scores and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in patients with multiple myeloma receiving systemic treatment.
Read More
Surgery, Radiation for PCa Show Equal Efficacy in Candidates for Renal Transplantation
September 27th 2023A recent study suggests that patients with high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) in need of renal transplantation should receive cancer treatment before their transplants, as surgery and radiation treatment for localized PCa appear to be equally effective in this patient population.
Read More
Collaboration Is Key to Success in Alternative Payment Models, Says COA’s Nick Ferreyros
September 27th 2023The number one ingredient that an oncology-based alternative payment model needs to succeed is collaboration, explained Nicolas Ferreyros, managing director of policy, advocacy, and communications, Community Oncology Alliance (COA).
Watch
Updates Are Driving the Field of MDS Forward, but Changes Still Needed
September 25th 2023In just the last 2 years there have been updates in classification, risk assessment, and response criteria in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), but additional efforts are needed to improve these, and there remains a need for better therapies.
Read More
Autonomic Dysfunction Significantly Associated With Decreased Quality of Life in MS, NMOSD
September 23rd 2023Findings showed that autonomic symptom burden was slightly more severe in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with those with NMOSD, although the difference was not statistically significant.
Read More
Breast Cancer Risk Linked to Air Pollution Exposure
September 22nd 2023Data from 6 states—California, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania—and 2 metropolitan areas—Atlanta, Georgia, and Detroit, Michigan—collected through the National Institutes of Health–AARP Diet and Health Study were used for the investigation.
Read More