Abortion in the Presidential Debate: Trump Defends State Bans, Harris Vows National Protections
September 16th 2024The presidential debate showed the candidates’ differing views on women's health care, an area of medicine that currently faces issues related to patient care and outcomes as well as barriers to access.
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Rising Incidence of Young-Onset Cancer: Causes and Generational Risk Factors
September 16th 2024At ESMO Congress 2024, Shuji Ogino, MD, PhD, MS, explained that the rising incidence of young-onset cancer may be due to generational risk factors such as lifestyle, diet, and environmental changes, emphasizing the need for long-term research and follow up to understand early-life influences on cancer development.
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Healing Wounds Through Peer Support
September 16th 2024September is National Recovery Month, and we are bringing you another limited-edition month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In this third episode, we speak with Kim MacDonald-Wilson, ScD, CPRP, and Tracy Carney, CPS, CPRP.
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Clinical research presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress 2024 highlights the significant survival benefits of perioperative and neoadjuvant immunotherapy with nivolumab and nivolumab plus ipilimumab, while emphasizing the role of biomarkers, such as circulating tumor DNA and KRAS mutations, in guiding treatment decisions.
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Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Superior to Targeted Therapy in Stage III Melanoma
September 15th 2024While neoadjuvant therapy in stage III or greater melanoma is already the standard of care, new research presented at European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024 shows that what therapy is used is important for outcomes.
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Enfortumab Vedotin Effective in Patients With Urothelial Cancer Outside of Clinical Trials
September 14th 2024Enfortumab vedotin showed a robust disease control rate in patients with urothelial cancer outside of a clinical trial, and its efficacy was not inferior in patients with diabetes and/or neuropathy.
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Fianlimab Plus Cemiplimab Shows Deep, Durable Responses in Melanoma: Dr Meredith McKean
September 14th 2024Deepened, persistent responses were seen in the long term among patients with advanced melanoma treated with fianlimab and cemiplimab, Meredith McKean, MD, MPH, director of melanoma and skin cancer research for Sarah Cannon Research Institute, explained.
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From Policy to Practice: NCCN Summit Explores Equity in the Cancer Workforce
September 13th 2024The National Comprehensive Cancer Network Policy Summit emphasized the importance of integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into the oncology workforce to improve cancer care outcomes and address disparities while navigating legal and societal challenges.
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Fighting HIV Stigma: Empowering Global Leaders for Change
September 13th 2024In a session at AIDS 2024, the International AIDS Conference, global leaders and community advocates gathered to discuss why stigma and shame continue to attach themselves to an HIV diagnosis and why policy efforts to overcome both must persist.
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5 Specialty Care Shortages in Rural Communities
September 13th 2024Here are 5 areas of specialty care that rural communities often lack, putting them at a distinct disadvantage for optimal short- and long-term health outcomes and highlighting inequitable access to care for those often living in economically disadvantaged areas.
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Progress and Momentum to Improve Patient Access to Quality, Timely Cancer Care
September 13th 2024During the first fireside chat at the Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting, Alyssa Schatz, MSW, of National Comprehensive Cancer Network, discussed work being done to improve care for patients with cancer.
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