HemOnc Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of HemOnc Today.
Table of Contents
- Studies offer hope that JAK inhibitors may be reasonable therapy for myeloproliferative neoplasms
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- AACR presents memorial award
- Advanced-stage cancer patients experience significant pain variations
- ASH-AMFDP Award honorees announced
- Aspirin’s effect on cancer mortality may be more modest than previously believed
- C. difficile infection prevalent among stem cell transplant patients
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- Eleven named ASCO fellows
- Fellows receive training awards
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- Foundation names award honorees
- Global experts outline strategies to achieve ‘25 by 25’
- High-cost imaging use increased among Medicare patients with stage IV cancer
- Hospital meals contain excessive amounts of sodium
- HPV test superior to Pap for long-term prediction of cancer risk
- Mexico establishes universal health care within 10 years
- Pediatric regimens may provide insight into treatment of adult ALL
- Physician to receive award
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- Radiation to pancreas may increase risk for diabetes in childhood cancer survivors
- Research highlights move toward personalized treatment in AML
- Trials leader receives award
- US panel rejects ovarian cancer screening for asymptomatic women
- Worldwide cancer burden to cost trillions without action, experts warn
- FDA approves enzalutamide for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
- FDA approves pediatric dosage of everolimus for subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
- FDA approves treatment for severe neutropenia in cancer patients
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- PET/CT detected recurrent follicular lymphoma in stable, asymptomatic patient Munir Ghesani, MD, FACNM; Rangaswamy Chintapatla, MD; Janice Dutcher, MD; Digvijay Singh, MD
- Abdominal obesity increased risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma
- Adjuvant therapy may not affect survival rate of children with retinoblastoma
- Allergy biomarker associated with reduced risk for glioma, glioblastoma
- Anemia identified as risk factor for gout
- Automated detection method identified patients with incident lung nodules
- Bevacizumab maintenance therapy extended OS in patients with NSCLC
- Bleeding-risk prediction tools demonstrate modest performance
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- Blood pressure medications may increase lip cancer risk
- Calcium, vitamin D supplements failed to prevent BMD loss
- Certain IBD immunosuppressives increased risk for skin cancer
- Chemotherapy during pregnancy did not elevate risk for birth defects
- Chronic HCV can increase mortality risk from hepatic, extrahepatic diseases
- Common enzyme predicted treatment progression of patients with kidney cancer
- Denosumab superior to zoledronic acid in reducing bone metastases
- Depression may shorten cancer survival
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- EPVST linked to inflammation, not thrombophilia in alcoholic pancreatitis
- Ethanol rinsing lowers phenol levels after treatment of low-grade bone tumors
- HIV drug reduces GVHD in bone marrow transplant patients
- Immune responses occurred locally in melanoma metastases
- Incidence rate of CRC in patients with IBD elevated, stable over time
- Interactive education, texts increased likelihood of skin self-evaluations
- Interleukin-21 linked to favorable survival outcomes in metastatic melanoma
- Intravitreal chemotherapy may enable globe retention in retinoblastoma cases
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- Male gender, age associated with colorectal neoplasia among Hispanic patients
- Metformin not associated with a decreased risk for lung cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes
- Mohs' surgery effective, well-tolerated skin cancer treatment
- Molecular markers may predict which oral lesions progress to cancer
- MRI more accurately predicted breast tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- Multiple treatment approaches may be effective in stage I follicular lymphoma
- New screening method helped identify cancer in men with negative biopsies
- Nilotinib showed promise in imatinib-resistant/intolerant CML
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- Novel drug shows potential for advanced colon cancer
- Novel therapy may prevent osteonecrosis in pediatric ALL
- Prediction model may help identify candidates for Barrett’s esophagus screening
- Radiation after lumpectomy reduced risk for future mastectomy
- RARP linked to better functional outcomes than LRP
- Risk for dysplastic polyps associated with location, male gender
- Risk perceptions drove skin examinations in people without melanomas
- Anti-VEGF may be associated with higher rate of acute intraocular inflammation
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- Smoking associated with Crohn's disease, previous smoking with ulcerative colitis
- Sorafenib improved survival regardless of baseline characteristics in HCC patients
- Stem cells could boost supply of red blood cells
- Subcutaneous trastuzumab noninferior to standard IV delivery
- Surveillance program for gallbladder polyps potentially beneficial, cost-effective
- TBI for pediatric malignancies linked to multi-organ dysfunction
- Vandetanib showed promise in treating advanced thyroid cancer
- PROTECT: ZES not superior to SES in long-term rates of definite, probable stent thrombosis
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- Stopping antiplatelet therapy increases mortality risk after cardiac surgery for TKA patients
- WOEST: Less bleeding risk with dual therapy