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President Joe Biden has chosen surgical oncologist Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, to serve as director of the National Cancer Institute, according to published reports.

Men prescribed long-acting testosterone undecanoate injections had a higher adherence to therapy at 1 year compared with those receiving short-acting testosterone cypionate injections, according to study findings.

Women in Uganda with HIV may be more susceptible to chronic lung diseases, according to results of a longitudinal cohort study published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Tofacitinib shows no evidence of an increased risk for malignancies compared with TNF inhibitors when used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Preoperative MRI led to significantly fewer postoperative complications among men undergoing prostatectomy for prostate cancer, according to study results.

According to published results, the Medicare value-based purchasing program was not associated with improved patient experience or satisfaction at safety-net vs. non-safety-net hospitals.

SAN FRANCISCO — At the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, Miho J. Tanaka, MD, discussed acceptable variations and surgical techniques for medial patellofemoral complex reconstruction.

A small cohort of pregnant women with type 1 diabetes improved time in range with use of a closed-loop insulin delivery system with a zone model predictive control algorithm, according to findings from a small pilot study.

Reductions in bone mineral density in adolescents with obesity who undergo sleeve gastrectomy are associated with changes in sex hormones, sclerostin and enteric peptides, according to study findings.

Healio spoke with Daphna Yael Spiegel, MD, MS, about screening, delays in diagnosis, and other ways the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the breast cancer care continuum.