Massachusetts General Hospital

Adults who underwent surgery for most cancer types had a significantly higher incidence of suicide compared with the U.S. general population, results of a retrospective study in JAMA Oncology showed.

National registry data show only one-third of U.S. hospitals are using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays as of September 2021, with most continuing to use less sensitive cardiac troponin assays despite guideline recommendations.

Researchers identified the presence of circulating spike protein that evaded antibody recognition in adolescents and young adults who present with myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA vaccination.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have developed machine learning-based methods to predict which patients with early-stage melanoma have the highest risk for disease recurrence.

Initiation rates of GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors among older adults with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or congestive heart failure remained low from 2016 to 2019, according to study data.

SAN ANTONIO — The addition of carboplatin to sequential taxane-anthracycline neoadjuvant chemotherapy significantly improved outcomes among patients with triple-negative breast cancer, according to study results.

SAN ANTONIO — Sacituzumab govitecan prolonged survival compared with physician’s choice of therapy among patients with heavily pretreated breast cancer, according to results presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

SAN ANTONIO — Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki induced encouraging response rates among certain patients with early breast cancer, according to findings presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

A deep-learning model using information from a single chest X-ray reliably predicted atherosclerotic CVD risk and statin eligibility when compared with a common risk calculator, researchers reported.

An updated guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association on diagnosing and managing aortic disease emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary care team.