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April 12, 2024
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Educational video helps ‘empower’ Black men to take control of prostate cancer risk

Educational video helps ‘empower’ Black men to take control of prostate cancer risk

A 10-minute video designed to educate Black men on prostate cancer risks prompted 93% of viewers to report they intend to be screened in the future, according to study results presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

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April 11, 2024
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Q&A: Newly identified genetic loci may allow future prediction of type 2 diabetes risk

Q&A: Newly identified genetic loci may allow future prediction of type 2 diabetes risk

A set of newly identified genetic risk factors tied to the development of type 2 diabetes could eventually lead to the discovery of genotypes that allow providers to identify people at highest risk for complications.

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March 19, 2024
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Low likelihood of antimicrobials for sepsis during shift changes, night shifts

Low likelihood of antimicrobials for sepsis during shift changes, night shifts

During hours of the day signaling shift changes and night shifts, the likelihood of starting antimicrobials for hospital-onset sepsis was reduced, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

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March 06, 2024
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Liquid biopsy offers ‘meaningful approach’ to understanding CAR-T

Liquid biopsy offers ‘meaningful approach’ to understanding CAR-T

Liquid biopsy could provide enhanced information about chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy compared with normally used DNA, RNA and protein assays, according to findings published in Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer.

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January 24, 2024
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‘Shocking’ results reveal imaging can detect early response to immunotherapy for melanoma

‘Shocking’ results reveal imaging can detect early response to immunotherapy for melanoma

Metabolic changes can be identified in patients with advanced melanoma by imaging tumors within 1 week of beginning immunotherapy, according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research.

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January 12, 2024
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VIDEO: Revumenib ‘exciting’ for certain patients with relapsed/refractory AML

VIDEO: Revumenib ‘exciting’ for certain patients with relapsed/refractory AML

SAN DIEGO — In this video, Catherine Lai, MD, MPH, discusses the results from the Augment-101 phase 2 study presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

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January 12, 2024
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VIDEO: Oral arsenic therapy ‘promising’ for acute myeloid leukemia subset

VIDEO: Oral arsenic therapy ‘promising’ for acute myeloid leukemia subset

SAN DIEGO — Catherine Lai, MD, MPH, spoke with Healio about a study assessing an all-oral regimen that included arsenic for patients with high-risk acute promyelocytic leukemia, a subset of acute myeloid leukemia.

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January 11, 2024
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VIDEO: Early phase trials investigate triplet therapy in acute myeloid leukemia

VIDEO: Early phase trials investigate triplet therapy in acute myeloid leukemia

SAN DIEGO — In this video, Catherine Lai, MD, MPH, highlights early phase studies presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition that investigated triplet therapy in acute myeloid leukemia.

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January 11, 2024
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VIDEO: More research needed before stopping azacitidine/venetoclax after AML remission

VIDEO: More research needed before stopping azacitidine/venetoclax after AML remission

SAN DIEGO — In this video, Catherine Lai, MD, MPH, spoke with Healio about patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed acute myeloid leukemia who stopped treatment with azacitidine/venetoclax after receiving one or more cycles past remission.

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November 22, 2023
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Q&A: Food Is Medicine initiative to set stage for future dietary intervention research

Q&A: Food Is Medicine initiative to set stage for future dietary intervention research

A recent American Heart Association Presidential Advisory stated that roughly 90% of the $4.3 trillion spent annually in the U.S. on health care is consumed by treatment of chronic disease, for which poor diet is often a major risk factor.

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