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May 30, 2022
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VIDEO: Thoracic oncologist highlights key lung cancer studies to watch at ASCO

VIDEO: Thoracic oncologist highlights key lung cancer studies to watch at ASCO

Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH, shared with Healio non-small cell lung cancer studies she is most looking forward to seeing the results of at the ASCO Annual Meeting, taking place June 3-7 in Chicago.

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May 23, 2022
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Cancer organizations issue recommendations to increase clinical trial diversity

Cancer organizations issue recommendations to increase clinical trial diversity

ASCO and the Association of Community Cancer Centers have jointly developed recommendations for improving equity, diversity and inclusion in cancer clinical trials.

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May 19, 2022
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Psoriatic arthritis trials should seek deeper remission states, end placebo controls

Psoriatic arthritis trials should seek deeper remission states, end placebo controls

Clinical trials for psoriatic arthritis therapies should place a greater focus on using deeper states of remission as primary and co-primary endpoints, according to speakers at the FDA & American College of Rheumatology Virtual Summit.

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May 17, 2022
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Rapid manufacturing process allows CAR T cells to be produced in less than a day

Rapid manufacturing process allows CAR T cells to be produced in less than a day

One of the major complaints of clinicians who treat patients with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies is the time required to produce the highly individualized treatment.

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April 24, 2022
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CAR-T shows ‘promising’ effectiveness for high-risk multiple myeloma

CAR-T shows ‘promising’ effectiveness for high-risk multiple myeloma

SALT LAKE CITY — Ciltacabtagene autoleucel induced a 95% overall response rate among patients with multiple myeloma who had early relapse after front-line therapy, according to results of a cohort analysis from the CARTITUDE-2 trial.

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April 19, 2022
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COVID-19 prevention must extend beyond vaccines for patients receiving cell therapies

COVID-19 prevention must extend beyond vaccines for patients receiving cell therapies

Infection mitigation with vaccines is essential for patients with hematologic malignancies because they are at increased risk for severe infection, hospitalization and mortality if they contract COVID-19.

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April 14, 2022
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Extreme heat drives CV death risk in men, Black adults

Extreme heat drives CV death risk in men, Black adults

WASHINGTON — A greater number of extreme heat days was associated with elevated CV mortality in men and Black adults across the United States from 2008 to 2017, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

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March 31, 2022
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Differential treatment response does not explain higher survival in patients with obesity, PAH

Differential treatment response does not explain higher survival in patients with obesity, PAH

Differential treatment response may not explain the survival benefit seen in some patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and obesity, researchers reported in Chest.

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March 25, 2022
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Next breakthrough for CAR T cells may come in acute myeloid leukemia

Next breakthrough for CAR T cells may come in acute myeloid leukemia

Commercially available chimeric antigen receptor T cells for acute myeloid leukemia could be just a few years away, according to a presenter at the inaugural Personalizing Pediatric Cancer Care Summit.

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March 04, 2022
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Prior high-risk penicillin reactions should not prevent provocation challenges in children

Prior high-risk penicillin reactions should not prevent provocation challenges in children

PHOENIX — Factors considered high risk for penicillin allergy should not preclude children from undergoing reevaluation, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

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