Recurrence

Fertility preservation did not appear associated with an increased risk for breast cancer recurrence or disease-specific mortality among a cohort of young women diagnosed with breast cancer, according to study results.

An experimental test may help predict which patients with cancer may develop disease recurrence after immunotherapy treatment, according to study results published in Clinical Cancer Research.

In patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, disease reactivation occurred within months of cessation of disease-modifying therapy but was reduced after starting a new treatment, according to a study published in Neurology.

Recurrent bacterial vaginosis (BV) impacts quality of life, but treatment is currently limited to repeated courses of antibiotics.

For survivors of cancer and its treatment, fear of disease recurrence is an overarching struggle, even years after active treatment.

SAN FRANCISCO — Surgeons should treat patients with first-time shoulder dislocations critically by identifying risk of recurrence, the risk of delaying surgery and the relative success and risk of surgery, according to a presenter here.

In this video, Mark T. Fleming, MD, discusses results from the SPOTLIGHT study, which he presented at this year’s American Urological Association meeting.

SAN DIEGO — The risk for postoperative recurrence of Crohn’s disease after ileocolic resection did not increase among older patients compared with a younger cohort, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.

SAN FRANCISCO - Although both button and screw fixation improved outcomes in patients with more than 15% glenoid bone loss, results presented here showed button fixation had a higher recurrence rate.

A combined set of clinical and biological variables predicted polyp recurrence and severity among patients who have had endoscopic sinus surgery, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.