Rutgers University
Women oncologists receive significantly lower general payments from industry than men
An analysis of industry payments to medical oncologists showed men received significantly higher speaker fees, consulting fees and other general payments than women between 2016 and 2020.
Anitocabtagene autoleucel exhibits durable efficacy in high-risk advanced multiple myeloma
SAN DIEGO — Anitocabtagene autoleucel exhibited durable efficacy among heavily pretreated patients with high-risk relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, results of the phase 2 iMMagine-1 study showed.
Axi-cel exhibits durable benefit in advanced indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma
SAN DIEGO — Treatment with axicabtagene ciloleucel conferred durable benefit to patients with relapsed or refractory indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to study results presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Tandem non-cryopreserved CAR-T exhibits ‘favorable’ activity in advanced DLBCL
SAN DIEGO — A rapidly delivered tandem chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy produced favorable outcomes for patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to interim results of a phase 2 trial.
Urea reduction ratio may predict skeletal muscle mass index for adults on hemodialysis
Urea reduction ratio — a metric of hemodialysis efficacy in removing urea — may predict skeletal muscle mass for adults on maintenance hemodialysis, according to research published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.
Nonoperative management of high ankle sprains may yield acceptable long-term outcomes
According to published results, patients with high ankle sprains without diastasis who were treated with nonoperative management yielded acceptable long-term outcomes with low rates of subsequent ankle injuries.
Health care-based voter registration, Vot-ER, reaches young, diverse population
The health care-based voter mobilization organization, Vot-ER, registered and mobilized a younger and more racially and ethnically diverse population of voters for the 2020 election vs. the general population of U.S. adults.
Chemotherapy regimen improves survival in advanced esophageal cancer
CHIGAGO — Perioperative chemotherapy improved OS in patients with locally advanced esophageal adenocarcinoma compared with chemoradiation prior to surgery, results form a randomized phase 3 trial presented at ASCO Annual Meeting showed.
Orthopedic-related sports injuries in oldest patient population may outpace surgeons
SAN FRANCISCO — Orthopedic-related sports injuries in patients aged at least 65 years may outpace the number of orthopedic surgeons, according to results presented here.
Circulating tumor DNA detection may predict treatment outcomes in colorectal cancer
Circulating tumor DNA-based detection of molecular residual disease appeared to be highly prognostic of patient outcomes, according to data presented at ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.