Thomas Jefferson University

An analysis of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who received immune checkpoint inhibitors showed those with obesity survived longer than those with normal BMI.

Published results showed obstructive sleep apnea had a significant association with overall complications, as well as pulmonary and thromboembolic complications, among patients after total joint arthroplasty.

Men vaccinated for HPV less frequently developed all related cancers, particularly head and neck cancers, according to findings scheduled for presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Compared with a traditional postoperative opioid regimen, a multimodal pain management regimen increased satisfaction for patients who underwent outpatient orthopedic hand or wrist surgery, according to published results.

A minimally invasive, CT-guided procedure was linked to a restored sense of smell among patients with long COVID, according to results of a small study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In this video, Javad Parvizi, MD, president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, recaps and discusses the AAHKS Annual Meeting, which took place Nov. 2 to 5.

Members of racial and ethnic minority groups are significantly less likely to participate in cancer clinical trials than their non-Hispanic white counterparts, study results showed.

Primary transoral robotic surgery appeared associated with greater risk for short-term dysphagia compared with primary radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy among patients with T1-T2 oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, study results showed.

In his new role as president and CEO of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, pediatric hematologist oncologist E. Anders Kolb, MD, aims to expand his life’s work in advancing blood cancer research and therapies for patients of all ages.

Data show many people with atherosclerotic CVD did not have risk factors monitored during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to variable outcomes in BP, lipid and glucose control, researchers reported.