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PD-1 blockade conferred benefit to certain women with surgically resectable endometrial cancer, findings presented at Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer showed.

A novel two-drug combination exhibited antitumor activity among certain women with advanced endometrial cancer, data presented at Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer showed.

SAN DIEGO — Rheumatoid arthritis has received less attention than other diseases in recent years, but some “new concepts” may rouse it from its current “doldrums,” said a speaker at the 2024 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

Effective counseling for people with cancer about sexual and reproductive health must account for the individual’s personal story, gender identity and long-term goals of care, according to a speaker.

An international group of oncologists and patient advocates has launched a movement to establish a more patient-centered approach to cancer care and research.

While the percentage of women and nonwhite individuals in academic medicine and biomedical research has increased, the proportion of women among recipients of the Lasker Award has not changed in more than 7 decades.

Lipoprotein(a) was associated with prevalent and incident aortic valve calcification and calcium progression in participants without aortic stenosis, researchers reported.

The abortion debate in the United States can be viewed through many lenses.

A once-weekly dose of prophylactic efanesoctocog alfa conferred a significant reduction in annualized bleed rate compared with the use of prophylactic factor VIII agents, results of the pivotal phase 3 XTEND-1 study showed.

The percentage of patients presenting with late-stage breast and colorectal cancers increased between 2019 and 2020 at Moores Cancer Center at University of California San Diego Health, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.