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Patient advocate-led study reveals need for dosing reform in metastatic breast cancer
Innovative dosing strategies are warranted to improve the well-being of individuals with metastatic breast cancer, according to a patient advocate-led study published in JCO Oncology Practice.
Manuka honey shows ‘very surprising’ potential to reduce breast cancer tumor growth
Manuka honey may represent an alternative natural approach to reducing tumor growth in breast cancer, according to research conducted at UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Trial to assess personalized vaccine for aggressive brain tumors
A first-in-human clinical trial will assess the safety of a personalized vaccine to treat diffuse hemispheric glioma, an aggressive brain tumor.
Some PTSD dimensions tied to urinary symptoms, hot flashes for midlife women veterans
Aspects of PTSD across several dimensions were associated with menopause-related health in midlife women veterans such as urinary and vasomotor symptoms, vasomotor symptom interference and sexual dysfunction, researchers reported.
High blood pressure common in young athletes at single-visit screening event
More than 40% of young athletes who participated in a single-visit screening program had prehypertension or hypertension, according to data presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Care of the Athletic Heart conference.
Oncologist receives Szent-Györgyi Prize for groundbreaking research discoveries
Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD, received the Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research.
Type of menopausal hormone therapy may influence cancer risk
CHICAGO — Cancer risk among women varied based on the type of menopausal hormone therapy they used, according to randomized study results scheduled for presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting.
Pregnancy CVD risk calculator may underestimate odds for events among low-resource women
ATLANTA — Pregnant women with fewer economic resources may still be at elevated risk for CVD despite a low score on a CVD risk calculator, researchers reported.
Q&A: First responders need to be trained in how women present with heart attack
Too often, heart attack signals are missed or misdiagnosed in women, not just by patients and providers, but by first responders as well.
California doctor with lung cancer receives first-of-its-kind lung-liver transplant
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute have performed what is believed to be the first-ever combined lung-liver transplant for a patient with advanced lung cancer, according to medical staff at Northwestern Medicine.