University Of Pittsburgh

Adjuvant ado-trastuzumab emtansine significantly prolonged survival compared with trastuzumab for certain women with HER2-positive breast cancer, according to long-term results of a randomized phase 3 trial.

SAN ANTONIO — Steffi Oesterreich, PhD, received this year’s AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research.

In the United States, mass violence has slightly increased, accounting for 1% of homicides in 2023 vs. 0.2% from 2000 to 2016, according to a report by the Medical Director Institute of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.

Stroke rates among individuals with sickle cell disease have increased steadily over the last 25 years despite guidelines aimed at prevention, according to results of a retrospective study.

Overall rates of postdischarge follow-up care after heart disease hospitalization has increased, but gaps in follow-up care for Black and Medicaid dual-eligible patients widened, researchers reported.

When it comes to work-life balance, clinicians in the past skewed more toward the former.

Fewer U.S. adults aged 40 to 75 years are eligible for statin therapy for primary CVD prevention in the new PREVENT risk calculator compared with the older Pooled Cohort Equation, researchers reported.

Patients with cancer who received specialized mental health support experienced improved quality of life, as well as reduced pain, depression and fatigue.

A web-based educational aid significantly improved decision-making for pregnant women considering tubal sterilization after delivery vs. usual care, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity who underwent bariatric surgery were more likely to achieve diabetes remission at 7 years than those treated with medication or lifestyle intervention, according to study findings published in JAMA.