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(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Adding an investigational TROP2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) to first-line immunotherapy for PD-L1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) reduced the risk of disease progression and may have improved...
Read full article →Rick Pazdur on the FDA: “We've had a lot of destruction here, and it doesn't mean that we have to just go back and say, well, let's rebuild it as…
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Functional endometrial recovery was not a sure thing for patients who underwent fertility-sparing treatment before endometrial cancer treatment, researchers from China reported. In the retrospective cohort study, patients who...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- I have spent 20 years working in out-of-network healthcare reimbursement. After reading the New York Times article "A $440,000 Breast Reduction? How Doctors Cash In on a Health Care Law," I felt the payer's use of the independent...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Combining two targeted therapies with standard-of-care chemotherapy extended progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with newly diagnosed B-cell lymphomas, according to data from the frontMIND trial. In the...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump on Friday gave his endorsement to a January study by HHS that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child. An executive order from Trump directs federal agencies to align...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Editor's Note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. Brayan Rayo Garzon was distraught...
Read full article →Some vibrio infections can lead to necrotizing fasciitis, a serious form of bacterial infection commonly referred to as "flesh-eating" disease. People who get this serious form of vibrio infection may need intensive care or limb amputation.
Read full article →President Trump is signing off on a decision from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier this year to cut down on the number of required vaccinations for children. The president endorsed these adjusted immunization requirements in an executive order on Friday. Trump cited his administration’s commitment to “protecting religious liberty and parental...
Read full article →KFF Health News' editor-at-large for public health discussed peptides, colorectal cancer screening, and Ebola in TV appearances this week.
Read full article →CEO Mark Goldsmith says Revolution Medicines will submit pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib for FDA approval soon.
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