STAT+: As Ebola outbreak grows, Trump administration veers from previous government playbook
Trump officials are disregarding the Biden administration's detailed pandemic plans in favor of their own strategy.
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No Survival Dip After Skipping Axillary Surgery for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Skipping axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for selected patients with locally advanced breast cancer did not adversely affect survival, findings from a randomized trial showed. Patients who omitted ALND after...
Read full article →Multicancer Early Detection Test Fails to Reduce Cancers Detected at Late Stages
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Adding a multicancer early detection (MCED) blood test to standard of care did not reduce the number of cancers detected at stage III or IV across a dozen tumor types for which no screening tests are currently available...
Read full article →Tile-Based Radiation Tops Standard for Resected Brain Metastases
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Radioactive tiles implanted immediately after the surgical resection of a newly diagnosed brain metastasis improved local control over standard stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) given weeks later, findings of a phase...
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