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Patient safety vs. public health: The ethylene oxide dilemma
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
While the FDA says it “shares concerns about the release of ethylene oxide at unsafe levels into the environment,” the agency cautions that moving...
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Alcohol consumption may not influence breast cancer prognosis, study
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
The findings could help in developing specific guidelines related to the prevention of breast cancer recurrence and death in survivors.
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FDA approves elranatamab for multiple myeloma
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
Elranatamab previously received Breakthrough Therapy Designation for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
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FDA OKs combo therapy of niraparib, abiraterone acetate for prostate cancer
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
This new agent "brings an important treatment option to patients with prostate cancer as they consider their road ahead."
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FDA OKs talquetamab, a first-in-class myeloma tx
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
Accelerated approval has been granted by the FDA to talquetamab-tgvs, a bispecific antibody, for patients with myeloma who have undergone at least...
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AI-supported breast screens may reduce radiologist workload
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
The potential for overdiagnosis or overdetection of indolent lesions in the intervention group should “prompt caution in the interpretation of...
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Oncologists challenge ‘burdensome’ MOC requirements
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
“It’s a pain-in-the-ass module that you sit at home and Google – it’s not really any sort of assessment,” nor does it help protect the public.
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New global initiative aims to reform cancer trials and care
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
“One concern is that over the last 10 years or so, most of our new treatments have had very, very small benefits and we think the bar has dropped...
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WHO declares aspartame as possible carcinogen
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
“In short the evidence that aspartame causes primary liver cancer, or any other cancer in humans, is very weak.”
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Higher alcohol consumption linked to early-onset CRC
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
Compared with light drinking, moderate and heavy drinking were associated with a significantly elevated risk of early-onset CRC.
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FDA approves talazoparib for metastatic prostate cancer
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
The new approval is based on findings from the randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 TALAPRO-2 trial.
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Widespread carboplatin, cisplatin shortages: NCCN survey
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
Only 64% of centers said they are still able to continue treating all current patients receiving carboplatin.
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FDA approves new indication for avapritinib
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
Purported “first and only approved medicine” to treat adults with indolent systemic mastocytosis has been greenlit by the FDA.
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Focus of new ASH VTE guidelines: Thrombophilia testing
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
New guidelines recommend testing for thrombophilia in patients with VTE provoked by a nonsurgical major transient risk factor or associated with...
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SCC from breast implants: Negligible risk, study finds
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- Sharon Worcester, MA
Regarding SCC, “whether the observed elevated risk is associated with the implants is difficult to interpret because it is based on only one case...