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Circulating DNA has promise for cancer detection, but faces challenges
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- Jim Kling
Unnecessary procedures and health care challenges could leave Whites as the primary beneficiaries.
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Pembrolizumab monotherapy effective for rare melanoma
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- Jim Kling
Patients with unresectable desmoplastic melanoma experienced a response rate that was nearly double other melanomas.
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Type of insurance linked to length of survival after lung surgery
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- Jim Kling
Having public or a combination of public and private insurance was associated with worse 10-year overall survival.
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Thoracic cancer approvals differ at FDA, EMA
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- Jim Kling
The EMA had fewer approvals and took longer to make decisions.
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In metastatic NSCLC, better QoL outcomes tied to better outcomes
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- Jim Kling
But the authors of new research also found potential evidence that industry sponsorship may lead to a spin on QoL outcomes.
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Patients with IBD express need for psychosocial support
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- Jim Kling
- Carolyn Crist
AGA launches My IBD Life campaign to support patients with IBD and encourage providers to play a role.
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Patient-based mouse MVID model hints at mechanism
- Author:
- Jim Kling
A method using gene editing at the two-cell stage recreated in mice the phenotype of a patient with two separate mutations.
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Defensiveness may drive refusal for colon cancer screening
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- Jim Kling
An Irish study pinpoints excuses for putting off screening and discounting one’s risk of colorectal cancer.
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An earlier hep B biomarker for clinical outcomes?
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- Jim Kling
Levels of a core-related antigen marker plunge years before a drop in the surface antigen, finds a natural history study of patients with chronic...
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MS looks homogeneous
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- Jim Kling
An analysis of clinical factors and treatment responses calls for personal rather than precision medicine.
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Portable MRI has potential for MS
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- Jim Kling
A blinded study showed good agreement with high-field MRI for some applications, but more development is needed.
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A better MS measure?
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- Jim Kling
A ‘digital carpet’ may provide more granular information about functional decline in patients with MS.
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MOGAD: Immunotherapy predicts fewer relapses
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- Jim Kling
IVIG therapy appears to be the most effective for reducing relapses.
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To prevent MS, should we target EBV?
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- Jim Kling
Can a vaccine against EBV reduce MS incidence on a population level? Two experts debate.
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Differential diagnosis in MS: What to watch for
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- Jim Kling
‘Red flags’ suggest something other than MS.