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Still too early to determine impact of 1-year deferral for MSM blood donors
The rates of deferral were evaluated in two 7-month periods before and after the policy change.
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Measures needed to identify past pregnancy in transgender male blood donors
If HLA testing is not performed in these cases, male blood recipients can potentially be placed at risk.
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Adding bortezomib to R-CHOP didn’t improve survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Could the phase-2 PYRAMID trial’s bortezomib dosing explain the lack of significant benefit?
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Eribulin superior to dacarbazine in advanced liposarcoma
Overall survival with eribulin was 15.6 versus 8.4 months with dacarbazine in a phase 3 randomized trial of 452 patients with advanced liposarcoma...
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In Hodgkin lymphoma, HAPLO transplant outcomes match those of conventional transplants
HAPLO transplants may prove a better option than HLA-matched unrelated donor transplants.
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Physician burnout common, not readily recognized
CHICAGO – Stress can push you to perform, but burnout just leaves you burnt.
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Physician burnout common, not readily recognized by sufferers
CHICAGO – “But burnout is a very slow and insidious process. A lot of the time we don’t recognize it. . ."
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No survival benefit with adjuvant girentuximab in high-risk RCC
Adjuvant therapy with girentuximab failed to improve either disease-free or overall survival, compared with placebo, in a cohort of patients in...
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Waiving screening copayments could cut colorectal cancer deaths
CHICAGO – Out-of-pocket costs may present a barrier to colorectal screening, and removing those costs could reduce colorectal cancer deaths,...
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Exhaustive leveling needed for diagnosis of colon adenomas
Adenomas are too often missed, “partially because pathologists are not typically evaluating an entire specimen.”
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Gastrointestinal healing in treated celiac patients can vary
CHICAGO – Gluten-free may not be freeing for many recovering patients.
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Waiving screening copayments could cut colorectal cancer deaths
CHICAGO – Would waiving out-of-pocket costs for colorectal cancer screening be cost effective?
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Infliximab biosimilar noninferior to originator in IBD – NOR-SWITCH
CHICAGO – Can use of biosimilars save money for IBD patients and health care systems?
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IL-2 and IL-8 elevated after gluten ingestion on gluten-free diet
CHICAGO – Can serum cytokines after a gluten challenge diagnose celiac disease?
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Misoprostol effective in healing aspirin-induced small bowel bleeding
Misoprostol was more effective than placebo in healing small bowel ulcers in patients who used daily low-dose aspirin.