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Sharon Worcester

Sharon Worcester is an award-winning medical journalist for MDedge News. She has been with the company since 1996, first as the Southeast Bureau Chief (1996-2009) when the company was known as International Medical News Group, then as a freelance writer (2010-2015) before returning as a reporter in 2015. She previously worked as a daily newspaper reporter covering health and local government. Sharon currently reports primarily on oncology and hematology. She has a BA from Eckerd College and an MA in Mass Communication/Print Journalism from the University of Florida. Connect with her via LinkedIn and follow her on twitter @SW_MedReporter.

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One-off blast of RT, rather than weeks, for early breast cancer

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Sharon Worcester
Publish date: August 26, 2020

Long-term data suggest targeted intraoperative radiotherapy is as effective as whole-breast external beam...

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ASCO updates guideline for metastatic pancreatic cancer

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Sharon Worcester
Publish date: August 18, 2020

“Genomic testing is recommended as part of an initial assessment to ensure that the results of testing are available at the time of treatment...

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COX2 inhibitor and beta blocker combo to reduce CRC metastasis?

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Sharon Worcester
Publish date: August 18, 2020

Data from the study provide a strong rationale for future trials powered to assess the impact of this combination on disease-free and overall...

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Study: Immune checkpoint inhibitors don’t increase risk of death in cancer patients with COVID-19

Author:
Sharon Worcester
Publish date: August 7, 2020

The mortality rate was 8% among patients who received immune checkpoint inhibitors, which is comparable with the overall mortality rate among...

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Hepatitis screening now for all patients with cancer on therapy

Author:
Sharon Worcester
Publish date: August 6, 2020

All patients with cancer who are candidates for systemic therapy should be screened for hepatitis B, says the American Society of Clinical...

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Study finds no link between platelet count, surgery bleed risk in cirrhosis

Author:
Sharon Worcester
Publish date: August 5, 2020

Logistic regression analysis showed no significant association between platelet count and major bleeding events.

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Higher death rate seen in cancer patients with nosocomial COVID-19

Author:
Sharon Worcester
Publish date: July 30, 2020

All-cause mortality was higher in cancer patients with hospital-acquired COVID-19 than in those with community-acquired COVID-19.

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Large cohort study: Bevacizumab safe, effective for severe HHT bleeds

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Sharon Worcester
Publish date: July 29, 2020

Bevacizumab was effective for severe HHT-related epistaxis and GI bleeds, leading to "significant and striking improvements" on a variety of...

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CCC19, other registries help define COVID/cancer landscape

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Sharon Worcester
Publish date: July 27, 2020

New data from CCC19 show an increased risk of death from COVID-19 among non-Hispanic black cancer patients and patients with hematologic...

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SPK-8011 AAV-mediated hemophilia A therapy shows stability, durability

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Sharon Worcester
Publish date: July 27, 2020

The findings demonstrate preliminary stability of FVIII expression at follow-up between 2 and 3.3 years....

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Liver biopsies show persistent FVIII after gene therapy for hemophilia A

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Sharon Worcester
Publish date: July 16, 2020

“This was very exciting to see ... [n]ot only were we able to detect vector genomes more than 2 years post-dose, there seems to be quite a bit of...

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Analysis of early onset cancers suggests need for genetic testing

Author:
Sharon Worcester
Publish date: July 14, 2020

The prevalence of germline mutations was significantly higher in patients with early onset cancers than in those with young adult cancers.

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AI markers can predict progression, survival in prostate cancer

Author:
Sharon Worcester
Publish date: July 13, 2020

Artificial intelligence–based Gleason scores correlated with pathologists’ Gleason scores.

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Lipophilic statins linked to lower mortality in ovarian cancer

Author:
Sharon Worcester
Publish date: July 6, 2020

Lipophilic statin use was associated with a 43% reduction in mortality.

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Novel SERD, LSZ102, shows promise for pretreated ER+ breast cancer

Author:
Sharon Worcester
Publish date: June 30, 2020

LSZ102 was relatively well tolerated as a single agent and in combination with ribociclib and alperisib.

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