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Thomas R. Collins

Tom Collins is a freelance writer in South Florida who has written about medical topics from nasty infections to ethical dilemmas, runaway tumors to tornado-chasing doctors. He travels the globe gathering conference health news and lives in West Palm Beach.

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Primary care deficient in cancer survivor care

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: September 25, 2017

Primary care physicians falling short with cancer survivors.

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No overall survival benefit from early SIRT for liver metastases from colorectal cancer

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: August 24, 2017

“Early use of SIRT in combination with first-line oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy cannot be recommended in unselected patients with metastatic...

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ASCO issues new guideline on stage IV NSCLC

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: August 24, 2017

Use of checkpoint inhibitors recommended for some patients with non–small-cell lung cancer.

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Study findings cast doubt on community-acquired pneumonia diagnostic practices

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: August 23, 2017

Practice changes may be necessary.

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Obinutuzumab-CHOP not superior to rituximab-CHOP in new DLBCL

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: August 17, 2017

Two drug regimens for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma compared in a phase 3 trial.

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Crizotinib shows responses in pediatric ALCL and IMT

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: August 15, 2017

Eighty percent of ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma patients in the high-dose group had a complete response, along with 83% given the...

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Allele-matching in cord blood transplant yields better survival

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: July 20, 2017

Matching down to the allele level in umbilical cord blood transplantation between unrelated donors results in greater overall survival for those...

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Blood markers can detect early pancreatic cancer

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: July 17, 2017

A test in development is recommended for those at high risk and those newly diagnosed with diabetes.

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Midostaurin improves survival in new AML

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: June 24, 2017

Adding the multitargeted kinase inhibitor midostaurin to standard chemotherapy led to significantly longer overall and event-free survival...

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Gilteritinib shows safety, efficacy in relapsed/refractory AML

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: June 24, 2017

Gilteritinib is attractive because it has in vitro activity against FLT3 internal tandem duplication mutations and tyrosine kinase domain...

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Two SNPs linked to survival in R-CHOP–treated DLBCL

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: June 15, 2017

Use of a patient’s genetics rather than a tumor’s genetic makeup could change lymphoma treatment.

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Liposomes boost bortezomib efficacy

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: June 15, 2017

Liposomes might be able to boost efficacy and reduce side effects of bortezomib.

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12 things pharmacists want hospitalists to know

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: May 9, 2017

From better communications to extra vigilance to high-risk decisions, veteran pharmacists outline areas for improvement.

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Presenters hand out tips for better handoffs

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: May 4, 2017

LAS VEGAS – I-PASS interventions for handoffs can reduce preventable adverse events by 30%.

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Stump the Professor event entertains, educates

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Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: May 3, 2017

Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, joked that participating in a “Stump the Professor”...

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