New First-Line Standard in Metastatic Bladder Cancer "High bar to beat" as avelumab maintenance improves median survival by over 7 months May 28, 2020
Paradigm Shift Coming for Early NSCLC? Postoperative osimertinib doubles DFS in patients with stages Ib-IIIa EGFR+ lung cancer May 28, 2020
End of Life and COVID-19; DCIS Doubles Cancer Risk; Training for 'Bad News' News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues May 28, 2020
High-Dose Vitamin D Disappoints for Preventing Crohn’s Recurrence No benefit seen despite substantial increase in serum 25-OH-D May 27, 2020
Drugs Helped Stop Weight Regain After Gastric Bypass Half of patients in retrospective study regained a third of lost weight May 27, 2020
Two Law Firms Dominate Medical Debt Suits in Texas Responsible for nearly 90% of all "predatory" litigation against patients May 27, 2020
Asymptomatic Intracranial Stenosis: No Cause for Alarm Common finding on imaging not associated with worse prognosis May 26, 2020
New Clue to Anti-PD-L1 Activity in Breast Cancer? Survival benefit with durvalumab in patients with PDL1 copy number alteration May 26, 2020
Bullying Preceded Many LGBTQ Youth Suicides Shocking prevalence of victimization among younger teens who killed themselves May 26, 2020
Did Breast Cancer Radiation Cause This Weird Lung Problem? Especially peculiar since the patient had no risk factors May 26, 2020
Autopsies Turn Up Strange Feature of COVID-19 Lungs Study finds more thrombi and a new puzzle in the vessels May 22, 2020
Positive Data for Novel Oral Migraine Treatment Dual-mechanism drug shows promise in difficult-to-treat patients May 22, 2020
Miscarriage: Predictive of Type 2 Diabetes? Whether such a link is due to underlying metabolic conditions, however, is still to be determined May 21, 2020
COVID-19 Further Strains Care Disparities Among Native Americans Underfunded IHS, isolation from resources pose major concern for tribes during pandemic May 21, 2020
Mom's Oral Fluconazole Linked to Bone and Muscle Defects in Baby Contrary to previous findings, no risk for heart defects or oral clefts May 21, 2020
Biologics Don't Increase Melanoma Risk... Probably Meta-analysis offers some reassurance, but leaves room for doubt May 20, 2020
Remdesivir Safety Forecast: Watch the Liver, Kidneys Data remain sparse, but a few risks are emerging May 19, 2020
Avelumab Flops Again in Ovarian Cancer Another negative phase III trial, now in the first-line setting May 19, 2020
PDE5 Inhibitor Helpful for Chronic Prostatitis/Pelvic Pain Small first-of-its-kind study supports regular use May 19, 2020
In Utero Steroids Tied to Childhood Mental Disorders Findings may help inform choices about mom's treatment during pregnancy May 19, 2020
AAMC Under Fire Over Issues With MCAT Rescheduling Pre-med students waited hours online after computer snafu May 18, 2020
We Don't Just Need Masks, We Need Optimal PPE Healthcare workers giving care should be protected based on evidence, not by supply May 17, 2020
Promising Data for Transcatheter Pulmonary Valves Old and New Is a new TPV approval on the horizon? May 17, 2020
Can't We Do Better to Support Minorities in Medicine? At every step, too many of us fall by the wayside May 16, 2020
COVID-19 Pulmonary Embolism Often Seen Outside the ICU Majority of Detroit hospital system's cases didn't require ICU-level care May 15, 2020
Why Do Countries' COVID-19 Death Rates Vary So Much? Multiple factors at play: testing capacity, case definitions, age distribution, preparedness May 15, 2020
PARP Inhibitors Still Work in HRD-Low Ovarian Cancer In VELIA, homologous recombination deficiency score prognostic but not predictive May 14, 2020
Clinic Pushes Inhaled Stem Cell Tx, Delivered to Your Door Companies take advantage of COVID-19 fears May 14, 2020
Interval Resection Does Not Cut Surgery or Death in Complex Diverticulitis Study findings run counter to U.S. guidelines and support more conservative management May 14, 2020
Cell Therapy Promising Against Angina From Microvascular Dysfunction Proof-of-concept study showed impact on objective, subjective measures May 14, 2020
An Argument for Losing Weight Prior to Bariatric Surgery Study suggests reduction in already low mortality risk May 14, 2020
Study: No Need to Fast Before Catheterization Randomized trial says the standard NPO orders might not be necessary May 14, 2020
COVID-19 Sequelae Can Linger for Weeks Even patients with mild cases describe persistent fatigue, trouble breathing, cardiac issues May 13, 2020
