In a nutshell This study aimed to review the safety and effectiveness of three chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies, axicabtagene ciloleucel (AXI; Yescarta), tisagenlecleucel (TIS; Kymriah), and lisocabtagene maraleucel (LIS; Breyanzi), for the treatment of blood cancers. This...
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In a nutshell This study aimed to review the safety and effectiveness of three chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies, axicabtagene ciloleucel (AXI; Yescarta), tisagenlecleucel (TIS; Kymriah), and lisocabtagene maraleucel (LIS; Breyanzi), for the treatment of blood cancers. This study concluded that AXI and TIS showed very good...
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In a nutshell This study aimed to review the safety and effectiveness of three chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies, axicabtagene ciloleucel (AXI; Yescarta), tisagenlecleucel (TIS; Kymriah), and lisocabtagene maraleucel (LIS; Breyanzi), for the treatment of blood cancers. This study concluded that AXI and TIS showed very good...
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In a nutshell This study aimed to investigate pyrotinib (Irene)-based therapy as a treatment for patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer. This study concluded that pyrotinib-based therapy was safe and effective in these patients, particularly in those that received 2 or fewer therapies and received capecitabine...
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In a nutshell This study evaluated the benefits of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT; radiation after surgery) in patients with resectable stage III-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The data showed that PORT significantly increased survival without disease progression and reduced the risk of cancer relapse for these patients. Some background...
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In a nutshell This study assessed the responses of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to tofacitinib (Xeljanz), tofacitinib with methotrexate (MTX; Otrexup), and adalimumab (Humira) with MTX. The data showed that some patients did not require combined therapy to achieve higher responses, however, overall, greater responses were achieved with...
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In a nutshell This study is aimed to evaluate the risk of infection for patients who are treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) for solid tumors. The study concluded that in frail patients, ICI therapy alone is safer compared to chemotherapy (CT). Some background Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that makes use of the immune...
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In a nutshell This study is aimed to evaluate the risk of infection for patients who are treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) for solid tumors. The study concluded that in frail patients, ICI therapy alone is safer compared to chemotherapy (CT). Some background Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that makes use of the...
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In a nutshell This study is aimed to evaluate the risk of infection for patients who are treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) for solid tumors. The study concluded that in frail patients, ICI therapy alone is safer compared to chemotherapy (CT). Some background Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that makes use of the immune...
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In a nutshell This study is aimed to evaluate the risk of infection for patients who are treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) for solid tumors. The study concluded that in frail patients, ICI therapy alone is safer compared to chemotherapy (CT). Some background Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that makes use of the immune...
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In a nutshell This study is aimed to evaluate the risk of infection for patients who are treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) for solid tumors. The study concluded that in frail patients, ICI therapy alone is safer compared to chemotherapy (CT). Some background Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that makes use of the immune...
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In a nutshell In this work, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of safinamide (Xadago) on mood in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The study showed that safinamide improved PD patients' mood and emotional wellbeing at 6 months. Some background Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common...
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