
lung cancer | Research | 10 pages | source: Frontiers in immunology | Added Sep 28, 2021
Evaluating the effect of brain metastases status on immunotherapy effectiveness in advanced lung cancer.
This study evaluated the effect of brain metastases (BMs) status on immunotherapy effectiveness in patients with advanced lung cancer (LC). The data showed that the effectiveness of immunotherapy was similar in patients with or without BMs.


prostate cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Frontiers in oncology | Added Sep 27, 2021
Comparing the outcomes between prostate surgery and different types of radiotherapy in older patients with prostate cancer.
This study compared the outcomes between radical prostatectomy (RP; prostate-removal surgery) and different types of radiotherapy (RT) in older patients with localized prostate cancer (PCa). The study found that RT offers similar cancer-specific outcomes to RP for low- to intermediate-risk patients.


colorectal cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: BMC cancer | Added Sep 26, 2021
Evaluating the effectiveness and safety of SOX+bevacizumab or cetuximab for the treatment of patients with advanced colorectal cancer with wild-type KRAS.
This study compared the effectiveness and safety of S-1 (tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil) and oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) combined with bevacizumab (Avastin) or with cetuximab (Erbitux) in patients with previously untreated advanced colorectal cancer with wild-type KRAS. This study concluded that the safety and effectiveness of SOX+bevacizumab tented to be better compared to SOX+cetuximab for patients with wild-type KRAS advanced CRC.

multiple myeloma | Research | 10 pages | source: Blood cancer journal | Added Sep 26, 2021
How effective are COVID-19 vaccines for people with myeloma?
This study investigated how people with myeloma responded to vaccines against COVID-19. It found that roughly half of the patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and most patients with other types of myeloma had protection against serious illness after the vaccine. The response to the vaccine was weaker for patients using certain treatments, particularly belantamab mafodotin (Blenrep).


rheumatoid arthritis | Research | Lifestyle | 10 pages | source: PLOS ONE | Added Sep 26, 2021
Can diet influence depression among patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
This study investigated the relationships among depression and anxiety, diet, and disease activity or physical function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The data showed that there was a relationship between depression and lower fish intake frequency in these patients.

colorectal cancer | Research | 10 pages | source: Current oncology reports | Added Sep 26, 2021
An update on minimally invasive surgical approaches for rectal cancer.
This study reviewed the current minimally invasive surgical (MIS) approaches for the treatment of patients with rectal cancer (RC).


multiple myeloma | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Journal of clinical oncology | Added Sep 19, 2021
Effects of combined treatment with venetoclax, daratumumab and dexamethasone with or without bortezomib in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
This study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of a venetoclax (Venclexta), daratumumab (Darzalex), and dexamethasone (Decadron combination with or without bortezomib (Velcade) in patients with relapsed or refractory (RR) multiple myeloma (MM). The authors concluded that these treatment combinations produced high and long-term responses in these patients.


leukemia | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Blood advances | Added Sep 19, 2021
Does reduced intensity conditioning hematopoietic stem cell transplantation improve the outcomes of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and Richter's transformation?
The study aimed to investigate whether reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) hemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) improves the outcomes of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with and without Richter's transformation (RT).
This study concluded that this treatment may be suitable in early remission courses for these patients.

coronary artery disease | Research | 10 pages | source: Journal of the American Heart Association | Added Sep 19, 2021
Does long-term ticagrelor treatment improve outcomes in patients with previous percutaneous coronary intervention?
This study looked at long-term treatment with ticagrelor (Brilique) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). It found that compared to patients treated with placebo, those treated with ticagrelor were less likely to have a major cardiovascular event (MACE).

parkinson's disease | Research | 10 pages | source: Journal of Parkinson's disease | Added Sep 17, 2021
Does long-term physiotherapy benefit patients with Parkinson's disease?
This study looked at the effects of long-term physiotherapy (6 months or more) on patients with Parkinson's disease. It found that patients doing long-term physiotherapy had fewer symptoms during the "off" medication phase, and needed lower doses of levodopa (Sinemet) to manage their symptoms compared to patients not doing physiotherapy.