Amy Karon

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January 2017: Click for Credit

Author:: Amy Karon

Publish date: January 1, 2017

Topics include: Gluten-free diet and celiac disease • Fluoxetine and bone health • Sudden cardiac death and T4 • Morning sickness and pregnancy los...

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Novel trial aims to BEAT AML

Author:: Amy Karon

Publish date: December 14, 2016

SAN DIEGO - A multi-arm clinical trial aims to transform the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia, a deadly blood cancer whose standard of care...

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Autologous stem cell transplantation beat bortezomib regimen in myeloma

Author:: Amy Karon

Publish date: December 13, 2016

SAN DIEGO – Autologous stem cell transplantation outperformed bortezomib-based intensification in fit patients younger than age 66 years with newly...

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Good response from CAR T cells with ‘safety switch’ for advanced ALL

Author:: Amy Karon

Publish date: December 13, 2016

SAN DIEGO – Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells engineered with a “safety switch” yielded high rates of complete response and an acce...

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Study reinforces lenalidomide maintenance in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

Author:: Amy Karon

Publish date: December 11, 2016

SAN DIEGO – Maintenance therapy with lenalidomide significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with myeloma, regardless of th...

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AGA Guideline: Preventing Crohn’s recurrence after resection

Author:: Amy Karon

Publish date: December 7, 2016

Patients whose Crohn’s disease fully remits after resection should not wait for endoscopic recurrence to start tumor-necrosis-factor inhibitors or ...

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VIDEO: Point-of-care microsensor prototype beats conventional coagulopathy tests

Author:: Amy Karon

Publish date: December 6, 2016

Using less than a drop of blood, a portable microsensor provided a comprehensive coagulation profile in minutes

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Brentuximab vedotin beat methotrexate, bexarotene in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Author:: Amy Karon

Publish date: December 6, 2016

SAN DIEGO – For patients with CD30 expressing cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, antibody-drug conjugate therapy with brentuximab vedotin significant...

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First-in-kind study parsed risks of central lines in children

Author:: Amy Karon

Publish date: December 5, 2016

SAN DIEGO - Rising rates of pediatric venous thromboembolism in the United States underscore the need to carefully weigh the risks and benefits of ...

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VIDEO: Novel, multi-arm trial aims to beat AML

Author:: Amy Karon

Publish date: December 5, 2016

SAN DIEGO - A new multi-arm clinical trial aims to transform the treatment of de novo acute myeloid leukemia, a deadly blood cancer whose standard ...