News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 11, 2018
A prospective study found higher rates of methotrexate toxicity among Hispanic children than among non-Hispanic white children.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 10, 2018
The two markers signaled worse overall survival among mantle cell lymphoma patients.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 10, 2018
Even if patients don’t reduce their drug use, staying in treatment is associated with reduced all-cause mortality and mortality from overdose.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 10, 2018
Myositis-specific antibodies played a key role in predicting whether a patient belonged in a patient cluster.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 9, 2018
Experts have published updated guidelines on antimicrobial prophylaxis for adults with cancer-related immunosuppression.
The guidelines include ant...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 7, 2018
Fluoroquinolones are recommended for adults with cancer-related immunosuppression if they are at high risk of infection, according to ...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 7, 2018
Extended follow-up of the RESONATE-2 trial showed that first-line ibrutinib sustained efficacy in elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 6, 2018
Adverse events were largely seen during the first year of treatment and decreased over time.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 6, 2018
People who might not have clinical eating disorders might have body image concerns that place their mental health at risk.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 6, 2018
Without biosimilar gap discounts in 2017, beneficiaries would have paid nearly $1,700 more in projected out-of-pocket costs for infliximab-dyyb tha...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 6, 2018
Compared with younger patients, elderly patients admitted for acute biliary pancreatitis have increased rates of adverse outcomes.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 6, 2018
Escalating methotrexate (MTX) may produce better outcomes than high-dose MTX in children and young adults with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 5, 2018
Statins for primary prevention may benefit older patients, if diabetes is present.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 5, 2018
The findings are based on the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) AALL0434 trial.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: September 4, 2018
Drug rescheduling was associated with a 45.6% increase in heroin-related deaths over 5 years in the model.
