Gargi Mukherjee

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What Drives Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers?

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: October 28, 2025

Genomic alterations and environmental and germline risk factors were associated with patients developing lung cancer.

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High-Risk Meds Worsen Cancer Outcomes in Veterans

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: September 23, 2025

Trends show a steady increase in opioid prescriptions followed up a subsequent decline, and an eventual decline of benzodiazepines.

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1 in 10 Veterans Still Use Opioids Long After Cancer Surgery

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: September 23, 2025

Treatment with adjuvant chemotherapy increased the risk for new persistent opioid use in patients with coprescriptions of benzodiazepines.

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Paclitaxel Matches Cisplatin HIPEC in Ovarian Cancer

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: July 9, 2025

Paclitaxel-based HIPEC was not associated with increased morbidity in a large study of patients with ovarian cancer.

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Strength Training Can Improve Lymphedema in Breast Cancer

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: June 25, 2025

Study found that intense resistance training improved patients’ edema index and fluid balance while increasing muscle mass.

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Can Adjuvant Immunotherapy Boost Survival Outcomes in Advanced Nasopharyngeal Cancer?

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: March 24, 2025

Adjuvant therapy with camrelizumab significantly improved 3-year event-free survival.

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How Many Patients in Early Cancer Trials Get Drugs Ultimately Approved by FDA?

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: March 11, 2025

Many patients in phase 2 trials do not receive the medication when phase 3 trials begin.

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Patients Have Many Fears, Misconceptions About Radiation Therapy

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: February 3, 2025

Physical advese effects were the top concern for patients but many also expressed concerns for the impact on daily activities.

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MRI-Guided SBRT Cuts Long-Term Toxicities in Prostate Cancer

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: December 31, 2024

Patients with localized prostate cancer were randomly assigned to receive either MRI-guided SBRT with 2-mm margins or CT-guided SBRT with 4-mm marg...

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Leading Causes of Mortality Predicted

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: December 24, 2024

HCC accounts for 75%-85% of primary liver cancers and most liver cancer deaths.

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Does Intensive Follow-Up Testing Improve Survival in CRC?

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: December 16, 2024

In the intention-to-treat analysis, the 10-year overall mortality rates were similar between the high- and low-frequency follow-up groups.

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Novel Digital Intervention Shows Promise for Depression

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: December 16, 2024

The participants who received IRC had significantly lower Hamilton Depression Rating total scores than those who received internet general psychoed...

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How Are Patients Managing Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer?

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: December 12, 2024

To understand the trends over time in the use of active surveillance and watchful waiting, researchers looked at data of 147,205 individuals with i...

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Australia Registry Study: Melanoma-Related Deaths Increase at 0.8-mm Breslow Thickness

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: December 12, 2024

The study analyzed 144,447 individuals diagnosed with thin primary invasive melanomas between 1982 and 2014 from Australian population-based cancer...

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Cutaneous Lupus Associated with Greater Risk for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Author:: Gargi Mukherjee

Publish date: December 10, 2024

ASCVD prevalence was higher in individuals with CLE receiving systemic therapy (2.7%) than in those receiving no therapy (1.6%).