Helen Leask

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Cheap and noninvasive: Detecting HPV in sanitary pads

Author:: Helen Leask

Publish date: April 20, 2022

“There is a critical need for new strategies to reach this population. We absolutely have to do something out of the box creatively.”

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Breast cancer trials enrolling now: Could your patient benefit?

Author:: Helen Leask

Publish date: February 18, 2022

Menopausal women at moderate risk of breast cancer, early high-risk candidates, and more sought for clinical trials.

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New trials in gynecologic cancers: Could your patient benefit?

Author:: Helen Leask

Publish date: November 24, 2021

A number of clinical trials in gynecologic cancers have opened in recent months.

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New trials in lymphoma and MM: Could your patient benefit?

Author:: Helen Leask

Publish date: November 10, 2021

Late-phase clinical trials are opening up, with a chance to enroll one or more of your patients.

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New trials in leukemia: Could your patient benefit?

Author:: Helen Leask

Publish date: November 9, 2021

Late-phase trials are opening up for leukemia patients aged 1-65 years.

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Could your patient benefit? New trials in lung cancer

Author:: Helen Leask

Publish date: October 18, 2021

A rundown of new clinical trials in lung cancer.

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Unexpected thrombocytosis could flag occult cancer

Author:: Helen Leask

Publish date: October 6, 2021

The risk was highest (23.3 times) for ovarian cancer. The risk was 3.8 times higher for pancreatic cancer and 3.5 times higher for cervical cancer....

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Cancer screening stopped by pandemic: Repercussions to come?

Author:: Helen Leask

Publish date: April 8, 2021

Most health care systems stopped screening when the global pandemic hit. Will this lead to more advanced cancers ...

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‘We can do better’: COVID-19 vaccination in patients with cancer

Author:: Helen Leask

Publish date: February 10, 2021

While official bodies recommend that patients with cancer are given priority, only 16 states currently prioritize...