News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 22, 2018
MUNICH – Patients with low-burden metastatic prostate cancer had an 8% 3-year survival benefit when they received radiation plus androgen deprivati...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 22, 2018
MUNICH – Avelumab and axitinib offered better progression-free survival than did sunitinib as first-line therapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma....
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 21, 2018
MUNICH – Palbociclib/fulvestrant was associated with longer overall survival of women with HR-positive, HER2-nega...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 21, 2018
MUNICH – Adding atezolizumab to nab-paclitaxel improved progression-free and overall survival in patients with PD-L1 positive triple-negative breas...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 20, 2018
MUNICH – Clinic-based screening for four common variants and dose-adapted therapy reduced severe fluoropyrimidine-associated toxicity.
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 17, 2018
BOSTON—Even the most vigilant hospitals experience transfusion errors and problems with blood storage, according to researchers.
A review of data f...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 16, 2018
BOSTON – Nearly one-third of transfusion errors reported by pediatric units were linked to a “this kid is special” hubris among providers, investig...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 16, 2018
BOSTON—If donors can’t get to the apheresis center, bring the apheresis center to the donors.
Researchers have found that apheresis platelet collec...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 15, 2018
BOSTON – A hospital-based blood bank seamlessly added apheresis platelet collection in the field to the standard community blood drive.
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 15, 2018
BOSTON—Drone-delivered blood products may be coming soon to a hospital near you, experts said at AABB 2018.
Using a system of completely autonomous...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 14, 2018
BOSTON – Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles bring blood to remote hospitals in Africa, but a U.S.-based system will need to overcome significant r...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 12, 2018
A genomic analysis of two independent cohorts found no significant differences in mutations between primary or metastatic clear cell renal cell car...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 4, 2018
Long-term results of a phase 2 clinical trial of the lenalidomide and rituximab combination as first-line therapy for mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) sh...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 3, 2018
A previously identified chromosomal translocation may be the critical initiating event in some breast cancer subtypes.
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: October 2, 2018
Survival gains among patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma since 2004 may be attributable to systemic therapy, according to a retrospective s...
