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Novel blood test detects precancerous colorectal adenomas

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Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: January 22, 2021

A novel multiomics blood test was shown to detect advanced colorectal adenomas at comparable or better rates...

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No benefit seen with radiotherapy in borderline resectable pancreatic cancer

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Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: January 20, 2021

Neoadjuvant mFOLFIRINOX was associated with favorable overall survival compared to historical data, but the...

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Better survival with S-1 plus docetaxel in stage III gastric cancer

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Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: January 19, 2021

Postoperative adjuvant S-1 plus docetaxel significantly improved survival over S-1 alone.

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Gut microbiome may predict nivolumab efficacy in gastric cancer

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Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: January 19, 2021

The diversity of the gut microbiome could potentially predict nivolumab response.

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Risk of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer linked to number of oral sex partners

Author:
Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: January 11, 2021

Engaging in oral sex at a younger age and having more partners in a shorter period were associated with higher...

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CRC risk in young adults: Not as high as previously reported

Author:
Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: January 8, 2021

Previous studies of colorectal cancer included carcinoid tumors as well as colorectal adenocarcinoma, which has inflated estimates of risk,...

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CRC risk in young adults: Not as high as previously reported

Author:
Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: January 8, 2021

Previous studies of colorectal cancer included carcinoid tumors as well as colorectal adenocarcinoma, which has inflated estimates of risk,...

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COVID-19 vaccines: Safe for immunocompromised patients?

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Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: December 30, 2020

Data are limited thus far, and the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines in immunocompromised patients remain unknown.

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Patients with cancer a ‘high priority’ for COVID-19 vaccine, says AACR task force

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Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: December 29, 2020

“We conclude that patients with an active cancer should be considered for priority access to COVID-19 vaccination.”

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Margetuximab approved for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer

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Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: December 18, 2020

The monoclonal antibody margetuximab-cmkb demonstrated superiority over trastuzumab.

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COVID-19 vaccines: Safe for immunocompromised patients?

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Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: December 17, 2020

Data are limited thus far, and the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines in immunocompromised patients remain unknown.

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Black race linked to poorer survival in AML

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Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: December 10, 2020

The risk for death was 27% higher for Black patients compared with White patients.

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No benefit from tranexamic acid prophylaxis in blood cancers

Author:
Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: December 7, 2020

The rate of occlusions in the central venous line was significantly higher for patients in the tranexamic acid...

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Pembrolizumab ‘preferred choice’ in MSI-H/dMMR metastatic CRC

Author:
Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: December 4, 2020

Compared with chemotherapy, pembrolizumab doubled progression-free survival and improved the overall response rate in this patient population.

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Practice-changing data at this year’s ASH meeting

Author:
Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN
Publish date: December 1, 2020

Like many other conferences this year, the ASH meeting will be virtual because of the continuing COVID-19...

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