Sharon Worcester is an award-winning medical journalist for MDedge News. She has been with the company since 1996, first as the Southeast Bureau Chief (1996-2009) when the company was known as International Medical News Group, then as a freelance writer (2010-2015) before returning as a reporter in 2015. She previously worked as a daily newspaper reporter covering health and local government. Sharon currently reports primarily on oncology and hematology. She has a BA from Eckerd College and an MA in Mass Communication/Print Journalism from the University of Florida. Connect with her via LinkedIn and follow her on twitter @SW_MedReporter.
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Study finds no link between platelet count, surgery bleed risk in cirrhosis
Logistic regression analysis showed no significant association between platelet count and major bleeding events.
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Higher death rate seen in cancer patients with nosocomial COVID-19
All-cause mortality was higher in cancer patients with hospital-acquired COVID-19 than in those with community-acquired COVID-19.
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Large cohort study: Bevacizumab safe, effective for severe HHT bleeds
Bevacizumab was effective for severe HHT-related epistaxis and GI bleeds, leading to "significant and striking improvements" on a variety of...
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CCC19, other registries help define COVID/cancer landscape
New data from CCC19 show an increased risk of death from COVID-19 among non-Hispanic black cancer patients and patients with hematologic...
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Liver biopsies show persistent FVIII after gene therapy for hemophilia A
“This was very exciting to see ... [n]ot only were we able to detect vector genomes more than 2 years post-dose, there seems to be quite a bit of...
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Analysis of early onset cancers suggests need for genetic testing
The prevalence of germline mutations was significantly higher in patients with early onset cancers than in those with young adult cancers.
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AI markers can predict progression, survival in prostate cancer
Artificial intelligence–based Gleason scores correlated with pathologists’ Gleason scores.
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Lipophilic statins linked to lower mortality in ovarian cancer
Lipophilic statin use was associated with a 43% reduction in mortality.
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Novel SERD, LSZ102, shows promise for pretreated ER+ breast cancer
LSZ102 was relatively well tolerated as a single agent and in combination with ribociclib and alperisib.
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Tumor markers are ‘valuable’ for relapse detection in rare CNS tumors
Among evaluable patients, 92% of relapses were detectable by tumor markers.
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Sequential chemoradiation improves DFS in early-stage cervical cancer
The 3-year disease-free survival rate was significantly higher among patients who received sequential chemoradiation than among patients who...
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Immunotherapy combo improves ORR, PFS in PD-L1+ NSCLC
Adding tiragolumab to atezolizumab led to “clinically meaningful” improvements in patients with PD-L1–positive non–small cell lung cancer.
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No OS benefit with gefitinib vs. chemo for EGFR+ NSCLC
Adjuvant gefitinib improved disease-free survival, but not overall survival, when compared with standard chemotherapy.
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Addressing racism, bias in the American maternal mortality crisis
“I think the most important thing you can do is really consider a patient a partner in the care you give them.”