Category Archives: Cancer and neoplasms

Baseline data review According to the NGHMS, 13,024 Ukrainian citizens were admitted to Polish hospitals (except for psychiatric facilities) in the analysed period, including 5,676 men and 7,348 women. 6,728 persons (51.7%) were admitted to hospital after the outbreak of war (24.02.2022), including 2534 men and 4194 women (Table 1). Table 1 General characteristics of […]

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 20, 2023– Foundation Medicine Inc. today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for FoundationOne ® CDx to be used as a companion diagnostic for AstraZeneca’s Truqap ™ (capivasertib) in combination with Faslodex ® (fulvestrant) which has been contemporaneously approved for the treatment of adult […]

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Abstract The treatment modality of gastric adenocarcinoma (GCA) depends on the stage of the disease at the clinical presentation. Long delays are probably an unfavorable factor for the patient’s prognosis. A prospective longitudinal, study involving 145 consecutive GCA was conducted at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL). The overall delay (in weeks) was recorded […]

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Copyright © AFP 2017-2023. All rights reserved. A video spreading across social media links the high rate of deaths reported with unknown causes in Alberta in 2021 to Covid-19 vaccines. There is no evidence for this; no deaths attributed to the jabs were reported in the Canadian province that year. “‘Cause unknown’ is a crime […]

“Because the patient’s condition may affect their treatment preferences, clinicians should reconfirm their interest in receiving secondary findings, document the preference in the electronic medical record, and time this disclosure appropriately,” according to Stacy W. Gray, MD. Administering pre-test discussions and adequately preparing patients for unanticipated, inheritable genetic findings prior to tumor sequencing showed significant […]

Alladapt Immunotherapeutics, Inc., has received FDA Fast Track Designation for ADP101, its investigational multi-food oral immunotherapy designed to treat allergy to 1 or more significant food allergens. According to a press release from the company, ADP101 is the most advanced multi-food oral immunotherapy pharmaceutical candidate in development.1 The Fast Track Designation provides FDA endorsement for […]