Bristol Myers Squibb withdraws liver cancer indication for nivolumab

22 minutes ago | Healio

Bristol Myers Squibb in consultation with the FDA voluntarily withdrew the indication for nivolumab as monotherapy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma previously treated...
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FDA issues complete response letter for retifanlimab for anal cancer

22 minutes ago | Healio

The FDA issued a complete response letter to Incyte indicating it cannot approve the company's biologics license application that seeks approval of retifanlimab for certain...
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Endoscopic management highly successful in treatment of gastric leaks after resection for cancer

22 minutes ago | Healio

According to a study published in Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, internal endoscopic drainage should be the first line endoscopic treatment of anastomotic fistulas...
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Survival rates among AYAs with certain cancers show little to no improvement

52 minutes ago | Healio

Although 5-year survival rates have increased for multiple cancer types among adolescents and young adults, little or no improvement has been observed for some common...
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A Child's Loss

5 hours ago | New England Journal of Medicine

The 11-year-old girl knew that her mother had cancer, but it fell to me to tell her that the cancer had spread to her mother's brain. The girl asked whether her mother would...
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Iodine Status of Canadian Children, Adolescents and Women of Childbearing Age

5 hours ago | Nutrition

AbstractBackgroundAdequate iodine intake is important for children and women of childbearing age because iodine is vital for fetal brain development and early...
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Higher Habitual Flavonoid Intakes Are Associated With A Lower Incidence Of Diabetes

5 hours ago | Nutrition

AbstractBackgroundHigher flavonoid intakes are hypothesised to confer protection against type 2 diabetes mellitus.ObjectiveWe aimed to 1) investigate associations between...
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Liver Cancer Monotherapy Indication for Nivolumab Withdrawn

1 day ago | Medscape

This indication had received an accelerated approval, but after a confirmatory trial failed to show a survival benefit, the indication has been voluntarily withdrawn by the...
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Many Pandemic-Driven Changes to Cancer CTs Should Remain

1 day ago | Medscape

Many of the changes made in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have made cancer clinical trials more patient centered and efficient, and should remain, say experts. Medscape...
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Prolonged Sitting may Worsen Your Health Problems

1 day ago | Medindia Health

Prolonged sitting may cause several health problems like obesity, high blood sugar, and also increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease and cancer.
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2 COVID patients dead after power outage at Jordan hospital

The country's health minister says two coronavirus patients have died at a hospital in the Jordanian capital of Amman after a short circuit knocked out power at the facility's... Read more ...

Stay Inside in demand for The Everest but has to earn his place

Stay Inside will be in new colours as he returns at Randwick's barrier trials on Tuesday. Read more ...

‘The de-extinction club': Could we resurrect mammoths, Tassie tigers and...

New technology means we may soon be able to turn back the clock on extinction. In the final part of our series exploring the science behind science fiction, we meet the... Read more ...

IOC makes mid-Olympics change to mask rules on the podium

Athletes can now take their masks off for 30 seconds while on the podium to pose for photographs, according to an AOC statement. Read more ...

The Tokyo event where the pandemic is momentarily washed away

The surfers are in for another surprise in this most turbulent Olympic Games. Read more ...

Smith's cold, lonely swim to Australia's first medal

Brendon Smith celebrated his 21st birthday while the Australian team was in training camp in Queensland and has now come of age in his sport's toughest race. Read more ...

Vikings, Bon Jovi and family cuddles: The simple pleasures of Michelle Rowland

Michelle Rowland's almost spent her first pay packet on a Bon Jovi album. These days she's trying to curb an online shopping obsession. Read more ...

Victorian construction bosses push to fast-track worker vaccination

Victorian construction bosses are in talks with the federal and state government to inoculate 40,000 workers by Christmas, as the halt on construction in NSW enters its second... Read more ...

Two women have died in NSW, including one in her 30s, as the state records...

Of these locally acquired cases, 87 are linked to a known case or cluster - 71 are household contacts and 16 are close contacts - and the source of infection for 54 cases is... Read more ...

Likely Bledisloe schedule a one-two punch for Rennie and Wallabies

Back-to-back tests in New Zealand are set to make it all the more difficult for Rennie's men to wrest back the trophy - but in the Covid-19 era, you take what you can get. Read more ...