The 2 Minute Medicine Podcast Episode 52
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Tag: cancer
#VisualAbstract Use of Certain Biologics or Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs May Be Associated With Cancer Risk
1. The use of rituximab, abatacept and Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKis) in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was associated with ...
Chronic health conditions and employment transition in childhood-cancer survivors
1. Compared to the general population, survivors of childhood cancer had a greater association with negative employment transition. 2. There ...
Molecular-guided therapy improves survival in unfavorable cancer of unknown primary
1. Patients in the MGT group reported a significantly greater progression-free survival than those in the standard platinum-based chemotherapy group. ...
Endometriosis and uterine fibroids associated with a greater risk of mortality due to gynecologic cancers
1. A history of endometriosis and uterine fibroids in women was associated with a greater risk of premature mortality and ...
#VisualAbstract Screening for Helicobacter Pylori to Prevent Gastric Cancer with Fecal Immunochemical Tests
Click here to read this study in JAMA. ©2024 2 Minute Medicine, Inc. All rights reserved. No works may be reproduced without ...
Liver transplantation plus chemotherapy improves survival in patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases
1. 5-year survival was significantly greater in the liver transplantation plus chemotherapy group compared to chemotherapy alone. 2. Serious adverse ...
#VisualAbstract 177Lu-PSMA-617 Prolonged Radiographic Progression-free Survival in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Click here to read this study in the Lancet. ©2024 2 Minute Medicine, Inc. All rights reserved. No works may be reproduced ...
Naldemedine may be effective for opioid-induced constipation in patients with cancer
1. In a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study, naldemedine use was associated with constipation prevention and a significant improvement of constipation-related ...
Impact of different visceral metastatic sites on survival in metastatic prostate cancer patients
1. In a retrospective analysis of 59,875 patients with metastatic prostate cancer, varying prognoses were found primarily depending on the ...