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Several researchers and global oncology leaders received ASCO’s Special Awards, the society’s highest honors.“The recipients of this year’s Special Awards have made exceptional contributions to the oncology community,” Monica Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, past president of ASCO and chair of the Joint Special Awards Selection Committee, said in a society-issued press

Pembrolizumab extended RFS compared with high-dose interferon or ipilimumab as adjuvant therapy for patients with high-risk melanoma, according to randomized phase 3 study results presented during the virtual ASCO Annual Meeting.Pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) also appeared better tolerated.

Balancing broad public health initiatives with the necessity of respecting individual choices and patient needs was at the heart of the best and worst aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic response, according to speakers at the EULAR 2021 Congress debate. Pedro M. Machado, MD, PhD, associate professor in rheumatology and muscle diseases at University College London, presented the ontological

Older individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities were more likely to take more psychiatric medications and have more medical conditions, according to study results published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. However, this patient population reported fewer psychiatric diagnoses.

In an analysis of 4,763 adults in China with normal kidney function at baseline, the presence of high depressive symptoms was associated with a 39% increased risk for rapid decline in kidney function in a 4-year period. The study, which was published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, assessed depressive symptoms through the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies

Patients with migraine who took calcitonin gene-related peptide-targeted monoclonal antibody therapy in combination with onabotulinumtoxinA had fewer monthly headache days and less migraine-related disability, according to researchers.“The reason that we did this analysis is that migraine is a complex disease and in many patients, particularly those who have chronic migraine, the use of a

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ProDERM: High-dose IV immunoglobulin boosts treatment response in dermatomyositis Source: Disclosures: Aggarwal R. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial of IVIG 10% in patients with Dermatomyositis. The ProDERM study: Results on efficacy and safety. Presented at EULAR 2021 Congress; June 2-6, 2021 (virtual meeting).The researchers report study sponsorship from Octapharma. Aggarwal reports consulting fees from Q32, Alexion, Argenx, AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, ...

Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus remained effective 15 years after the surgical procedure in patients with Parkinson’s disease, according to results from a small study published in Neurology.Specifically, the procedure resulted in a “significant improvement” in motor complications, as well as a stable decrease in the use of dopaminergic drugs, study results

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