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SHARE ASCO GU 2021: Clinical Outcomes of Patients With mCRPC Receiving Radium-223 Early Versus Late in the Treatment Sequence Published 11 February 2021 (UroToday.com) Data from the landmark ALSYMPCA trial 1 found that the targeted alpha therapy Radium-223 prolonged overall survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). 1 However, there is little data to guide clinicians as to the appropriate sequence for use of Radium-223 in men with mCRPC with regards to other life-prolonging therapies. At the 2021 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU), Dr. Lawren...

"That's what is going to be the key of telling whether B.C. is doing well." Advantages and disadvantages  When populations are concentrated in a single geographic area, it makes sense to have a centralized system, Nagarajan said.  Decentralized systems have the advantage of speed, he said, particularly in places where there are many remote communities with small populations. A regional hub can be established where deliveries can be co-ordinated. Another province that has taken a regional approach in its early vaccine rollout is Ontario, which had used 72 per cent of its doses as of Tuesday...

Yes, there's a decline in new COVID-19 cases. No, it's not enough to end Ontario lockdown, experts say As Ontario approaches the end of its fourth week under a province-wide lockdown, epidemiologists say declining new COVID-19 infections prove the measures are working, but they warn we are still far from ready to reopen non-essential businesses, schools, and other heavily restricted activities. Social Sharing

Posted: Jan 12, 2021 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 12 The pandemic has hit Ontario's homeless hard, resulting in a higher rate of hospitalization and death. (Evan Mitsui/CBC) A study published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is painting a stark picture of how COVID-19 has impacted Ontario's homeless population. Following nearly 30,000 people with a recent history of homelessness over a six-month period, the researchers found that they were more likely to become infected with the novel coronavirus, be hospitalized, experience complications, and die.  "Individuals rece...

Half of Scarborough ICU patients have COVID-19 as vulnerable workers, families bear brunt of pandemic The hospital system in Toronto's Scarborough neighbourhood has been flooded with COVID-19 patients during the pandemic’s second wave, with nearly half the total number of intensive care patients across the area’s three hospital sites now battling the illness. Social Sharing