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Sinusoidal obstructive syndrome is a rare but potentially serious complication that can occur after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.On average, incidence of sinusoidal obstructive syndrome (SOS) among adults is 10%. In severe cases, the mortality rate can be as high as 80%.
May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month.An estimated 25,400 new cases of malignant brain or spinal cord tumors will be diagnosed in the United States this year, according to American Cancer Society, and approximately 18,760 people will die of the disease.
Blogs | | For years now, transplant physicians have spoken different languages when referring to a matter of utmost relevance — graft-versus-host disease.Here is a practical example: If a patient with lower gastrointestinal acute GVHD with a volume of stools of 900 ml per day with bloody stools — without another explanatory cause — is scored according to the original Glucksberg criteria,
CHICAGO — Adjuvant pembrolizumab showed durable benefit vs. placebo among patients with resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma, according to randomized phase 3 study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.After more than 3 years of follow-up, patients assigned the anti-PD-1 therapy achieved significantly longer distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) and RFS, results of the KEYNOTE-716 trial
The addition of durvalumab to chemotherapy — either alone or in combination with olaparib — improved outcomes for women with advanced endometrial cancer, according to the agent’s manufacturer.Chemotherapy is standard first-line treatment for women with advanced endometrial cancer; however, long-term outcomes remain poor and more effective treatment options are needed.