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(MedPage Today) -- I was recently called to jury duty in Washington, D.C. I had no idea what to expect ...

Sacituzumab or Chemo in First-Line TNBC: Which Is Better?

Treatment with pembrolizumab and the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) sacituzumab govitecan improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with PD-L1-positive locally advanced ...

Chemo-Free Doublet in First-Line Boosts PFS in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Combining pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with sacituzumab govitecan (SG, Trodelvy) instead of chemotherapy as first-line treatment significantly ...

Novel Oral Agent for ESR1-Mutated Breast Cancer Boosts PFS in Second-Line

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- The investigational oral agent vepdegestrant more than doubled median progression-free survival (PFS) versus fulvestrant (Faslodex) ...

T-DXd Prevails in Trial of Second-Line Therapies for HER2 Gastroesophageal Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Patients with progressive HER2-positive gastroesophageal (GE) cancer lived significantly longer when they received the antibody-drug ...

Gene-Driven Adjuvant Therapy for NSCLC Leads to Big Improvement in DFS

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Biomarker-driven adjuvant therapy for intermediate/high-risk non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) led to significantly longer disease-free ...

Immunotherapy drug doubles cancer survival in breakthrough trial

Philippa RoxbyHeath ReporterLaura MarstonLaura now feels good six years after her diagnosis of advanced tongue cancerHundreds of thousands of people ...

Experts Blast HHS Leaders for Defying Norms, Sidelining CDC

(MedPage Today) -- Experts lamented the way Trump administration officials are shunning long-standing processes for making decisions about vaccines and ...

Biden Says He’s ‘Feeling Good’ in First Remarks After Cancer Diagnosis Announced

(MedPage Today) -- NEW CASTLE -- Former President Joe Biden delivered the first remarks since he announced he had an ...

CDC Drops Guidance for COVID Vaccines for Pregnancy

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just updated its child and adolescent immunization schedule in a ...

Higher-Than-Usual Number of Cardiovascular Deaths Part of COVID’s Larger Picture

(MedPage Today) -- Cardiovascular mortality has been higher than usual since the COVID-19 pandemic, data from Massachusetts suggested. Records from ...

NHS Gets £750m Boost to Fix Crumbling Buildings

The government has allocated £750 million to the NHS in England for tackling long-term maintenance problems. The Department of Health ...

COVID Vaccine Guidance in Pregnancy Has Shifted — But the Science Hasn’t

(MedPage Today) -- Within the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that pregnancy was a risk ...

Darolutamide Plus ADT in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- New data presented at the American Urological Association (AUA) annual meeting further supported the use of darolutamide ...

CDC Now Advises Shared Decision-Making for Kids’ COVID Shots

(MedPage Today) -- The CDC now advises shared clinical decision-making when it comes to COVID-19 shots for kids, a narrowing ...

Ending Water Fluoridation May Cost Billions of $$ and Rot Millions of Teeth

(MedPage Today) -- Removing fluoride from public water supplies would result in increases in both health costs and tooth decay, ...

Argentine Court Declares a Mistrial in the Death of Soccer Star Diego Maradona

(MedPage Today) -- An Argentine court on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of seven health professionals accused of ...

Is It Time to Rethink HRT?

PHOENIX — The overlapping symptoms of menopause and multiple sclerosis (MS) in aging women may warrant hormone replacement therapy (HRT), ...

Should You Still Recommend COVID-19 Vaccines?