For patients undergoing surgery for ovarian and endometrial cancer, pain and anxiety are often experienced. Recently, a new study has shown that acupressure before surgery may help reduce anxiety and that acupuncture during surgery may reduce severe pain. The study was published online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
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UniversityClinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, UKE was founded on 17 May 1889 in Hamburg, Germany's second largest city, and is one of Europe's leading hospitals and the NO.1 medical centre of its size in Hamburg.
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New Developments In Gastric Cancer Research: Keytruda In Combination With Chemotherapy Significantly Improves Survival In Patients With Advanced Disease!
Results from a pivotal phase 3 trial show that the PD-1 therapy Keytruda, in combination with chemotherapy, significantly improves survival in patients with advanced gastric cancer and has a favorable safety profile. Patients benefited regardless of their PD-L1 expression.
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The trial is testing the effectiveness of two chemotherapy drugs, oxaliplatin and gemcitabine, in combination with radiotherapy, an approach that has been used to treat other aggressive tumours
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New Treatment For Uroepithelial Carcinoma Receives Fda Fast Track Designation With Encouraging Initial Results
The FDA granted Fast Track designation to a new drug, IK-175, in combination with nabumab for the treatment of advanced uroepithelial carcinoma, after preliminary trial data showed encouraging and durable anti-tumor activity with a favorable safety profile.
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For many patients after early lung cancer surgery, it is common for them to worry about recurrence. For this reason, many patients tend to undergo CT examinations more closely to ensure that they have not had a recurrence. However, a recent new study conducted by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that even with more frequent CT reviews, post-operative outcomes for lung cancer did not improve...
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New therapy for lung cancer!
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Bladder cancer is one of the common diseases nowadays. The incidence of cancer is still very high and many people are affected by cancer, so some bladder cancer patients want to know if the disease is hereditary
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Oesophageal cancer is a disease that causes a series of symptoms in our body, and it can be said to be a disease that seriously affects our health.
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The US FDA approved the ADC drug gosatumumab (Trodelvy) for the treatment of patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. In the trial, the drug significantly extended the overall survival of patients and reduced the risk of death by 21%.