Research team leads adaptive, efficient multi-arm phase 2 clinical trial for glioblastoma

An innovative phase 2 clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in collaboration with 10 major brain tumor centers around the country and designed to find new potential treatments for glioblastoma, has reported initial results in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. While none of the three therapeutics tested so far improved overall survival of patients, this adaptive platform trial, the […]

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Easing Into Life After Covid

The United States has generously removed its Covid-19 restrictions, now that roughly half of its adult population has been completely vaccinated, ushering in normalcy. Although this might be a good thing, we sift through a tangle of feelings, including fear, guilt, rage, grief, and relief. Many have lost loved ones and, while we hoped that the country’s reopening would help […]

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The common womb cancer symptom most women ignore

Womb cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women in the UK – but many women don’t know the symptoms. Over 9,700 women, and people with genealogical organs, are diagnosed in the UK each year with this kind of cancer, and 90% of these people, if diagnosed early, will survive. When found at a late stage, it goes down to […]

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Alabama Barker Shares Feelings About Kourtney Kardashian’s Pregnancy & We’ll Be Keeping Tabs on This Blended Family

The Kar-Bar fam (can we make that name a thing?!) is patiently awaiting the arrival of Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s son. The couple had a serious scare earlier this month when Kardashian had to have an “urgent fetal surgery.” “I will be forever grateful to my incredible doctors for saving our babies [sic] life,” she wrote in an emotional […]

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AI in clinical practice: positive outcomes dominate but questions linger, study finds

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers performed a comprehensive search for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms published between 2018 and 2023 on PubMed and the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP).  Specifically, the current scoping review evaluated study endpoints, intervention features, and RCT outcomes to inform stakeholders about the clinical relevance of AI, […]

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