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ASCO 2018: Pembrolizumab vs. Chemotherapy as First-line Therapy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
7 Jun, 2018 | 02:20h | UTCCommentaries: 2018 ASCO: KEYNOTE-042 Trial Compares Pembrolizumab With Chemotherapy as First-Line Treatment of NSCLC With PD-L1 Expression of 1% or More – The ASCO Post (free) AND ‘End of an Era’ for Chemo in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)
ASCO 2018: Sunitinib Alone or after Nephrectomy in Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma
7 Jun, 2018 | 02:21h | UTCEditorial: Cytoreductive Nephrectomy — Patient Selection Is Key (free)
Commentaries: 2018 ASCO: Carmena Trial Compares Nephrectomy Plus Adjuvant Sunitinib vs Sunitinib Alone in Metastatic RCC – The ASCO Post (free) AND In Advanced Kidney Cancer, Surgery No Longer Sole Standard of Care – Medscape (free registration required)
ASCO 2018: Low-Dose Maintenance Chemotherapy in Rhabdomyosarcoma
7 Jun, 2018 | 02:16h | UTCLow-Dose Maintenance Chemotherapy in Rhabdomyosarcoma – The ASCO Post (free)
Research: Affordability and Price Increases of New Cancer Drugs in Clinical Guidelines
7 Jun, 2018 | 02:18h | UTCAffordability and Price Increases of New Cancer Drugs in Clinical Guidelines, 2007–2016 – Cancer Spectrum (free) (via @oncology_bg see Tweet)
ASCO 2018: Ibrutinib plus Rituximab in Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia
7 Jun, 2018 | 02:19h | UTCCommentary: Ibrutinib/Rituximab Improves PFS in Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia – ASCO Daily News (free)
Editorial: Marketing Personalized Cancer Treatments Requires Careful Language
7 Jun, 2018 | 02:17h | UTCMarketing personalized cancer treatments requires careful language – Nature (free)
Related: What Precisely Is Precision Oncology—and Will It Work? – The ASCO Post (free) AND Hope and hype around cancer immunotherapy – CNN (free)
“Therapies tailored to individual tumors must not be oversold”.
ASCO 2018: Blood Test Shows Potential as a Detection Tool for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
7 Jun, 2018 | 02:15h | UTCBlood Test Shows Potential as a Detection Tool for Early-Stage Lung Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)
Commentary: Biotech Firm Grail Takes The First Steps In Its Quest For A Blood Test For Cancer – Forbes (free) AND Questions about a ‘simple blood test’ to screen for cancer prompt revealing answer: It’s complicated – Health News Review (free)
Perspective: Tracing Spread of Zika Virus in the Americas
6 Jun, 2018 | 22:00h | UTCTracing Spread of Zika Virus in the Americas – NIH Director’s Blog (free)
Original Article: Genomic Epidemiology Reconstructs the Introduction and Spread of Zika Virus in Central America and Mexico – Cell Host & Microbe (free)
Performing CPR? Humming the Macarena Could Help
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:58h | UTCPerforming CPR? Humming the Macarena could help – The Guardian (free)
Related Commentary: La Macarena could be the answer to staying alive, heart study finds – The Telegraph (free)
“Using the song “La Macarena” to keep time improves the quality of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary rescuscitation” (via @kamleshkhunti see Tweet)
Is There a Doctor Aboard? Airlines Often Hope Not
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:57h | UTCIs There a Doctor Aboard? Airlines Often Hope Not – Bloomberg (free)
Guideline: Promoting Enteral Nutrition via a Nutrition Bundle
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:58h | UTCNew Nutrition Guidelines: Promoting Enteral Nutrition via a Nutrition Bundle – Critical Care Nurse (free)
Commentary: New guidelines address all components of nutrition for critically ill patients – News Medical (free)
Predatory Journals Are Such a Big Problem It’s Not Even Funny
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:55h | UTCPredatory Journals Are Such a Big Problem It’s Not Even Funny – HIV and ID Observations (free)
IBM’s Watson Health Wing Left Looking Poorly After ‘Massive’ Layoffs
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:56h | UTCIBM’s Watson Health wing left looking poorly after ‘massive’ layoffs – The Register (free)
Cohort Study: A Simple Approach to Help Guide Diagnosis of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:51h | UTCA Simple, Evidence-Based Approach to Help Guide Diagnosis of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: H2FPEF Score for Diagnosis – American College of Cardiology (free)
Case-Control Study: Possible Association of Hydrochlorothiazide Use and Risk of Melanoma
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:53h | UTCAssociation of Hydrochlorothiazide Use and Risk of Malignant Melanoma – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Hydrochlorothiazide Associated with Melanoma Risk – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Hydrochlorothiazide Tied to Increased Melanoma Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)
This observational data suggests a possible association. Needs to be confirmed by other studies.
Why Thousands of AI Researchers are Boycotting the new Nature Journal
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:54h | UTCWhy thousands of AI researchers are boycotting the new Nature journal – The Guardian (free)
“The public already pays taxes that fund our research. Why should people have to pay again to read the results?” (via @ashleydfarley see Tweet)
Guideline: Investigation and Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection in the Shoulder and Elbow
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:51h | UTC
Systematic Review: Stent Placement vs. Surgical Palliation in Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:50h | UTCSummary: Stent placement versus surgery to control symptoms of a blocked stomach outlet caused by inoperable cancer – Cochrane Library (free)
AUA/ASTRO/SUO Guideline: Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:49h | UTCPart I: Risk Stratification, Shared Decision Making, and Care Options – The Journal of Urology (free)
Part II: Recommended Approaches and Details of Specific Care Options – The Journal of Urology (free)
Research: Dieting Predicts Engagement in Multiple Risky Behaviors Among Adolescent Girls
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:46h | UTCDieting predicts engagement in multiple risky behaviours among adolescent Canadian girls: a longitudinal analysis – Canadian Journal of Public Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Dieting associated with risky behaviors in teenage girls – University of Waterloo, via ScienceDaily (free)
Randomized Trial: Once-a-Week vs Once-Every-3-Weeks Cisplatin Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:47h | UTCCommentary: Once-Weekly vs Every-3-Week Cisplatin Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)
Research: Rates of Infection after Colonoscopy and Endoscopy Higher Than Expected
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:48h | UTCRates of infection after colonoscopy and osophagogastroduodenoscopy in ambulatory surgery centres in the USA – Gut (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Infection Rates After Colonoscopy, Endoscopy at US Specialty Centers Are Far Higher Than Previously Thought – Johns Hopkins Medicine, via NewsWise (free)
Opinion: Rush to Treat Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Causing More Harm than Good
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:45h | UTCRush to treat liver patients causing more harm than good – The University of Leeds (free) (via @PaulGlasziou)
Original article: Too much medicine: overdiagnosis and overtreatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease- The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Prognostication After Cardiac Arrest
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:42h | UTCPrognostication after cardiac arrest – Critical Care (free)
Perspective: Why Egypt Is at the Forefront of Hepatitis C Treatment
6 Jun, 2018 | 21:44h | UTCWhy Egypt Is at the Forefront of Hepatitis C Treatment – The Atlantic (free)