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Sipuleucel-T Survival Benefit Greater in Black Men
Andrew J. Armstrong, MD, and colleagues looked at men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with sipuleucel-T in the PROCEED registry. Study findings demonstrated that African-American men experienced a substantially greater survival benefit from the immunotherapy than Caucasian men.
NKF’s Spring Clinical Meetings Coverage
Get insights from new research presented at the National Kidney Foundation’s virtual Spring Clinical Meetings.
Dialysis Facilities Brace for COVID-19
Dialysis facilities have stepped up precautions to protect patients with kidney failure from COVID-19, which can cause severe respiratory illness and death.
Prostate MRI Improves Confirmatory Biopsy Sensitivity
MRI-guided confirmatory prostate biopsies more accurately detects grade progression among men on active surveillance for prostate cancer compared with TRUS-guided systematic biopsies alone.
Do Patients With Cancer Need Disease-Specific Precautions to Prevent COVID-19 Infection?
Although some patients with cancer are at higher risk of developing severe disease should they become infected, these experts suggest the precautions being given to the general population are sufficient — at least for now.
Salvage Radiotherapy Called a Viable Option for Recurrent Prostate Cancer
The authors of new review say the results of the JCOG0401 trial suggest that standard hormonal therapy alone vs salvage radiotherapy is not an appropriate management strategy for recurrence after radical prostatectomy.
PPE Negative for SARS-CoV-2 After Patient Contact
Samples from goggles, N95 respirators, shoes of 30 health care workers were negative for SARS-CoV-2.
Flexibility Gives Small Independent Practices a Hiring Edge
When recruiting physicians, small independent practices may need to offer inducements that large health systems might not.
Health Apps Abound, But Are They Secure?
Providers need to verify as best they can that apps they are using or offering patients are HIPAA compliant.
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