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  Optimizing the dose and schedule of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer to allow global access

  Immune checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, which inhibit PD-1, have greatly improved survival for many patients with cancer, but are prohibitively expensive and unattainable for

  2023-02-27

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  Dementia research needs a global approach

  The international community needs to prioritize research on interventions and preventative measures for dementia that are likely to produce the greatest global impact.Dementia is the seventh leading c

  2023-02-18

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  Africa must participate in finding a gene therapy cure for sickle-cell disease

  Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is the most common serious inherited disease, with 300,000 affected individuals born yearly worldwide, with three-quarters of them in Africa.

  2022-10-06

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  Patient safety needs innovation

  Advances in the applications of artificial intelligence and other technologies in health and medicine require rethinking of what patient safety means.The slogan of this year’s World Patient Safet

  2022-09-21

• Optimizing risk-based breast cancer screening policies with reinforcement learning

  AbstractScreening programs must balance the benefit of early detection with the cost of overscreening. Here, we introduce a novel reinforcement learning-based framework for personalized screening, Tem

  2022-01-13

• Extent of Lymphadenectomy Predicts Survival in Esophageal Cancer

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Extended lymphadenectomy independently predicts improved survival following induction neoadjuvant chemoradiation (CRT) in patients with esophageal cancer, a new study has f

  2021-09-29

• Combined Chemoembolization and Ablation Effective for Early Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  (Reuters Health) - Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization combined with radiofrequency ablation works better as an initial treatment for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma than radiofrequency abla

  2021-09-11

• Scientists Use Gaming Technology to Monitor Tumors, Cancer Spread

  Gaming technology has inspired a new virtual cancer tracker that developers have named Theia after the Greek goddess of sight and clairvoyance.Two-dimensional technology can already generate models fr

  2021-08-20