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17 Oct Travelers Often Bring Home Resistant Bacteria From Endemic Areas
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: John Penders PhD Assistant professor Dept. of Medical Microbiology Maastricht University, Maastricht MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) constitutes an increasingly important human health hazard worldwide. Especially, the rapid emergence and global spread of multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae is worrisome. These bacteria...14 Oct Niraparib Increased Progression Free Survival in 2/3 Ovarian Cancer Patients
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Mansoor Raza Mirza, MD Medical Director: Nordic Society of Gynecologic Oncology Board of Directors: Gynecologic Cancer Inter-Group (GCIG) Faculty: European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Faculty: International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) Chief Oncologist, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response:...14 Oct Even With Normal TSH, Some Patients Still Feel Hypothyroid
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Antonio C. Bianco, MD, PhD Rush University Medical Center MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The standard of care for patients with hypothyroidism is treatment with levothyroxine. The dosage of levothyroxine is adjusted for each patient with the goal...13 Oct Second-line Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Treatment and Survival in Real-World Patients
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Mathew Galsky MD Associate Professor, Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology Assistant Professor, Urology Director, Genitourinary Medical Oncology The Tisch Cancer Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Since the development of...12 Oct Big Data Using Predictive Analytics Aims To Improve Medication Adherence
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Neil Smiley Founder and CEO of Loopback Analytics Editor’s note: Loopback Analytics mission is to “integrate data across a myriad of healthcare information systems to bridge the expanding gaps within the care continuum”. CEO Neil Smiley discusses the problem of medication adherence and possible means to address the issue....12 Oct Significant Cardiovascular Mortality Following Early-Stage Breast Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Husam Abdel-Qadir, MD, FRCPC, DABIM (Cardiology and Internal Medicine) Graduate student, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research Elliot Philipson Clinician Scientist Training Program University of Toronto MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among North American women. The...11 Oct Novel Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Has Potential Against Variety of Tumors
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Bernard Vanhove, Chief Operating Officer Director of R&D and International Scientific Collaborations Ose Immunotherapeutics MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Myeloid suppressive cells, including tumor associated macrophages (TAM) and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC), represent an abundant immune cell type...10 Oct Ribociclib and Letrozole May Represent Paradigm Shift in Treating HR+ Advanced Breast Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, MD, FACP, F.A.S.C.O. Professor of Medicine Nellie B. Connally Chair in Breast Cancer Department of Breast Oncology Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Research Program University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main...09 Oct Efficacy of Lurasidone in treatment of MDD-MF
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Antony Loebel, M.D. Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Sunovion Head of Global Clinical Development Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Group MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Early predictors of subsequent clinical response are important in the treatment of depression, since 6-10 weeks of treatment...07 Oct Novel microRNA Regulatory Network Has Important Therapeutic Implications in Rhabdomyosarcoma
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Riccardo Taulli, PhD Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Dept. of Oncology, University of Turin Via Santena 5, 10126 Torino, Italy MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Rhabdomyosarcoma is a muscle-derived pediatric cancer for which therapeutic options have not improved significantly over the past decades, especially...27 Sep Patient Retention With DMTs vs Gilenya in Adults With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Marcia Kayath, MD Vice President and Head US Clinical Development and Medical Affairs US General Medicines Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Injectable disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) are typically used first-line in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS),...23 Sep Scaffold Can Potentially Deliver Therapeutic miRNA To Decrease Breast Cancer Metastases
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in Author Interviews, Breast Cancer, Brigham & Women's - Harvard, Nature, Technology
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Natalie Artzi PhD principal research scientist MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and Assistant professor of medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital With co-authors: Avital Gilam, João Conde, Daphna Weissglas-Volkov, Nuria Oliva, Eitan Friedman, Noam Shomron MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?...
19 Sep Computer Bests Neuroradiologists in Distinguishing Tumor Recurrence From Radiation Necrosis
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in Author Interviews, Brain Cancer - Brain Tumors, Case Western, MRI, Radiology, Technology
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Pallavi Tiwari PhD Assistant Professor biomedical engineering Case Western Reserve University MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: One of the biggest challenges in neuro-oncology currently is distinguishing radionecrosis, a side-effect of aggressive radiation, from tumor recurrence on imaging....
17 Sep High and High-Normal Thyroid Levels Linked To Increased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
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in AHA Journals, Author Interviews, Brigham & Women's - Harvard, Endocrinology, Heart Disease, Thyroid Disease
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Layal Chaker, MD, MSc PhD candidate Department of Endocrinology and Epidemiology Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The association of thyroid function with coronary heart disease is well–established but not much was known...
15 Sep RANK signaling-blockade reduces breast cancer recurrence by inducing tumor cell differentiation
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Eva Gonzalez Suarez, PhD Group Leader Transformation and Metastasis lab. Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program-PEBC Institut d’Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL Hospital Duran i Reynals Avinguda Gran Via de l’Hospitalet, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat-Barcelona-Spain MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Thousands...13 Sep Penn Reports Successful Pilot Study of Liquid Biopsy To Monitor Advanced Lung Cancer
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in Author Interviews, Biomarkers, Lung Cancer, Personalized Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Erica L. Carpenter, MBA, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Director, Circulating Tumor Material Laboratory Division of Hematology/Oncology Abramson Cancer Center Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The advent...
13 Sep In Utero Exposure to Ethinyl Estradiol Linked to Tamoxifen Resistance and Breast Cancer Recurrence
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, PhD Professor of Oncology Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057 MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: About 70% of women who develop breast cancer express estrogen receptors in their cancer. These patients are treated with endocrine therapies that target estrogen receptors. Endocrine therapies...12 Sep Stem Cells Drive Vascular Calcification in Arteriosclerosis
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Rafael Kramann, MD, FASN RWTH Aachen University Division of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology Pauwelsstr 30 52074 Aachen, Germany MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Vascular calcification contributes centrally to the increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes...09 Sep Early Palliative Care Improved Patients’ Symptoms and Coping Skills
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in Author Interviews, Brigham & Women's - Harvard, Cancer Research, Colon Cancer, End of Life Care, Lung Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Joseph A. Greer, Ph.D. Program Director, Center for Psychiatric Oncology & Behavioral Sciences Associate Director, Cancer Outcomes Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Yawkey Center, Boston, MA 02114 MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Many patients with advanced...