60 or Younger? A ‘Wake Up Call’ for Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement
LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, ...
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Triple Therapy in Metastatic CRC With BRAF Mutations: The New Standard of Care?
SAN FRANCISCO -- First-line treatment with targeted therapies plus chemotherapy offered overall response benefits in BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer ...
‘It’s a Disservice to Dr. Fauci’: What We Heard This Week
"It's a disservice to Dr. Fauci that they felt this was necessary." -- Georges Benjamin, MD, executive director of the ...
A Broken Clock: RFK Jr. Gets Two Things Right on Health
N. Adam Brown is a practicing emergency physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive. He is the founder of ABIG Health, a ...
Heart Surgeons Wary of Being ‘Left Behind’ in Tricuspid Innovation
LOS ANGELES -- Cardiac surgeons were urged to readjust their attitudes toward the tricuspid valve if they want to keep ...
Geriatric Assessment, QoL Correlate With OS in Older Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
SAN FRANCISCO -- Older patients' survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer had a significant association with baseline vulnerabilities and quality-of-life (QoL) ...
Inhaled Pulmonary Vasodilators for Surgery: Choice Still Up for Debate
LOS ANGELES -- For surgeons already split on their preference of inhaled pulmonary vasodilator to prevent postoperative right ventricular (RV) ...
Practice-Changing Win for Aspirin in Colorectal Cancer
SAN FRANCISCO -- In an era dominated by pricey, high-tech drugs, the humble aspirin had a practice-changing impact on colorectal ...
Immunotherapy-TACE Regimen Boosts PFS in Unresectable Liver Cancer
SAN FRANCISCO -- Adding camrelizumab and rivoceranib to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with unresectable ...
WHO Chief Urges End to Attacks on Sudan Healthcare After 70 Killed in Drone Strike
(Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization called on Saturday for an end to attacks on healthcare workers ...
