Induction chemotherapy with paclitaxel, cisplatin and capecitabine vs. cisplatin and fluorouracil improved failure-free survival among patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.Results of the randomized, open-label, phase 3 trial also showed the paclitaxel combination did not result in a higher rate of serious adverse events, researchers
Historical housing discriminatory practices are associated with modern-day cardiometabolic disease and risk factors years after such practices were outlawed, according to an analysis of census-level data.In a cross-sectional study, researchers found that “redlining” practices that graded neighborhoods according to perceived investment risk was associated with rates of CAD, chronic
Differences in emergency medical service agency resuscitation practices may partly account for widely varying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates, researchers reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.“Our work highlights how important it is for emergency medical service agencies to review their resuscitation performance, and all related practices, to evaluate
Statin use for primary prevention of CVD was associated with lower risk for COVID-19 hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths, according to findings from a cohort study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.“Statins are now known to be beneficial in primary prevention, decreasing all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease and stroke,” Kim
Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled the most-read cardiology news of June 2022.Readers were most interested in improving the messaging surrounding aspirin; the midterm CV safety of men’s hormone therapy; promotion of hands-only CPR to increase use and improve cardiac arrest outcomes; and more.