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Study finds melanoma treatment costs have increased, but so has survival

Study finds melanoma treatment costs have increased, but so has survival
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Sarahb Bateni , Odette Cancer Center , Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center ,

Two tiers aren't solution to healthcare | Caledon Citizen

Two tiers aren't solution to healthcare | Caledon Citizen
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Doug Ford , Odette Cancer Center At Sunnybrook , Doane House Hospice , Odette Cancer Center ,

Patient-reported outcomes linked to nonfatal self-injury after cancer diagnosis

Self-reported signs of distress and an increasing total Edmonton Symptom Assessment System score within 180 days of cancer diagnosis appeared associated with higher odds of nonfatal, self-inflicted injury, study results showed.The findings, published in JAMA Oncology, highlighted the need to monitor patient-reported outcomes and use them to direct management, according to researchers. ....

Julie Hallet , University Of Toronto , Edmonton Symptom Assessment System , Odette Cancer Center , Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ,

Immune therapy after surgery lowers relapse risk in patients with high-risk melanoma


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IMAGE: Kenneth Grossmann, MD, PhD, of Huntsman Cancer Institute, led the SWOG S1404 clinical trial, which found that patients with high-risk melanoma who had pembrolizumab after their surgery had a longer.
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PORTLAND, OR - Patients with high-risk melanoma who had a course of pembrolizumab after their surgery had a longer time before their disease recurred than patients who got either ipilimumab or high-dose interferon after surgery. These findings of a large SWOG Cancer Research Network clinical trial, S1404, will be presented at the ASCO annual meeting June 6, 2021.
Researchers also measured overall survival and found no statistically significant difference in overall survival rates between the two groups of patients three and one-half years after the last patient enrolled to the trial. They did find, however, that patients taking pembrolizumab had fewer serious side effects than those treated with e ....

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