The Role of Twitter in Colorectal Cancer Awareness
The most common topics of tweets were early detection of disease, bereavement, and research.
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Prophylactic Post-Surgical TACE Improves Survival in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
There was no significant difference in survival between the TACE and non-TACE groups overall, but there were differences for prophylactic post-surgical TACE, palliative TACE, and curative TACE.
Oxaliplatin Does Not Benefit Older Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Oxaliplatin did not prolong progression-free survival and was associated with more adverse events.
Elevated Platelet Count Could Be a Biomarker for Several Cancers
Compared with patients who had a medium platelet count, patients with a very high platelet count had more than double the risk of a solid tumor diagnosis.
Stopping Adjuvant Treatment Early May Decrease DFS, OS in Stage III Colon Cancer
Early treatment discontinuation was associated with a decrease in survival, but early oxaliplatin discontinuation was not.
First Positive First-Line Immuno-Chemotherapy Results for Biliary Tract Cancer
Adding durvalumab to gemcitabine and cisplatin improved progression-free and overall survival.
Eryaspase Does Not Improve PFS or OS in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
The median overall survival was 7.5 months in the eryaspase arm and 6.7 months in the chemotherapy-alone arm.
STRIDE Regimen Extends Survival in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma
The median overall survival was 16.4 months with STRIDE and 13.8 months with sorafenib.
TACE Improves Efficacy of Lenvatinib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
TACE improved responses and survival outcomes.
COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Affect Care of Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma may have been spared the COVID-related delays in care seen for other cancers, according to researchers.
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