Lauren Santye, Assistant Editor

Age and tumor type most associated with initial insurance denial of cancer treatment, study finds.

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Gene editing tool reveals why some patients with cancer fail to respond to immunotherapy.

Several breakthrough cancer drugs were approved in the first half of 2017.

Upper respiratory infections cause immune cells to travel to the brain, prompting multiple sclerosis to relapse.

In some cases, chemotherapy can spur cancer cells to spread to other parts of the body.

The receptor helps drive estrogen-receptor positive mammary tumor progression in low estrogen environments.

Sheena Babin, PharmD, business development and clinical pharmacy manager at Ochsner Health System, discusses changes specialty pharmacists will need to make to ensure adherence of self-administered specialty drugs.

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Prior studies suggest that as many as two-thirds of all older HIV-positive Americans have experienced stigma due to the disease and their age.

The guidance describes chemistry, manufacturing, and controls postapproval manufacturing changes considered to have minimal potential to adversely affect quality.

Study identifies previously unknown properties of gold to release anti-cancer drugs inside of tumors.

Young black women are more likely to have aggress breast cancer subtypes than white women.

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Stigma partially drives poorer health outcomes in patients with HIV.

Work-related factors, such as noxious airborne agents, may elevate the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.

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Novel treatment effective against rheumatoid arthritis also produced a marked improvement in skin lesions caused by atopic dermatitis.

Funding will be spread throughout several mentorship programs for youths with HIV to help navigate adult care.

According to new findings, home-based HIV testing kits could be an effective strategy to reach individuals who have never been tested.

The investigators hope the study leads to earlier HIV testing and related prenatal care.

Investigators seek to limit mother-to-child transmission of HIV without harming the immune development of infants.

An advanced statistical modeling and analytic tool aims to improve personalized medicine through health care and medical data.

Anti-rheumatic drug suppresses activation of a molecular pathway responsible for the disease.

Targeted radiotherapy for breast cancer may improve overall quality of life and reduces side effects.

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Many individuals at-risk of contracting HIV do not test routinely or have never been tested.

The risk of gallbladder cancer was highest in women with a history of periodontal disease.

Four doses of PrEP around the time of sexual activity reduced HIV-infection risk by 97%.

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