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Chemotherapy for colorectal cancer include 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), capecitabine (Xeloda), irinotecan (Camptosar), oxaliplatin (Eloxatin), and trifluridine and tipiracil (Lonsurf).

Precision dosing technology uses multiple patient-specific factors to individualize medication doses, helping clinicians reduce medication errors that lead to adverse events.

Those aged 18 to 34 years self-treat with cannabidiol or cannabis at 2 times the rate of people aged 45 years or older.

The phase 2 Elara trial for the follicular lymphoma treatment met its primary endpoints, Novartis says.

ARTISTRY-7 will analyze the anti-tumor activity and safety of the combination compared with chemotherapy for individuals with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Investigators conclude that minimal residual disease cells, or those that survive the initial treatment, may carry some form of epigenetic and metabolic memory of the tumor.

Gyang and Hansen discussed any new or existing treatment options for patients, the role of the pharmacist changing, and what they wish others knew about MS.

The multi-institutional clinic trial also concluded that there was no negative impact to quality of life for these patients.

The investigators said that the trial data showed potentially clinically meaningful improvements in both progression-free survival and overall survival in pre-specified subgroups of patients based on the baseline inflammatory biomarker, hs-CRP, as well as other biomarker-defined subgroups.

Paula Durlofsky, PhD, a writer for the American Psychological Association's Device Management and Digital Intelligence committee discusses how social media has impacted the mental health of health care professionals in recent years, including the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The rate of distant metastasis at 10 years was 29% for individuals whose scores demonstrated more aggressive disease compared with 13% for those who showed lower risk.

Although there is no one-size-fits-all approach to promoting vaccine confidence, a conversation is a great starting point.

A diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile infection does not instantly require treatment, but new guidelines include recommendations for treatment when warranted.

During American Pharmacists Month this October, it’s vital for more pharmacists and health care providers to think about how they touch each patient’s life.

Patients undergoing chemotherapy had lower COVID-19 antibody levels than patients undergoing targeted therapy following vaccination.

Harvoni is a fixed-dose combination indicated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus in adults and pediatric patients 3 years of age and older.

Amy Summers, PharmD, BCSCP, consultant at Restore Health Consulting, discusses her CPhT 2021 conference presentation regarding proposed changes to the USP <795> and <797>.

There is a survival advantage for those who were also treated with surgery, according to new study results.

The success of the COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna has given many HIV advocates hope that a preventive mRNA vaccine is on the horizon.

Gary Locke, former governor of Washington state, US Secretary of Commerce, and ambassador to China, discusses the World Trade Organization's TRIPS Council, which recently met to assess the elimination of IP protections for COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics, and medical devices.

Adam Olszewski, MD, associate professor of medicine in Alpert Medical School at Brown University, discusses his SOHO 2021 conference presentation on prognostication and treatment of Burkitt lymphoma in the modern era.

Phase 3 ILLUMINATE showed the percentage of individuals with HIV-1 RNA levels ≥50 copies/mL for the once-a-day combination pill of doravirine/islatravir.

Officials with the FDA have approved Roche’s VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) Assay as a diagnostic test to evaluate patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are eligible to receive atezolizumab (Tecentriq, Genentech).

The drug previously received approval to treat mucosal melanoma but could be used in combination with pembrolizumab.

A study finds that intravenous immunoglobulin therapy is a beneficial way to combat parvovirus-induced PRCA in individuals with anemia.

World Standards Week is October 25 to 29, so Pharmacy Times interviewed Jaap Venema, PhD, EVP and CSO at USP, on some of the key shifts that have occurred in USP’s standards development during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data show 99.2% of children 5 to 11 years of age achieved a seroresponse by 1 month after completing the 2-dose vaccine series.

The CDC recommends booster doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine and Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine for eligible individuals.

Pharmacy Times spoke with neurologist Dr. Tirisham Gyang and pharmacist Dr. Margaret Hansen about multiple sclerosis, including diagnosis, treatment options, and the role of the pharmacist in patient care.

The investigators found that the rate of preterm birth in pregnant women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 was a function of the severity of infection.