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Oral Minoxidil Demonstrates Efficacy in Treating Later Stage Alopecia in Cancer Survivors
June 27th 2022
Results of a single-center study presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting showed that oral minoxidil may be effective in treating late alopecia. Moving forward, these efforts in survivorship care will need to be expanded to less resourced areas, experts said.
Biosimilars May Reduce Disparities in Febrile Neutropenia Treatment
June 27th 2022
At the 2022 Supportive Care in Cancer Annual Meeting, Jeffrey Crawford, MD, highlighted the potential value of biosimilars in reducing gaps in care for the treatment of febrile neutropenia.
Frontline Epcoritamab/R-CHOP Combination Induces 100% ORR in Patients With High-Risk DLBCL
June 26th 2022
Data from the phase 1/2 EPCORE NHL-2 trial suggest that the combination of epcoritamab and R-CHOP is both effective and manageable in treating patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Implementation of Individualized Pain Management in Vaso-occlusive Pain Crisis
June 25th 2022
Utilization of specialty nurse practitioner driven teams and use of individualized pain protocols for patients admitted with vaso-occlusive pain crisis improves quality of life for patients with sickle cell disease, and decreased hospital stay times.
FDA Approves Liso-Cel for Second-Line Large B-Cell Lymphoma
June 24th 2022
The FDA has approved lisocabtagene maraleucel as a second-line treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma.