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Medical Xpress / Preoperative radiation may improve antitumor immune response in most common form of breast cancer
Preoperative radiation improved T-cell infiltration (TCI) in patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer when administered in combination with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and chemotherapy and led ...
Tech Xplore / Amazon bets on color and AI with its priciest Kindle to date
Amazon.com Inc.'s new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is the company's most serious effort yet to turn its e-reader into a productivity tool. But with a starting price of $630—making it the priciest Kindle yet—Amazon will need ...
Medical Xpress / Breast MRI may be safely omitted from diagnostic workup in certain patients with early-stage, HR-negative breast cancer
Patients with stage 1 or 2, hormone receptor (HR)-negative breast cancer had similar five-year rates of locoregional recurrence whether or not they underwent preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in addition ...
Medical Xpress / A North Carolina hospital was slated to open in 2025: Mired in bureaucracy, it's still a dirt field
Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people.
Medical Xpress / Research strengthens evidence linking alcohol use to cancer
As Americans gear up for the holiday season, new research offers a timely reminder to reflect on the long-term health effects of raising a celebratory glass—or two. Alcohol is known to increase the risk of several cancers ...
Medical Xpress / Sentinel lymph node biopsy may be safely omitted in some patients with early-stage breast cancer: Phase III trial
Skipping sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with clinically node-negative, hormonal receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer did not compromise regional control or survival after a median ...
Medical Xpress / How to protect your child's teeth if your water lacks fluoride
For generations, fluoridated drinking water has helped safeguard the teeth of most American children. Yet recently, skepticism over this public-health measure has gained new traction, and some locales—including the states ...
Medical Xpress / Making cancer screening more accessible to underserved groups
New research from the University of Aberdeen and the Grampian Regional Equality Council (GREC) has outlined ways to make cancer screening services more accessible to people who may be underserved by the health care system. ...
Medical Xpress / Early support boosts recovery post-Manchester arena attack
Two new studies have found that people affected by the 2017 Manchester Arena terrorist attack showed improvement in mental health after engaging with dedicated support services.
Phys.org / Neutrino observatories show promise for detecting light dark matter
Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, reflect or absorb light, yet is estimated to account for most of the universe's mass. Over the past decades, many physicists worldwide have been trying to detect ...
Medical Xpress / Children with cognitive disabilities missing in NDIS data
According to recent figures, about 250,000 children under the age of 15 participate in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). But a new scoping review out of the University of Adelaide has highlighted gaps in literature ...
Medical Xpress / Cuffless blood pressure technologies in wearable devices show promise to transform care
Cuffless devices to measure blood pressure, such as smartwatches, rings, patches and fingertip monitors, show great promise as alternatives to traditional arm-cuff monitors, however, they are not yet proven accurate enough ...
