Financial toxicity and food insecurity create a health-economic pathway impacting nutrition in women with cancer
Financial stress and food insecurity impact health for women with cancer
This mini review explores the link between financial toxicity, food insecurity, and nutritional vulnerability in women with cancer. The auth…
High medical costs and lack of reliable food sources can lead to malnutrition and fatigue in women fighting breast and gynecologic cancers.
Lower baseline soluble PD-L1 levels correlate with improved progression-free and overall survival in NSCLC
Blood Marker May Predict Lung Cancer Outcomes
This meta-analysis of 1967 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) found that lower baseline sPD-L1 levels are associated with sign…
A protein in the blood called sPD-L1 may help predict how well lung cancer patients respond to treatment.
TKI plus chemotherapy achieves deep molecular remission in Ph+ leukemia case with diagnostic framework
One patient's leukemia remission offers clues for rare diagnosis
This systematic review with a case report describes a patient with Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemia who achieved complete remission…
A patient with a rare leukemia achieved deep remission for 35 months. The case highlights how to tell apart two similar-looking blood cancer…
Immunonutrition may improve management of radiation-induced oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients
Immunonutrition may help manage mouth sores in head and neck cancer
This narrative review examines the role of immunonutrition for managing oral mucositis in patients with head and neck malignancies undergoin…
Patients with head and neck cancer often suffer from painful mouth sores. New evidence suggests immunonutrition could help manage these symp…
Calcium homeostasis dysregulation serves as an integrative regulatory node in allergic rhinitis inflammation
Calcium Imbalance May Drive Inflammation in Allergic Rhinitis
This systematic review explores the role of calcium signaling in allergic rhinitis pathogenesis, including mucosal barrier maintenance and i…
New research suggests that how your body manages calcium levels may play a key role in maintaining nasal barriers and driving allergic rhini…
Sintilimab may trigger autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients
New cancer treatment may cause rare brain inflammation in patients
This case report and literature review describes a patient with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who developed autoimmune GFAP as…
A new type of immunotherapy for esophageal cancer can trigger a rare brain condition, requiring doctors to watch for early signs of neurolog…
Metabolic checkpoints like lactate and adenosine drive immune escape and resistance to checkpoint blockade
Metabolic Checkpoints May Impact Immune Therapy for Cancer
This mini review synthesizes the role of metabolic immune checkpoints, including lactate, adenosine, tryptophan-derived metabolites, and nuc…
Specific metabolic markers like lactate and adenosine may influence how well immune checkpoint treatments work against cancer cells.
Diverse therapeutic approaches including immunotherapy are utilized for patients with occult squamous cell carcinoma
Men and women show different patterns in squamous cell carcinoma
This systematic review of case reports examines clinical characteristics and treatment strategies for patients with occult squamous cell car…
New data shows that men and women experience different locations for lymph node spread in certain types of skin cancer.
Lower serum vitamin D levels correlate with increased severity in chronic rhinosinusitis
Lower Vitamin D Levels Linked to Worse Chronic Sinusitis
This meta-analysis of 1,236 patients found that individuals with chronic rhinosinusitis have significantly lower serum vitamin D levels (MD …
People with chronic rhinosinusitis often have lower vitamin D levels, which may be linked to more severe symptoms and a higher risk of recur…
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines reduce antimicrobial resistance through direct suppression and reduced antibiotic exposure
Pneumococcal Vaccines May Help Reduce Antibiotic Resistance in Infections
This mini review examines the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) on antimicrobial resistance dynamics and serotype replacement…
New research highlights how pneumococcal vaccines can help lower antibiotic resistance by reducing the need for treatment and limiting resis…
Immunosuppression with corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide leads to clinical improvement in AAV patients with hepatic granulomas
Treatment shows success for liver issues in specific autoimmune diseases
This systematic scoping review examines the rare manifestation of hepatic granulomatosis in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV)…
Patients with rare liver granulomas and certain autoimmune conditions saw improvement when treated with standard immunosuppressive therapies…
Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation shows no significant improvement in EDSS scores for progressive multiple sclerosis
Stem cell therapy safe but no benefit for multiple sclerosis
This meta-analysis of 143 patients with progressive multiple sclerosis found that mesenchymal stem cell transplantation did not significantl…
A new analysis finds stem cell transplants are safe for progressive MS but don't improve disability scores.