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Oncoimmunology
December 2025
Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Providence Cancer Institute, Portland, OR, USA.
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has significantly improved the survival for many patients with advanced malignancy. However, fewer than 50% of patients benefit from ICB, highlighting the need for more effective immunotherapy options. High-dose interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) immunotherapy, which is approved for patients with metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma, stimulates CD8 T cells and NK cells and can generate durable responses in a subset of patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Infect Dis
January 2025
Infection Control, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Background: Urinary tract infections are prone to overdiagnosis, and reflex urine culture protocols offer a valuable opportunity for diagnostic stewardship in this arena. However, there is no recommended standard testing approach. Cancer patients are often excluded from reflex urine culture protocols, especially if severely immunosuppressed or neutropenic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGynecol Oncol Rep
February 2025
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Health Outcomes and Behavior, Tampa, FL, United States.
Background: The 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines prefer expedited treatment, defined as proceeding to excisional treatment without first performing colposcopic biopsy, for patients with screening results indicating a high risk of cervical precancer. In this mixed methods study, we explored clinician attitudes toward expedited treatment.
Methods: In 2021, a national sample of 671 clinicians who performed colposcopy completed surveys; a subset (n = 41) of clinicians who performed colposcopy and/or directed patient treatment completed qualitative interviews.
Gynecol Oncol Rep
February 2025
University of Iowa, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, G60 Psychological and Brain Sciences Building, 340 Iowa Ave, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Background: Despite recommendations, exercise participation among endometrial cancer survivors remains low. Previous interventions focused on weight loss or in-person programs with limited reach. Regular exercise, regardless of weight change, reduces mortality risk and improves functionality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pharm Policy Pract
January 2025
College of Pharmacy, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, St Louis, MO, USA.
Background: The sustainability of community pharmacies in the United States depends, in large part, on policies enacted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In 2003, CMS policy allowed retrospective direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees to manage costs. From 2024, only prospective DIR fees are permitted.
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