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Elective Neck Dissection Improved Survival in Early Node-Negative Oral Cancer

A phase 3, randomised controlled trial showed that elective neck dissection improved overall survival by 12.5% and reduced risk of death by 36% when…

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Improved Cancer Treatments Linked to Reduced Late Mortality in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS), a retrospective cohort study of children diagnosed with cancer from 1970–1999 at 31 participating…

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Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab or Monotherapy Shown Promise in Untreated Melanoma

The randomised, double-blind, phase 3 CheckMate 067 trial showed that nivolumab alone or nivolumab plus ipilimumab significantly improved progression…

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Novel JAK Inhibitor Pacritinib Proves Effective for Easing Symptoms of Myelofibrosis

Findings from the PERSIST-1 study of patients with myelofibrosis suggest that pacritinib is significantly more effective than best available therapy…

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Obinutuzumab Doubles Remission Duration in Relapsed, Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Interim analysis of a phase III study finds that adding the new anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody obinutuzumab to standard bendamustine chemotherapy…

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Daratumumab Shows Promise in Heavily Treatment-Resistant Multiple Myeloma

A phase II trial suggests that anti-CD38 antibody daratumumab is effective as a standalone therapy for heavily treated multiple myeloma. In a group of…

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New Ibrutinib Combination Regimen Shows Substantial Benefits in Relapsed CLL

An interim analysis of a large phase III study suggests that the combination of ibrutinib and bendamustine/rituximab (BR) improves outcomes for patients…

Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Transperitoneal Adrenalectomy: Outcomes of Initial Five Patients

Objective: To report the outcomes of transperitoneal robotic adrenalectomy (RA) procedures in five initial cases performed at two institutions…

Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Adrenal Tumours: Experience with 54 Patients

Objective: To present our laparoscopic surgery experience in the treatment of adrenal masses. Methods: Between January 2008 and March 2015, a total of 58…

The Efficacy and Utilisation of Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Does it Change the Surgical Dissection Plan? A Preliminary Report

Purpose: We investigated the effect of prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the dissection plan of the neurovascular bundle and the oncological…