HAIP Chemo Offers OS Advantage in Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
SAN FRANCISCO — Hepatic arterial infusion pump (HAIP) chemotherapy with floxuridine significantly improved overall survival (OS) in patients with advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA), according to results from a phase II study. Patients treated with HAIP chemotherapy combined with systemic chemotherapy achieved a 1-year OS of 80% compared with 47% in the historical cohort treated with […]
Democrats Have A $50 Billion Plan To Ease U.S. Nurse ‘Shortage’
LOADINGERROR LOADING Congressional Democrats want to pump $50 billion into the training and hiring of more public health nurses ― a cash infusion they say would improve both working conditions for nurses and health outcomes for underserved communities. Lawmakers planned to introduce bills in both the House and Senate on Wednesday to establish a grant […]
PPIs Linked to Worse Outcomes With Widely Used Breast Cancer Drug
Using proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) during treatment with palbociclib (Ibrance) was linked to higher risks of progression and death among patients with breast cancer, according to a retrospective cohort study from South Korea. Among over 1,300 women, the median clinical progression-free survival (PFS) in the group taking both a PPI and palbociclib was 25.3 months […]
Some NSCLC Patients on ICI Therapy Fare Worse With Proton Pump Inhibitor Use
Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use was independently associated with worse treatment outcomes in some patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) on immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy with pembrolizumab (Keytruda), according to a Japanese multicenter cohort study. Among patients with a PD-L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) of 50% or more, a history of PPI use […]
Major Law That Would Protect Pumping At Work Is Being Held Up By One Industry
A yearslong effort to expand the rights of women to pump breast milk at work has been held up near the finish line due to opposition from the airline industry, according to a senator involved in the fight. The bipartisan bill ― known as the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act, or PUMP […]