Neoadjuvant immunotherapy improves outcomes in high-risk melanoma patients.

Published Date: 02 Mar 2023

High-risk melanoma patients who received the drug pembrolizumab before or after surgery to remove the cancer had a higher risk of developing melanoma than those who did not have a similar condition that eliminated cancer cells.

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Nirsevimab immunization in children younger than 12 months is linked to a lower risk for hospitalization for invasive pneumococcal disease, a French nationwide analysis shows.

A century-old hospital near Michigan’s southern border was one of the nation’s first to convert into a new emergency-focused model Congress created to save rural care.

Romanian healthcare workers ended a nationwide strike on ⁠Friday as the country's caretaker government approved new hires in ⁠short-staffed state hospitals.

Swimming plus education is more effective than education alone in reducing disability in adults with chronic low back pain over 8 weeks, a trial shows.

Most children born premature with chronic lung disease have reversible airway obstruction, but bronchodilator responses vary widely, underscoring the need for individualized testing.

In children and young adults with cancer, oral vancomycin prophylaxis during broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy is associated with a lower risk for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection.

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