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WITHDRAWN: The tubarial salivary glands: First description of a potential new organ at risk for head-neck radiotherapy – PubMed

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PubMed - WITHDRAWN: The tubarial salivary glands: First description of a potential new organ at risk for head-neck...

Vivek Subbiah, MD

Weird ! The #2020 plot thickens...now the article on a new salivary gland is RETRACTED ! Could not find any reason on pubmed. 🙏@DrJeffreyNMyers for pointing this out ! This was even featured in @nytimes https://t.co/GHi9UY4eIO https://t.co/GHi9UY4eIO Could sense some weirdness🧐 https://t.co/GHi9UY4eIO https://t.co/GHi9UY4eIO

Woman in her 30s dies of COVID-19 aboard airplane

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TheHill - Officials confirmed Sunday that a woman in her 30s died of the coronavirus while aboard an airplane awaiting takeoff in July, according...

Tatiana Prowell, MD

Officials confirmed a Texas woman in her 30s died of #coronavirus while aboard an airplane awaiting takeoff from an Arizona airport bound for Texas. This happened 3 mos ago, but county reportedly just learned/shared #COVID19 was cause of death. No words https://t.co/YCClb7V8zO

Are The Risks Of Reopening Schools Exaggerated?

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NPR - New research has found few links between in-person K-12 schooling and COVID-19 case rates. “There is not a consistent pattern,” one study author...

Vinay Prasad

Indeed https://t.co/rboyX8OpAm

How obesity could create problems for a COVID vaccine

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Nature - Researchers fear that vaccines might not be as effective in people who are obese, a population already highly vulnerable to...

Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP

RT @Magda_Skipper: How obesity could create problems for a COVID vaccine | #COVID19 https://t.co/V0FUYweiIM

Fight Cancer using your own T-Cells

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Despite recent advancements in immuno-oncology, not all patients with cancer benefit from current treatments, and additional therapeutic options are needed for both hematologic malignancies...

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Horowitz: How disproportionate coronavirus panic will create excess cancer deaths for years to come

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Ted Okon

While all focus is on #COVID19 #cancer is not getting screened as it should normally. Will have a profound impact downstream on outcomes & mortality, as well as costs. More data forthcoming today. @oncologyCOA. Very scary, especially now w/ 3rd wave! https://t.co/oOB8DNqeMZ

Effect of Tocilizumab on Clinical Worsening in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Pneumonia

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JAMA Network - This randomized clinical trial evaluates the effect of early tocilizumab administration vs standard therapy in preventing clinical worsening in patients hospitalized with...

Tatiana Prowell, MD

RCT (N=126) of Tocilizumab vs std of care in pts hospitalized with #COVID19 pneumonia: stopped for futility 👉28.3% T vs 27% SoC worsened in 14d (RR 1.05, 95%CI 0.6, 1.9) 👉2 pts in T vs 1 in SoC died in 30d 👉6 in T vs 5 in SoC required ventilator https://t.co/nT9kzfaNPA https://t.co/nT9kzfaNPA

Outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with CLL: a multicenter international experience | Blood | American Society of Hematology

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American Society of Hematology Publications - The authors analyzed the outcomes of an international cohort of 198 patients with symptomatic COVID-19 and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), demonstrating a...

Mike Thompson, MD, PhD, FASCO

Outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with CLL: a multicenter international experience [Sep 3, 2020] @anthonymatomd et al. @BloodJournal https://t.co/LNbeA0f68q #CLLsm #leusm #COVID19 #COVID19nCancer #CCC19

Additive effects of green tea and coffee on all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Fukuoka Diabetes Registry

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BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care - Introduction The impact of consuming green tea or coffee on mortality in patients with diabetes is controversial. We prospectively investigated the impact of each...

Vinay Prasad

We can't let a global pandemic disrupt truly lifesaving research https://t.co/W4LGnjGy4X

The ‘shocking’ impact of COVID-19: Americans, young and old, have lost 2.5 million years of life, Harvard researcher says

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USA TODAY - COVID-19 has cost Americans 2.5 million years of life and roughly half that loss comes from people who died in middle age, Harvard scientist...

Tatiana Prowell, MD

#COVID19 has cost Americans 2.5 million years of life (so far). And roughly half that loss has come from people who died in middle age, not older adults. https://t.co/TL6fXbRfZz

Selection of Optimal Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Targeted Therapy for Early Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update

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Journal of Clinical Oncology - PURPOSE The aim of this work is to update key recommendations of the ASCO guideline adaptation of the Cancer Care Ontario guideline on the...

Matteo Lambertini, MD PhD

New @ASCO guidelines published in @ASCO_pubs #JCO by @ndenduluri1 @DrSGraff @gary_lyman @melindatelli @awolff et al. on use of adjuvant #TDM1 and #trastuzumab biosimilars in early #BreastCancer patients: congratulations and thank you ! @OncoAlert #bcsm https://t.co/ACpqUKn7QO