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Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Gross total resection is difficult to achieve due to complexities involved with brain cancer.

Is the cost of specialty drugs worth the price in small patient populations?

Phase 2 clinical trial of brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) monotherapy in relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma treatment shows improved survival.

Maternal antiretroviral therapy decreases the threat of HIV transmission through breast milk.

Obinutuzumab not found to improve progression-free survival in untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Surprising findings on the relationship between obesity, type 2 diabetes, and dementia.

Notch signaling pathway found to drive prostate cancer metastasis.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Intracellular receptor protects against the negative effects of inflammation in ALS.

Patients treated with HCV drugs prior to transplant found to have higher overall post-transplant care costs.

Self-reported prevalence of prostate cancer found lower in men who take aspirin.

Four genes found linked to epigenetic mechanisms that contribute to multiple sclerosis.

Benign meningioma tumors may be less likely in patients with high blood sugar.

Interaction between HIV and the immune system are crucial to eradicating the disease.

Even in early clinical trials for cancer drugs, the use of precision medicine showed longer progression-free survival.

The absence of O-glycan sugars led to colitis and colon cancer in mouse models.

Study finds Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism incidence may have risen over last 30 years.

Restricted access to antiviral HCV treatments only reduces spending in the short-term.

CDC finds need for interventions to improve HIV testing rates among men between 15- and 39-years-old.

Nanostructured lipid carriers filled with melatonin may boost chemotherapy efficacy.

Liraglutide found to lower the overall risk of stroke and heart attack.

Women who undergo surgery for ovarian cancer lived four times longer than women who did not.

Long-term culturing of stem cells may improve the treatment of respiratory conditions.

Restriction spectrum imaging distinguishes between different prostate cancer tumor grades.

Proteogenomic analysis expands knowledge into breast cancer therapy.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients who use opioids face a higher risk of respiratory-related death.

Recent advances and updates in oncology and cancer drug development.