Yale student discusses findings of disparities among patients with prostate cancer
"We also saw in the high-risk group that patients who identified as Black were much more likely to not receive treatment than their White counterparts," says Madison Novosel, BA.
In this video, Madison Novosel discusses notable findings from her thesis project, “Associations between patient sociodemographic factors and non-treatment for localized prostate cancer”, which were presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, California. Novosel is an MPH student at the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Connecticut.
Personalized therapeutic approaches in ccRCC remain challenging
April 15th 2024"As a kidney cancer community, we need to investigate these molecular subtypes prospectively in clinical trials to determine whether specific subtypes benefit from certain therapies or not," says David A. Braun, MD, PhD.
Lenvatinib/pembrolizumab compares favorably with frontline standards in renal cell carcinoma
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Subcutaneous nivolumab meets coprimary pharmacokinetic end points for ccRCC
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