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AI and Treatment
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Anchor lead: Can an artificial intelligence approach to looking at drugs and cancer find promising treatments? Elizabeth Tracey reports Can combing through vast databases using tools such as artificial intelligence or machine learning help find new cancer treatments? That’s the …
New Uses
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Anchor lead: Could an existing drug be repurposed to treat cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Metformin, a drug long used to treat diabetes, might be helpful for some cancers, a recent report states, with the recommendation that investigating drug libraries may …
Clinical Trial Participation
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Anchor lead: What are barriers to clinical trial participation for those with cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Clinical trials offer both the best care and the greatest hope for many people with cancer, yet a recent study indicates that one barrier …
Existing Drugs
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Anchor lead: How can we tell if an existing drug might be used to treat COVID-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug, and azithromycin, an antibiotic, are two existing drugs now in clinical trials to treat COVID-19. William Nelson, …
CPAP and BIPAP
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Anchor lead: There are strategies to alleviate the shortage of ventilators for people with COVID-19, Elizabeth Tracey reports Ventilators, machines that help people with severe COVID-19 breath, are in short supply. Enid Neptune, a lung expert and critical care medicine …