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People with dementia but no diagnosis can have more problematic hospitalizations, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Older people with undiagnosed dementia who get hospitalized experience worse outcomes than other groups of older adults who require hospitalization, a study by Halima Amjad, a dementia and geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Amjad: Focusing on …
Undiagnosed dementia can be risky, especially when someone is hospitalized, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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People who have dementia frequently aren’t diagnosed, and when such a person is hospitalized they are at much higher risk for poorer outcomes. That’s the focus of research by Halima Amjad, a geriatrics and dementia expert at Johns Hopkins. Amjad: …
Can peripheral blood sampling be combined with radiation therapy for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Cancers continue to change, or mutate, as time goes on, often acquiring the ability to outmaneuver treatments. Valsamo Anagnostou, a cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins, has used repeated blood sampling for cancer cells with treatment strategies like radiation to stay …
A combination of strategies help determine best cancer treatment strategies, Elizabeth Tracey reports
How does radiation benefit the body’s response to cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Radiation of a primary tumor can activate immune cells around distant metastases, a study by Valsamo Anagnostou, a cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Anagnostou says the mechanism is clear. Anangostou: Radiation induces cell death. The cells …
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Radiation is emerging as an important tool in helping improve immune response in cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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When cancer develops resistance to immunotherapy, radiation may help. That’s according to a study by cancer researcher Valsamo Anagnostou at Johns Hopkins. Anagnostou: We’re administering radiation as a sensitizer for immunotherapy and as the way to circumvent primary resistance to …