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Toward better surgical outcomes in patients undergoing knee replacement surgery

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Toward better surgical outcomes in patients undergoing knee replacement surgery

When performing knee replacement surgery, also called total knee arthroplasty, doctors traditionally try to align the hip, knee, and ankle in a straight line, forming a neutral alignment, rather than replicating the patient’s original alignment. Now, in an effort to understand which approach is better, researchers from Kyushu University collected convincing evidence in favor of … Read more

Computational tool developed to predict immunotherapy outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer

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Computational tool developed to predict immunotherapy outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer

Using computational tools, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a method to assess which patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer could benefit from immunotherapy. The work by computational scientists and clinicians was published Oct. 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of … Read more