Patients whose breast cancer converted from lymph node-positive to lymph node-negative after neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not have a higher risk of recurrence or death when they skipped adjuvant regional nodal irradiation (RNI), according to a clinical trial. The study’s findings suggest that downstaging cancer-positive regional lymph nodes with neoadjuvant chemotherapy can let some patients skip adjuvant RNI without harming oncologic outcomes.
Dispersed responsibility, lack of asset inventory is causing gaps in medical device cybersecurity
Witnesses at a House hearing on medical device cybersecurity highlighted the need for better tracking of devices and their vulnerability to cyber threats. They noted
