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Sex-Specific Mechanisms for Major Depressive Disorder Identified in Response to Dysregulated Stress Hormones
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered novel sex-specific mechanisms that control how stress hormones impact dopamine transmission and motivation, findings that can inform new therapeutic strategies for treating major depressive disorder.
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Pre-Surgery Immunotherapy May Increase Survival in Advanced Melanoma
Patients with advanced-stage melanoma who received immunotherapy both before and after surgery had longer event-free survival than patients who received immunotherapy only after surgery, according to a recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Hormone Therapy Plus Current Treatments Improves Survival in Prostate Cancer
Combining a new hormone therapy drug with chemotherapy and another hormone therapy increased overall survival in patients with high-volume and both high-risk and low-risk metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, according to a post hoc analysis published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.