Background Previous trials showed that antiangiogenesis or anti-programmed death protein 1/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) monotherapy only showed marginal effect in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
Qiang Liu+11 more
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Pharmacists in clozapine clinics improving physical health monitoring [PDF]
Introduction: People living with schizophrenia have a higher rate of comorbid physical health diseases and compared with the general population die earlier due to these diseases.
Greg Spann, BPharm, GCert Psychiatric Therapeutics+2 more
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Role of the pharmacist in reducing healthcare costs: current insights
Global healthcare expenditure is escalating at an unsustainable rate. Money spent on medicines and managing medication-related problems continues to grow.
K. Dalton, S. Byrne
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Rural ambulatory care pharmacists providing in-clinic and home visit services improve adherence to long-acting injectable antipsychotics [PDF]
Patients with schizophrenia often experience symptoms such as poor insight and disorganized thought, which limit their ability to seek and receive care consistently.
Heng “Helen” Chang, PharmD, BCPS+2 more
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PD-1 does not mark tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cell dysfunction in human gastric cancer
Background Overexpression of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) is linked to CD8+ T cell dysfunction and contributes to tumor immune escape. However, the prevalence and functional regulations of PD-1 expression on CD8+ T cells in human gastric cancer
Ying Wang+13 more
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Background: Breast tumor is the most well-known type of cancerous growth in ladies of Pakistan. The effect of the underlying diagnosis, treatment conventions, chemotherapeutic agents in contrast with culture, social and psychological parts of the ...
Ali Hassan+2 more
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Polypharmacy in elderly cancer patients : challenges and the way clinical pharmacists can contribute in resource-limited settings [PDF]
The aim of this study was to address the problems associated with polypharmacy in elderly cancer patients and to highlight the role of pharmacists in such cases in resource‐limited settings.
Khanal, Saval+2 more
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Impact of Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacists on improving urinary tract infection antibiotic appropriateness at an acute psychiatric hospital [PDF]
Introduction: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common indications for antibiotic use; patients with psychiatric disorders have a greater risk for UTI compared with patients without these disorders.
Hamad Mohammad Adam PharmD, BCPS+3 more
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Objectives Pharmacists play a role in providing medication reconciliation. However, data on effectiveness on patients’ clinical outcomes appear inconclusive.
A. Mekonnen, A. McLachlan, J. Brien
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Pharmacist-led management of chronic pain in primary care:costs and benefits in a pilot randomised controlled trial [PDF]
To explore differences in mean costs (from a UK National Health Service perspective) and effects of pharmacist-led management of chronic pain in primary care evaluated in a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT), and to estimate optimal sample size for ...
Barton+29 more
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