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    New Molecular Targeted Therapy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Wins FDA Approval At Hoag Family Cancer Institute

      Pluvicto, the First FDA-Approved Prostate-Specific Antigen for Metastatic Prostate Cancer The agent, which is being marketed as Pluvicto by the Swiss pharmaceutical conglomerate Novartis, is the first FDA-approved prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radiotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer. Radioligand therapy with Lu-PSMA-617 prolonged imaging-based progression-free survival and overall survival when added to standard care in patients with advanced … Read More

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    Keeping you up-to-date on the ever changing COVID-19 landscape

      Dear Neighbors, You may have questions about the FDA’s recent authorization of a second booster shot. Please know that across the ever-changing COVID-19 landscape, Hoag is here, by your side as your healthcare partner. Here is what is new: – (On Tuesday), the FDA authorized a second COVID-19 booster for people ages 50 and … Read More

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    5 Cardiology Power Players

      Below are five power players making a difference in cardiology: Ali AbuRahma, MD. President of the Society for Vascular Surgery (Rosemont, Ill.). Dr. AbuRahma serves as the medical director of the vascular laboratory and co-director of the Vascular Center of Excellence at Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center. As an established editor and reviewer, he has … Read More

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    Hoag Hospital Honors Three New Endowed Chairs and Donors at Investiture Ceremony

      Photo by Kevin Warn Hoag Hospital Foundation celebrated the establishment of three new endowed chairs during a March 24 investiture ceremony. The anticipated event, halted previously by the COVID-19 pandemic, included a white coat processional of Hoag physicians, led by its endowed chair holders, and speeches from the honored physicians and donors. While endowed … Read More

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    Hoag selects accomplished oncologist as director of Hoag Melanoma Program

      Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has announced that Thomas N. Wang, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., a prominent researcher and nationally recognized author, has been named medical director of the Hoag Melanoma/Advanced Skin Cancer Program.  Dr. Wang comes to Hoag after spending the previous 15 years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he served … Read More

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    Kickass Women of O.C.: 2022 Edition

      Webster’s dictionary offers two definitions for kickass: 1. having a strong effect on someone or something; powerful 2. exceptionally good; spectacular, impressive. The women we’ve chosen for our second edition of this feature easily live up to both descriptions. They’re but a sampling of the leaders in our community doing amazing work in many … Read More

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    What’s Next for Augmented Reality in Spine Surgery?

      Augmented reality in spine surgery is taking off, and its growth could be exponential in the near future. With more and more places adopting the technology, many surgeons have a positive outlook for the technology. Seven details about AR in spine surgery and what lies ahead: 1. Surgalign’s Holo Portal augmented reality system received FDA 510(k) … Read More

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    Kissing disease’s link to multiple sclerosis

      In recent decades, mounting evidence has suggested the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a ubiquitous member of the herpes family that causes infectious mononucleosis (a.k.a. the “kissing disease”), can cause multiple sclerosis (MS). Last month, a study published in the journal Science went even further, citing EBV infection as likely the leading cause of MS. It is a … Read More

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    ASC spine surgery: 10 observations for 2022

      Spine surgery is becoming more prominent at ASCs as minimally invasive technologies advance and payers are more willing to reimburse for spine surgery in the outpatient setting. Ten observations on outpatient spine surgery this year: 1. More than 190 ASCs in the U.S. offer minimally invasive spine surgery, which has seen a significant increase in the … Read More