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“As an oncologist, when patients lost their hair, my response was, ‘Don’t worry. It will grow back.’ And it will grow back. But it really sucks as you’re waiting.” – Dr. Sue Hwang

The brothers falsely inflated OP-1250’s overall response rate from 9% to 17% and bumped up the expected phase II response rate from 18% to 36%.

Dr. Rita Rao shares her expert perspective on the goals of neoadjuvant therapy, treatment selection, and the evolving landscape of HER2-targeted strategies.

“A patient who is considered neutropenic, if they spike a low-grade temperature of 100.4, they can go from being alive and well to dead in three hours,” Palmeri testified, explaining why oncologists ultimately withdrew acute hematology services after documenting that nurses “were not checking temperature in the time frames that they’re supposed to check.”

When hair turns gray, it may signal that the body has also avoided melanoma, as pigment-producing stem cells can either become depleted, which leads to hair graying, or multiply, depending on the kind of stress and signals in their environment.

PORT is recommended for patients with cSCC having close or positive margins that cannot be corrected with further surgery (secondary to morbidity or adverse cosmetic outcome). In patients with cSCC, PORT is recommended for T3 and T4 tumors—both strong recommendations with moderate to low evidence quality.