COVER FE ATURE
ADVANCING CEREBROVASCULAR CARE:
NSPC SPECIALISTS ELEVATE THE TREATMENT
OF RARE CONDITIONS 6
Neuroendovascular specia lists deliver individua lized care
for rare cerebrovascular conditions such as arteriovenous
ma lformations and giant intracrania l aneurysms.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: ONCOLOGY
IS THE CAR T-CELL REVOLUTION HERE? 18
Generic CA R T-cell therapy may be on the horizon, speeding
times to treatment.
COULD A MULTI-CANCER EARLY DETECTION
BLOOD TEST SIGNAL A SEISMIC SHIFT FOR
CANCER SCREENING? 20
A test known as Ga lleri can detect more than 50 cancer types
with 93% accuracy — a ll from a blood sample.
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ON THE COVER
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FE ATURES
GENOMIC STRUCTURAL VARIANTS DISCOVERED
IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA 24
A new study revea ls that a rare genomic variant often presents
in patients with schizophrenia, raising the possibility of more
effective treatment options.
RESEARCH OFFERS NEW HOPE FOR PREDICTING
ALZHEIMER'S PROGRESSION 26
Biomarker monitoring may a llow for the development of
therapies to be applied in the nonclinica l stage of the disease.
DEPARTMENTS
FINANCE 11
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 12
FINANCIAL CHECK-UP 14
THAT'S NEWS 16, 22, 27
LEGAL EASE 19
LOCAL NEWS 28
UPCOMING CME EVENTS 30
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