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Proton beam therapy: a new radiotherapy paradigm

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Rituximab and eculizumab for delayed haemolytic transfusion reactions: low-quality evidence, but a life‑threatening scenario

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Commissioning health services in England: building back better

September 2020 | By Nina Buchan

The Westminster Health Forum, The future of commissioning health services in England—integration, use of data, responding to COVID-19, and priorities for specialised commissioning, was held […]

Adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure

September 2020 | By Alex Warren, Nicola Symes, and Alain Vuylsteke

Acute respiratory failure (ARF) describes a clinical syndrome of acutely failing lungs and includes ‘acute respiratory distress syndrome’ (ARDS). It is a common cause of […]

Histology-independent cancer drugs—navigating the uncertainties of innovative treatments

September 2020 | By Martin Bradley

Significant advances in cancer therapy have been made in recent decades. The elucidation of specific aspects of tumour biochemistry and genetics has led to an […]

The vital role of community pharmacy during COVID-19 and beyond

September 2020 | By Amit Patel and Johnny Skillicorn-Aston

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many lessons: we understand far more about COVID-19 epidemiology than we did several months ago, we have increased our […]

COVID-19: NICE rapid guidance for a rapidly changing crisis

May 2020 | By Jemma Lough

In December 2019, an illness characterised by atypical pneumonia emerged in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, China;1,2 the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed […]

Electrochemotherapy: targeted drug delivery for cancers in the skin

May 2020 | By Brian Bisase

Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a new, NICE-approved treatment available to patients with skin metastases of cancers of non-skin origin and melanoma,1 primary basal cell carcinoma (BCC), […]

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