Kristie L. Kahl is vice president of content at MJH Life Sciences, overseeing CURE®, CancerNetwork®, the journal ONCOLOGY, Targeted Oncology, and Urology Times®. She has been with the company since November 2017.
She is a graduate of Rider University, where she acquired a Bachelors of Art in journalism, as well as a graduate of Temple University, where she received her Masters of Science in Sports Management.
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Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer Receive Unnecessary Medicine at Hospital Discharge
October 17th 2018The amount of preventative medicines given during hospital admission may be associated with an increased amount prescribed at discharge – resulting in higher costs and an increased risk for drug-drug interactions in patients with advanced lung cancer.
Talking Below the Belt with Real Housewife Camille Grammer
October 13th 2018In this week’s special edition of CURE Talks Cancer, we spoke with Bravo TV’s “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Camille Grammer about her experience with uterine cancer, and the advocacy work she does for “below the belt” cancers.
Pregnant With Cancer: How One Woman's Life Changed In Just Three Days
October 11th 2018Eleven years ago, Stephanie Hosford received two pieces of life-changing news within the span of three days: she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer and she found out she was pregnant – all while going through an adoption process at the same time.
Concurrent Tecentriq Adds First Survival Benefit Seen in Small Cell Lung Cancer in 20 Years
September 25th 2018The IMpower133 trial demonstrated the added overall and progression-free survival benefits of adjuvant Tecentriq with standard of care therapy for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
Radiation Treatment May Impair Recent Memory in Pediatric Patients With Brain Tumors
September 24th 2018“Key brain regions that we know are typically involved in autobiographical memory formation and retrieval, especially the hippocampus, are located quite far from the primary tumor bed, and thus far from the site of focal radiation,” Sekeres, who is director of the Sekeres Memory Laboratory at Baylor University, said in an interview with CURE.
The Basics of Head and Neck Cancer
September 20th 2018In this episode of CURE Talks Cancer, we spoke with Elizabeth Langdon, vice president of strategic communications and development at the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance, about how the organization helps to raise awareness for the prevention, early detection and research of head and neck cancer.
FDA Grants Priority Review to Keytruda to Treat Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Subgroup
September 12th 2018The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted priority review to Keytruda (pembrolizumab) monotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous or squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors express PD-L1 without EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations.
Doctor-Patient Discussions on Harms of Lung Cancer Screening 'Virtually Nonexistent'
September 8th 2018A small study showed that, despite national guideline recommendation, conversations between doctors and patients about the benefits and harms of lung cancer screening in those who are at high risk are not happening the way they should be.
FDA Grants Keytruda Priority Review to Treat Rare Form of Skin Cancer
September 4th 2018The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted priority review to a new supplemental biologics license application for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to treat adult and pediatric patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma, according to Merck, the agent’s manufacturer.
Physicians Recommend Ovarian Cancer Screening Based on Their Personal Experiences
August 27th 2018A recent survey of physicians revealed that 17 percent of doctors with personal experience with cancer were more likely than those without to act against established guidelines to recommend that low-risk women receive ovarian cancer screening.
A Deeper Look Into a 40-Year-Old Bladder Cancer Treatment: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
August 23rd 2018CURE spoke with Matthew Mossanen, M.D., from the Division of Urology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, about what Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is and what patients should know about this treatment option.
PARP Inhibitor May Prolong Survival in Metastatic, BRCA-positive Breast Cancer
August 21st 2018Talazoparib reduced the risk for disease progression or death by 46 percent and improved quality of life compared with chemotherapy in a subgroup of women with breast cancer, according to the phase 3 EMBRACA trial results.