Sometimes, what’s always been done isn’t the right thing to do

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“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better”

Maya Angelou, author

The quote has face validity in life. In this case, it has a critical application in medicine.

The specific topic is Stage III melanoma, when skin cancer has spread to the lymph nodes. The traditional standard of care has been surgical removal of the lymph nodes. Unfortunately, as a new paper from researchers at the University of Colorado shows, that surgery doesn’t improve life expectancy over other treatments and often introduces complications.

Now that we have immunotherapy, patients with Stage III melanoma do better without the surgery than they do with it.(1) Not only can immunotherapy alone solve the immediate challenge from skin cancer but it also reduces the chance of recurrence more than lymph surgery does. In addition to the risk involved in normal surgeries (infections, incomplete cancer removal…

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Vão do tempo

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Nunca se sabe,

Nunca se conhece

Além daquilo que fixamos na memória

O esforço humano é ultrapassar o imaginário

Que vai além dos livros

Dos templos do conhecimento

( Bibliotecas)

Lês e me decifras

É a eterna peleja

De cada balbuciar humano

Como uma porta

As bibliotecas são um mundo que se abrem

A névoa cinza da memória

Do homem precário

Ele conhece o caminho

Mas se sente solitário

E sem saber lidar com as suas confidências

Inclina o rosto em cada vão do tempo.

Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

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Santarém, Pá 5 de março de 2022

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Two GOP senators share photos from Zoom call with Zelensky despite requests not to | TheHill

Republican Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Steve Daines (Mont.) shared photos from U.S lawmakers’ virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after they were reportedly asked not to do so due to security concerns.

Both senators shared photos of Zelensky speaking to Congress on Twitter with captions indicating that they were on the call.

Multiple aides told NBC News lawmakers present were directed by Ukrainian officials not to share pictures of the president.

Democratic Reps. Dean Phillps (Minn.) and Jason Crow (Colo) slammed the senators later on Saturday.

“The Ukrainian Ambassador very intentionally asked each of us on the zoom to NOT share anything on social media during the meeting to protect the security of President Zelenskyy. Appalling and reckless ignorance by two US Senators,” Phillips tweeted.

“The lack of discipline in Congress is truly astounding. If an embattled wartime leader asks you to keep quiet about a meeting, you better keep quiet about the meeting,” Crow said.

Source: Two GOP senators share photos from Zoom call with Zelensky despite requests not to | TheHill

Thoughts On Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Nomination

Filosofa's Word

It was just over a week ago that President Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court being vacated by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.  I fully intended to write this post sooner, but the war in Ukraine distracted me and pulled my attention in another direction.  However, I do think it’s important that we take a look at Ms. Brown Jackson prior to her confirmation hearing that is scheduled to begin in just over two weeks on March 21st.

The U.S. Supreme Court has been around for 232 years, and during that time 115 justices have served on the Court.  Care to guess how many have been white males?  Go on … take a wild guess.  Let me give you a hint … only 7 … SEVEN … have been either female or Black, and none have been both female and Black.  It’s…

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Zara, Paypal and Samsung suspend business in Russia over Ukraine invasion – BBC News

Zara, Paypal and Samsung are the latest international firms to suspend trading in Russia after it invaded Ukraine.

The clothes retailer’s owner, Inditex, will shut all 502 stores of its eight brands, including Bershka, Stradivarius and Oysho, from Sunday.

Payment giant Paypal cited “violent military aggression in Ukraine” as the reason to shut down its services.

Samsung – Russia’s top supplier of smartphones – is suspending shipments over “geopolitical developments”.

Source: Zara, Paypal and Samsung suspend business in Russia over Ukraine invasion – BBC News