Patient & Survivor Care
Conference Coverage
Could Aspirin Avert Bad Outcomes in Leukemia?
A preliminary study finds that aspirin reduces the length and cost of hospital stays in patients with leukemia.
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Should All Patients With Early Breast Cancer Receive Adjuvant Radiotherapy?
Researchers analyzed data from 589 patients with early breast cancer who were randomized to receive either high-dose or no radiotherapy.
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High Breast Cancer Risk With Menopausal Hormone Therapy & Strong Family History
A modeling study integrated a data set of women with age-specific breast cancer risk with family history and another that covers relative risk for...
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Breast Cancer Hormone Therapy May Protect Against Dementia
Researchers identified more than 18,000 women with breast cancer who did and did not receive hormone-modulating therapy within 3 years of their...
Conference Coverage
To Choose the Best First-line Drug for CML, Consider Efficacy and Cost
For treatment value, imatinib remains the CML gold standard: a generic, second-generation TKI that helps improve treatment-free remission rates....
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Do Clonal Hematopoiesis and Mosaic Chromosomal Alterations Increase Solid Tumor Risk?
Researchers analyzed whole genome sequencing data from 10,866 women in the WHI to explore possible associations between CHIP, mCA, and solid...
Commentary
Depiction of Cancer in Movies: Not an Accurate Portrayal
“The point of this was not to tell Hollywood how to make their movies but to have the oncology community recognize that if their patients or the...
Perspectives
In Colorectal Cancer, Donating Half a Liver Could Save Lives
Doctor has been developing a passion for being able to transplant cancer patients and use organ transplant techniques to be able to do complex...
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Olanzapine Eases Chemo-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Olanzapine also reduced the need for rescue medications — only 4% of patients in the olanzapine group received rescue medications vs 11% of...
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Diet Rich in Processed Foods Linked to Elevated Risk for Colorectal Cancer
Researchers investigated the association between the CRC Microbial Dietary Score and the risk for CRC in individuals from three large US cohorts...
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GIST Rates Rise, With Black Patients Facing Higher Mortality
Researchers evaluated annual percentage changes and incidences of GISTs among 23,001 patients and median overall and cancer-specific survival...