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Cost paramount when choosing metastatic breast cancer treatment
“Our analysis provides quantifiable evidence to help providers choose lower priced, but equally effective sequences of drugs.”
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New guidance on acupuncture, massage, yoga for cancer pain
The new guideline “takes a deeper dive on the use of integrative therapies, which is important because clinicians and patients need to have access...
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Weight gain linked to cancer survival in men and women
The finding underscores the need for nutritional support emphasized in 2020 ASCO guidelines.
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Noted oncologist ponders death, life, care inequities
A photojournalist-turned-physician practiced in India and the United Kingdom before rising to prominence in U.S. community oncology.
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Pandemic-related CRC screening delays affect older adults most
Since previously unscreened 65-year-olds lose the most benefit from delayed colorectal cancer screenings, they should be prioritized when access...
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FDA OKs sodium thiosulfate injection to reduce ototoxicity risk in children with cancer
“Historically, there have been no approved treatments for preventing cisplatin-induced hearing loss.”
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High BMI linked to better survival for cancer patients treated with ICI, but for men only
The reasons behind the findings and implications for treatment are unknown, as is whether it applies to patients with specific cancers.
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Sugary drinks linked to obesity-related cancer deaths
In addition, consuming artificially sweetened beverages was linked to an increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer.
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Experts sound alarm on ruling threatening preventive cancer care
Experts are concerned that the ruling will force some individuals to pay out of pocket for preventive cancer screenings.
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A farewell to arms? Drug approvals based on single-arm trials can be flawed
Objective responses, not time-dependent survival outcomes, should be endpoints for single-arm trials, with results only used for conditional...