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Cancer survival has improved among adolescents and young adults

Overall Cancer Survival Rates Up Among Adolescents, Young Adults

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However, survival disparities still observed by stage, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status
In a review published in the June 1 issue of The Lancet Oncology

Recommendations Issued for Imaging Use in Multiple Myeloma

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Low-dose whole-body CT recommended over conventional skeletal survey for detection of bone disease
Higher soy consumption is linked to fewer osteoporotic fractures in younger breast cancer survivors

High Soy Intake May Cut Fracture Risk in Younger Breast Cancer Survivors

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Findings seen among pre-/perimenopausal survivors of stage 0 to III breast cancer
Among black women in the United States

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Varies by Birthplace for Black Women

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Prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer lower for Eastern African- versus U.S.-born black women
Three large drug makers have launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration's rule requiring the prices of drugs to be included in television ads.

Drug Makers Challenge New Rule Requiring Drug Prices in TV Ads

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Lawsuit against the rule filed Friday by Merck, Eli Lilly, and Amgen
After adjustment for nonbiological differences

Black Race Not Tied to Worse Prostate Cancer Mortality

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Findings seen in cohorts of men with nonmetastatic disease after adjusting for nonbiological differences
Cardiac radiation dose exposure is a modifiable cardiac risk factor for major adverse cardiac events and all-cause mortality in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Cardiac Radiation Dose in NSCLC Predicts Mortality, Cardiac AEs

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In coronary heart disease-negative patients, mean heart dose associated with all-cause mortality
Maine has become the eighth state to legalize medically assisted suicide.

Maine Legalizes Assisted Suicide

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Doctors can now prescribe lethal dose of a drug to terminally ill and it will not be legally a suicide
The rates of prolonged opioid prescribing remain high for older cancer survivors five or more years after cancer diagnosis

Long-Term Opioid Prescribing Up Among Older Cancer Survivors

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Cancer survivors diagnosed 2004 to 2008 have higher rates of opioid prescribing versus those diagnosed earlier
Seroconversion to human papillomavirus type 16-E6 antibody positivity can occur decades before diagnosis of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

HPV16 Antibodies Can Develop Long Before Throat Cancer Diagnosis

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HPV16-E6 seropositivity increases with shorter lead time, reaching 38.9 percent for <10 years