Tag: Cancer: Misc.

Low-income survivors also have increased odds of not being able to see a doctor, reduced odds of having health insurance coverage

Accelerated decline in cancer mortality seen recently with a 2.3 percent decrease in cancer deaths each year from 2016 to 2019

SSBs associated with increased mortality for colorectal, kidney cancers, even after adjustment for BMI

Specificity for MCED blood test using circulating tumor DNA is 99.1 percent, and positive predictive value is about 40 percent

Total costs increased for breast, lung, prostate cancer; OOP costs increased for these cancers and colorectal cancer

President likened JFK's space race to his own effort to slash cancer rates by 50 percent in the next 25 years

AYAs enrolled in trials increased from 9.5 to 14.0 percent after launch of National Clinical Trials Network

But cancer risk up for children born after frozen-thawed embryo transfer versus fresh embryo transfer, spontaneous conception

To improve long-term health and increase survival, survivors should avoid obesity, follow healthy eating pattern, engage in regular exercise

Reducing level of daily alcohol consumption or sustained quitting of alcohol linked to lower risk for alcohol-related and all cancers