Tag: Cancer: Misc.
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Linked to Increased Risk for Cancer Mortality
About 300 percent increased risk seen for those in highest versus lowest tertile of serum PBDE levels
Ethical Issues Abound in Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Care
Issues include explainability, patient consent, and responsibility
ChatGPT Performs Well in Answering Genetic Testing Questions
Performance equally accurate for fact-based and counseling-type questions regarding gynecologic cancers
EPA Issues Final Rule Banning Asbestos
Genetic Factors Influence Subsequent Cancer Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Examination of joint links between polygenic risk scores and radiotherapy show more than additive increases in risk for some cancers
Calcium, Vitamin D Supplements May Reduce Cancer Mortality in Long Term
But increase in cardiovascular disease mortality seen after more than 20 years of follow-up among older women
Metabolic Syndrome Score Trajectories Associated With Risk for Cancer
Elevated-increasing trajectory pattern linked to increased risk for overall, breast, endometrial, kidney, CRC, and liver cancers
Childhood Cancer Survivors Often Not Adherent to Surveillance Tests
Only 13, 6, 53 percent of survivors at increased risk for CRC, breast cancer, cardiomyopathy adherent to surveillance
Neoadjuvant Chemo Adds Significant Treatment Benefit in Penile Cancer
In a recent study, median overall survival with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, lymphadenectomy was 37.0 months
Behavioral Health Disorders Linked to Worse Outcomes After Cancer Surgery
Patients with BHD are less likely to undergo resection and have increased odds of a complication