Hematology and Oncology

3.7 million (5.1 percent) children and 28.8 million (14.5 percent) working age adults were uninsured in 2019

37.1 percent of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors report vaccine hesitancy; higher odds of hesitancy for females

Increased rates of cancer seen among women and men and for cancer at multiple sites, including lip, oral cavity, pharynx, respiratory organs

Follow-up colonoscopy often classified as 'diagnostic' test, not 'routine screening,' and therefore not covered by insurance

In high treatment benefit category, Black men less likely to receive definitive treatment than non-Black men

Bedside case presentation more efficient for patient knowledge, but greater confusion about medical jargon, uncertainty due to team discussions

Nadir in pathology reports from GA, LA SEER registries seen in early April 2020, with 42.8 percent fewer reports compared with April 2019

Robot-assisted surgery had longer operative duration than laparoscopy, but no obvious difference compared to open surgery

Sensitivity was 67.6 percent for Stage I to III disease for 12 prespecified cancers accounting for two-thirds of U.S. cancer deaths

No significant difference found in disease-free survival, overall survival, distant disease-free survival for five versus two years of treatment