Hematology and Oncology

Survival better compared with colon cancer patients in the general U.S. population, overall and in subgroups including Black versus White race

Reduced risk for incident cancer and cancer-related mortality in patients with heart failure appears to depend on duration of statin use

Fruit-snack after breakfast linked to lower all-cause, cancer mortality risks; starchy snacks linked to higher all-cause, CVD mortality risks

Odds of VTE increased 8.15-fold according to models adjusting for recent hospitalization and steroid exposure

Decrease in life expectancy larger than that seen in other high-income countries; pronounced decreases seen for Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black populations

Seventy-five percent of patients achieved a best response of bone marrow-undetectable measurable residual disease remission

Prophylactic-dose anticoagulation, but not treatment-dose anticoagulation, associated with lower 60-day mortality

Surge in enrollment during pandemic means that a quarter of the U.S. population is now covered by the public program

Findings seen in a large study of veterans undergoing diagnostic colonoscopy

AAD survey revealed that 49 percent of respondents were more worried about avoiding sunburn than preventing skin cancer