Prostate Cancer Trial Participants Overwhelmingly White
Since 1990, proportion of white participants in prostate cancer clinical trials has remained >80 percent
Educational Video May Effectively Inform Families About Hospice Care
Video associated with greater hospice knowledge, lower likelihood to feel that hospice is only about death
Racial Differences Seen in Time to Treatment for Melanoma
Time from diagnosis to definitive surgery is twice as long on average for black versus white patients
Certain Tumor Markers Also Tied to Heart Failure Outcomes
Tumor biomarkers may be indicators of heart failure severity, progression, mortality
Most Teens Recover Iron Stores One Year After Whole Blood Donation
Less than half of blood donors with low ferritin at index achieved adequate stores within 12 months
American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 29-June 2
The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology was held virtually...
ASCO: Drop in Cancer Mortality Greater With Medicaid Expansion
Estimated 785 fewer cancer deaths in 2017 in states that expanded Medicaid
ASCO: At-Home Ovarian, Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Feasible
Testing without the traditional office visits and counseling poses no additional stress to women
Rituximab + Chemo Ups Survival in Pediatric B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Event-free survival significantly longer for children, teens with high-grade, high-risk disease
Adherence to Diabetes Meds May Cut Mortality in Colorectal Cancer
Patients with colorectal cancer and diabetes have better survival with adherence to diabetes meds
