Tag: Cancer: Misc.
Surgery, No Surgery Compared for Malignant Small Bowel Obstruction
No significant difference seen in number of days alive and out of the hospital at 91 days for surgery versus no surgery
Black Survivors of Second Primary Cancers Face Higher Risk for Death
Black patients with second primary cancers had highest risk for both cancer-related and cardiovascular disease-related deaths
Carcinogens Found at Montana Nuclear Missile Base as Cancer Cases Rise Nearby
Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls were higher than the threshold recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency
Depression, Anxiety Do Not Increase Overall Risk for Cancer
However, some increased risk seen for lung cancer and smoking-related cancers
Thymectomy in Adults Linked to All-Cause Mortality, Cancer
Increased risk for autoimmune disease seen when patients with preoperative infection, cancer, autoimmune disease were excluded
Early-Stage Cancer Diagnoses Decreased During First Year of COVID-19
Pattern most prominent for Hispanics, Asian American and Pacific Islanders, uninsured, those in most socioeconomically deprived areas
Biotech Company Settles With Family of Henrietta Lacks, Whose Cells Revolutionized Medicine
Henrietta Lacks' cells were taken without her knowledge while she was a cancer patient more than 70 years ago and were the first to be successfully cloned
Small Amounts of Vigorous Exercise Linked to Reduced Risk for Cancer
Four to five minutes of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity linked to decrease in total, physical activity-related cancers
Biden Administration Announces New Cancer Research Initiative
Program will fall under the purview of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, formed as part of the Cancer Moonshot initiative
Study IDs Factors Explaining Inequity in CVD Mortality in Cancer Survivors
Neighborhood socioeconomic status was strongest mediator, with insurance ranking second
