Tag: Cancer: Misc.
Remote Monitoring System Reduces Chemotherapy Symptom Burden
Significant reductions seen for global distress index, psychological symptoms, physical symptoms of Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale
Should Changes Made to Clinical Trials During Pandemic Be Kept?
Changes were recommended to preserve potential patient benefit while minimizing risks associated with COVID-19
Risk for Psoriasis Increased for Cancer Survivors
Increased risks seen for survivors of leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, skin cancer, and lung cancer in subgroup analyses
Study Looks at Cancer Cases Attributable to Alcohol Use
In 2020, an estimated 4.1 percent of all new cancer cases globally attributed to alcohol consumption
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Safe, Effective in Cancer Patients
Pronounced lag in antibody production after the first dose found versus noncancer controls
U.S. Cancer Mortality Rates Down From 2014 to 2018
Decrease seen for 11 of the 19 most common cancers among men and for 14 of the 20 most common cancers among women
Many Youth With Blood Cancers Receive Intensive End-of-Life Care
Influencing factors include hospital size, insurance type, geographic region
Familial Hereditary Risk Seen for Hematologic Cancers
Findings based on large study of twins, which showed risk is higher if twin has a hematologic cancer
Racial Differences Seen in Inherited Risk of Early-Onset Cancer
Higher familial risks for early-onset cancer seen in Latinos, Blacks for solid tumors and in Asian/Pacific Islanders for hematologic cancers
Many Young Cancer Survivors Report COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
37.1 percent of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors report vaccine hesitancy; higher odds of hesitancy for females
