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New research suggests that outpatients with cancer are more likely than other outpatients to have antimicrobial-resistant bacterial pathogens.
Findings of a qualitative study revealed that fear of bad news, a lack of understanding of the risks and benefits, and low socioeconomic position are factors that can discourage cervical screening.
The results of this trial, AK105-304, supported the recent US approval of penpulimab in combination with cisplatin or carboplatin and gemcitabine to treat adults with recurrent or metastatic ...
Participants receiving combination therapy had a 42% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death vs those receiving acalabrutinib monotherapy.
Although the role of radiation therapy is well established in this setting, the role of radical prostatectomy in treating men with de novo oligometastatic prostate cancer has not been well defined.
Almost threefold higher risk seen for those who were nulliparous or had first pregnancy at age 30 years or older with high weight gain.
Survivors of childhood cancers are at increased risk for worse health outcomes throughout their life, but have worse rates of healthy aging with older age at diagnosis.
The problem-solving skills training intervention for caregivers was adapted to AYAs with cancer, resulting in reduced depression and anxiety and improved HRQOL in this young patient population.
Most caregivers and two-thirds of patients report experienced financial toxicity related to CAR-T therapy, but not associated with CRS or CR on day 28.
Adjuvant nivolumab plus chemoradiotherapy “could be proposed as a new standard treatment,” said Jean Bourhis, MD, PhD.
Early-onset colorectal cancer is more likely to be diagnosed in people of Black or Hispanic race/ethnicity and be at a later stage at diagnosis.
A home-based care program improved urgent visits, symptom burden, and daily function, despite not having a significant effect on hospital admissions and ED visits.