Tag: Cancer: Misc.
No Clinical Benefit Found for Occult Cancer CT Screening in VTE
Prevalence of occult cancer low among patients with first unprovoked venous thromboembolism
One-Day Workshop Ups Stress Recovery for Cancer Care Workers
Findings show beneficial effects for radiation therapists and oncology nurses
Cancer-Specific Mortality Up in HIV-Infected Cancer Patients
HIV linked to increased risk for colorectum, lung, skin, and breast cancer independent of treatment
Half of Cancer Deaths Due to Past, Current Smoking
Eighty percent of lung cancer deaths linked to smoking, researchers say
Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors Examined
Long-term survivors have greater prevalence of abnormal global longitudinal strain, diastolic function
Cancers ID’d With Maternal Plasma Cell-Free DNA Sequencing
Sequencing as part of routine noninvasive prenatal testing enables presymptomatic ID of tumors
American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 29 – June 2
The 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) was...
ASCO: Longevity Improving for Childhood Cancer Survivors
Fewer die of 'late effects' from radiation, chemotherapy
ASCO: Elotuzumab Shows Benefit in Multiple Myeloma
Survival gains when elotuzumab was added to treatment
May 2015 Briefing – Hematology & Oncology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Hematology & Oncology for May 2015. This roundup includes...