Tag: Cancer: Misc.

Association was strongest for women living in neighborhoods with higher levels of poverty

Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors frequently overestimate or underestimate their risk

Multilevel primary care intervention improves follow-up of overdue abnormal cancer screening tests

Cancer signal was detected in 1.4 percent of participants; of these, 38 percent were true positives and diagnosed with cancer

Two subjective questions can potentially accurately identify those with hearing loss

Overall, 72 and 59 percent of 26 cancer centers reported shortages in carboplatin and cisplatin

Some gains seen in racial/ethnic and geographic diversity; more older patients also enrolled

Report highlights advances such as approval of 14 new anticancer therapeutics, expansion of use of 12 previously approved therapeutics

Regardless of prognosis, panel deemed it appropriate to continue opioids, increase monitoring, and avoid opioid tapering

Non-English-speaking patient callers to hospital are less likely to be provided with next steps to access cancer care