Tag: Cancer: Misc.
Overall Cancer Mortality 18 Percent Higher in AI/AN Versus Whites
Breast and prostate mortality rates 8 and 31 percent higher, despite lower incidence rates
Frailty-Related Fracture Risk Higher for Seniors With Cancer History
Cancer survivors who received chemotherapy more likely to have fracture; link stronger within five years of diagnosis
Older Adults With Poor-Prognosis Cancers Commonly Have Preexisting Conditions
These preexisting conditions impact functional impairment, mobility, falls
Cancer Death Rates Continuing to Decline for Adults, Children
Incidence remained stable among men and increased among women during 2014 to 2018
Mortality Disparities by Education Widened in the U.S. in 2020
Considerable increases in disparities seen for heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, unintentional injury mortality from 2019 to 2020
Invasive Breast Cancer Risk Down for Female Child Cancer Survivors
Invasive breast cancer rate decreased 18 percent with every five-year increase in primary cancer diagnosis era
Previous Cancer Treatment Not Tied to Higher Stillbirth Rate
Risk for stillbirth not higher after receiving chemotherapy for cancer as adolescent, young adult woman
Fourth Vaccination Ups Immunity to Omicron Variants in Cancer Patients
Humoral response seen in patients receiving B cell-targeted therapy for hematologic malignancy, patients with solid malignancies
Odds of Fair/Poor Health Up for Low-Income Cancer Survivors
Low-income survivors also have increased odds of not being able to see a doctor, reduced odds of having health insurance coverage
AACR Issues 12th Annual Cancer Progress Report
Accelerated decline in cancer mortality seen recently with a 2.3 percent decrease in cancer deaths each year from 2016 to 2019