Tag: Cancer: Misc.

Moderate improvement seen in mental health, QoL in meta-analysis; efficacy of CBT can be influenced by age and delivery format

Single 20-minute session had significant efficacy for reducing pain intensity, pain unpleasantness, anxiety

Increased risks for suicide attempts and suicide deaths higher during the first year after cancer diagnosis

Suicide incidence and PTSD prevalence significantly higher in patients with rare cancers versus common cancer types

Cancer deaths projected to almost double by 2050, with more than twofold increase for older men and low-, medium HDI countries

Blood test results enhance assessment of risk for patients presenting with nonspecific abdominal symptoms

Major drivers of the total estimated costs of screening were amounts paid to facilities where testing occurred

Incidence rate ratios increased with each successive birth cohort born since 1920 for eight of 34 cancers

Women with POI have increase in breast cancer, while relatives of these women have an increased risk for breast, colon, prostate cancers

Increased incidence seen for leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and bladder, colon, lung, pancreatic, and all cancers