Tag: Cancer: Misc.
Burden of Chronic Health Conditions Increased for LGTBQ+ Cancer Survivors
Highest prevalence of all outcomes seen among transgender or gender-nonconforming survivors
Alternative Pembrolizumab Administration Yields Environmental Advantages
Weight-based, extended interval dosing and pharmacy-level stewardship strategies would result in fewer administration events
Positive Psychology Intervention Aids Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Survivors
Greater improvements reported in gratitude, anxiety, physical function at nine weeks; more improvements seen at 18 weeks
Generation X Experiencing Larger Per-Capita Increases in Cancer Incidence
Fitted cohort patterns were higher in Generation X than Baby Boomers since increases in incidence overtook decreases in incidence
No Link Seen Between Exposure to Immunosuppressive Therapy, Cancer in IBD Patients
No significant association seen between immunosuppression receipt and incident cancer after adjustment for confounders
American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 30-June 4
ASCO: Stepped-Care Model Noninferior to Early Palliative Care for Advanced Cancer
Fewer palliative care visits seen with stepped-care model, but noninferiority seen in the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung score
Survival Benefit for Cancer Trial Participants Does Not Persist in Adjusted Analyses
Survival benefits disappear when only high-quality studies are pooled and with adjustment for potential publication bias
Plant-Based Diets Tied to Long-Term Health Benefits
Benefits include better cardiometabolic risk profile, as well as lower mortality
AACR Delivers Report on Disparities in Cancer Progress
Black and Indigenous individuals have higher overall cancer death rates, despite having lower cancer incidence rates
