Tag: Survival
ACS Issues Nutrition, Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors
To improve long-term health and increase survival, survivors should avoid obesity, follow healthy eating pattern, engage in regular exercise
2019 to 2020 Saw Decrease in Life Expectancy in All States, D.C.
Decrease in life expectancy varied from 0.2 years for Hawaii to 3.0 years for New York, and was mostly due to COVID-19, overdoses
Model Including Marital Status Prognostic for Early Gastric Cancer
Age at diagnosis, sex, histology, stage T, surgery, tumor size, and marital status were independently prognostic of overall survival
More Than 18 Million Cancer Survivors Living in U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2022
Considerable racial disparities seen in treatment, with surgery receipt lower for Black versus White patients with NSCLC
Medicaid Expansion Affected Overall Survival Rates Among Cancer Patients
Medicaid expansion linked to increase in two-year overall survival, with greater increase seen for non-Hispanic Blacks, patients in rural areas
Long-Term Mortality Rates Elevated for Adolescent, Young Adult Leukemia Survivors
Survival for adolescent and young adult leukemia survivors remained below general population at up to 30 years of follow-up
Health Improves Over Two Years for COVID-19 Hospitalization Survivors
Improvements seen in physical and mental health, but survivors still have more symptoms than controls at two years
Cancer Survivors Face Transportation Barriers to Accessing Care
Survivors who are younger, poor, uninsured or publicly insured, unmarried, or who have functional limitations have greatest barriers
No Long-Term Advantage Seen for Off-Pump Versus On-Pump CABG
Time to all-cause death or repeated revascularization shorter with off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Outcomes Compared for Aortic Valve Replacement Options in Adults
Ross procedure associated with better long-term survival than biological and mechanical AVR in adults aged 18 to 50 years