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Medicare NCDs hinder access to cancer biomarker testing for minorities
Failure to expand Medicare benefits widens disparities in biomarker testing. Study authors say additional efforts are needed to ensure equitable...
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Could probiotics reduce ‘chemo brain’ in breast cancer patients?
Probiotic treatment given alongside chemotherapy is sufficient to protect against memory disturbances in patients with breast cancer.
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Radiologist fatigue affects breast imaging interpretation
The impact of time and experience on overall patient recall and false-positive rates has not been well-studied.
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Siblings of people with bipolar disorder have higher cancer risk
Findings may persuade clinicians to reevaluate the cancer risk among the unaffected siblings of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder...
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U.S. cancer deaths continue to fall, especially lung cancer
There has been an overall decline of 32% in cancer deaths as of 2019.
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Much lower risk of false-positive breast screen in Norway versus U.S.
“The double reading in Europe is probably the main reason for the lower rate in Europe compared to the U.S., where single reading is used.”
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Pill not enough for ‘sexual problems’ female cancer patients face
“As much as we would like to have one intervention that addresses this prominent issue, the evidence strongly suggests that cancer-related sexual...
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Breast cancer treatment worse for incarcerated patients
Breast cancer patients who are incarcerated at diagnosis often do not get neoadjuvant therapy and face delays in upfront surgery, study finds.
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Seventeen percent of breast cancer patients reclassified after risk score reassessment
Combining clinical risk factors with a polygenic risk score accounting for ancestral background substantially improves breast cancer risk...
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Omega-3 supplementation improves sleep, mood in breast cancer patients on hormone therapy
Although the sample size was small, this study showed that 4 weeks of omega-3 supplementation improved sleep quality in cancer patients.