Rare Diseases
Article
Using telehealth to deliver palliative care to cancer patients
Dr. Alan Lyss discusses the use of telehealth for palliative cancer care, including results from the REACH PC trial.
News
CDER chief reflects on advances in rare diseases
“People always call me fearless, but I feel like I just state the facts,” Dr. Janet Woodcock said.
Opinion
The scope of under- and overtreatment in older adults with cancer
Article
COVID-19 prompts ‘democratization’ of cancer trials
Dr. Alan Lyss reviews a panel discussion about how COVID-19 has affected cancer research.
Article
Can an app guide cancer treatment decisions during the pandemic?
Article
‘A good and peaceful death’: Cancer hospice during the pandemic
Conference Coverage
Germline testing in advanced cancer can lead to targeted treatment
In a study of nearly 12,000 cancer patients, 7%-9% of patients had targetable germline alterations.
News
Two rare neurologic conditions linked to COVID-19
Two variants of Guillain-Barré syndrome—Miller Fisher syndrome and polyneuritis cranialis—have been linked with COVID-19 infection.
News
Want to keep cancer patients and providers safe during the pandemic? Here’s how
Prescreening, telemedicine, and limited interventions top the list of best practices for patients, while PPE, telecommuting, and wellness/stress...
News
First case of COVID-19 presenting as Guillain-Barré reported
A case report from China suggests a possible association between GBS and SARS-CoV-2 infection.