Patient & Survivor Care
Commentary
Brisk walking: No-cost option for patients to improve cancer outcomes
The bottom line is that physical activity is positive, is not expensive, and focuses on what the individual patient can do for themselves.
Commentary
A teenage girl refuses more cancer treatment; her father disagrees
For those who have recurrent disease and now face only experimental options – if they say no, that’s something we really have to listen to very...
Latest News
Cannabis for cancer symptoms: Perceived or real benefit?
“The study findings indicate that patients with cancer perceived benefits to using cannabis for many symptoms.”
News
FDA pilot program aims to reduce risk of diagnostic tests for cancer
The agency has “become increasingly concerned that some tests made by laboratories and not authorized by the FDA may not provide accurate and...
From the Journals
PET-CT scans move more women with LABC up to stage IV
The results of a new study comparing the use of PET-CT with conventional methods for staging locally advanced breast cancer has already changed...
Latest News
AHA statement addresses equity in cardio-oncology care
Statement says developing personalized cardioprotection strategies that integrate biological, genetic, and social determinant markers is one way...
From the Journals
In head and neck cancer, better outcomes seen in patients with overweight
Among 445 patients treated with chemoradiation, those with overweight saw improvements in survival and tumor recurrence, compared with patients...
Latest News
New international guidelines on opioid deprescribing
The recommendations describe best practices for stopping opioid therapy and emphasize slow tapering and individualized deprescribing plans...
From the Journals
Colorectal cancer: Younger patients fare worse
Genetic data also showed increased prevalence of certain mutations in early-onset patients.
Conference Coverage
Multiprong strategy makes clinical trials less White
Only a small percentage of eligible patients participate in clinical trials in the first place, and very few come from racial and ethnic minority...
Conference Coverage
CBSM phone app eases anxiety, depression in cancer patients
Few patients with cancer have access to psycho-oncologic support.