Children with ALL who were overweight or obese at 2 or more time points had an increased risk of relapse and death.

Responses to an interview study demonstrated that patient education on palliative care led to better understanding of its benefits and greater utilization of these services.

In an average-risk colorectal cancer screening population, a blood-based circulating tumor DNA test is feasible.

Adjuvant cemiplimab could be a new standard of care for patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma at high risk of recurrence, according to Danny Rischin, MD.

Researchers evaluated an electronic health record-based intervention that identified patients with metastatic cancer for a multipronged approach to their in-hospital care.

Researchers studied the progression-free and overall survival rates of patients with advanced melanoma after cessation of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Radiotherapy is a cornerstone of prostate cancer treatment. Moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy (MHFRT) is advancing this care by delivering higher radiation doses per fraction over fewer ...

HealthDay News — Rates of colorectal cancer detection through colonoscopy screening are similar for adults aged 45 to 49 years and 50 to 54 years, according to a research letter published online ...

Surufatinib did not provide an overall survival (OS) benefit over placebo in patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) enrolled in a pair of phase 3 trials. However, there was a high ...

The cohorts had similar proportions of females (39% and 40%), non-White (6% vs 4%) and Hispanic (4% vs 1%) patients, those with newly-diagnosed disease (42% for both), and months post MM diagnosis ...

Among the included patients, 1359 (43.8%) had uncontrolled pain, and 1044 (33.6%) experienced high-impact pain. Patients with uncontrolled pain were nearly 10 times more likely to develop OUD ...

M. Frank Rachel, Author at Oncology Nurse AdvisorM. Frank Rachel ...