Study Reveals Lack of Adherence to Treatment Guidelines in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Patient age, treatment center, and tumor size were associated with a lack of adherence.
Patient age, treatment center, and tumor size were associated with a lack of adherence.
Researchers analyzed recent trends in cervical cancer incidence and mortality and made predictions for the next 15 years.
The disparity is due to the greater prevalence of fibroids and nonendometrioid histologic type in Black women, according to researchers.
Older breast cancer patients with high clinical risk but low genomic risk have “excellent” 8-year distant metastasis-free survival when treated with endocrine therapy alone.
The median disparity score was 0.19, with a score of 1 indicating no disparity between clinical trial enrollment and burden of disease.
Aspirin, metformin, and statins were independently associated with decreased lung cancer mortality, according to a population-based study.
ASCO raises concerns about the home infusion of anticancer therapies including patient and caregiver safety, adequate oncology infusion nurses, and reimbursement issues.
A study of clinical trials found no evidence of bias in the reporting of clinical trials supported by pharmaceutical companies compared with studies that had other funding sources.
Regulations on telehealth services were rapidly deregulated early into the COVID-19 pandemic, but questions remain about quality of care and patient disparities.
This fact sheet describes how artificial intelligence is currently being used in oncology.