How Breast Cancer Patients Really Feel About Endocrine Therapy
Conventional quality-of-life studies usually don’t measure what’s meaningful to patients.
Oncology
Coffee Consumption Affects Outcomes in Advanced, Metastatic CRC
A prospective observational study was conducted to assess the impact of diet and lifestyle on risk for disease progression among individuals with colorectal cancer.
Opposition to a European Patent for CAR-T Therapy: A Mechanism to Control High Drug Prices?
The nongovernmental organizations argued that patents for this CAR-T should never have been granted in the first place because the underlying technology is not novel.
How the Coronavirus Pandemic May Affect Cancer Clinical Trials
Risks of moving clinical trials online include missing key information about the patient experience — and higher dropout rates could also impair the overall quality of trials.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Risk of Extraintestinal Cancers
A team of investigators conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the risk of extraintestinal cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
American Cancer Society Updates Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
New guidelines from the American Cancer Society (ACS) appear to move away from the reliance on cytology screening via Pap testing.
Fostering Trust Between Parents of Children With Cancer and Physicians
Although most parents of children with cancer form trusting relationships with their children’s oncologists, poor outcomes may negatively affect this.
PARP Inhibitors Deemed Too Costly For Across-the-Board Frontline Maintenance in Ovarian Cancer
Broad use of PARP inhibitors to treat advanced-stage ovarian cancer would be associated with high costs compared with their biomarker-directed use.
Permanent Hair Dye Not Linked to Cancer Risk, Mortality
Use of permanent hair dye is not associated with the risk for most cancers or cancer mortality.
Challenges for Providing Psycho-Oncology Services During the Global Coronavirus Pandemic
A recent survey of UK psycho-oncology professionals highlighted the significant challenges and unexpected benefits experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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