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Obesity, genetic variations found in adult survivors of childhood cancer

Posted on: 27/06/2015 - 16:08

The St. Jude Lifetime Cohort study found obesity in a higher percentage of adult survivors of childhood cancer than previous studies. Thirty-six percent of the research project’s 1,996 participants...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ICOO: Opioid self-dosing falls short of pain control

Posted on: 10/06/2015 - 18:14

BOSTON – Many cancer patients do not pursue or at least do not achieve complete freedom from pain when permitted control over their opioid dose, according to a comprehensive analysis of published...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Cancer survivors’ informational needs vary by time, cancer type

Posted on: 19/05/2015 - 19:41

A 3-year study of over 2,000 cancer survivors revealed that information seeking among cancer survivors varied over time and was often contingent on the specific type of cancer. With the help of the...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Palliative surgery eases pain at end of life

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 17:29

HOUSTON – Palliative surgery can alleviate pain and improve the quality of life for patients dying from advanced cancers, without compromising perfo... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Guideline recommends combination therapy for smoking cessation in cancer patients

Posted on: 16/03/2015 - 21:09

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has published a new guideline on smoking cessation for cancer patients that recommends combining pharmacolog... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Cancer patients with incidental VTE have high risk of recurrent thrombi

Posted on: 09/12/2014 - 17:15

SAN FRANCISCO – Unless there is a clear contraindication to anticoagulation therapy, cancer patients who have an incidental pulmonary embolism discovered during imaging studies should receive chronic...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Cancer treatment–induced cardiotoxicity greatly underappreciated

Posted on: 10/11/2014 - 17:38

LAS VEGAS – When it comes to discussing the cardiotoxicity of cancer pharmacotherapies, it often seems that oncologists and cardiologists are on different planets. “You will see wildly different...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

‘Co-rounding’ decreases patient length of stay

Posted on: 06/11/2014 - 19:14

BOSTON – When a palliative care oncologist partners with a medical oncologist on everyday rounds and in everyday practice on an inpatient floor, both patients and the clinicians who provide their...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ROR score aids prognosis after 5 years on tamoxifen

Posted on: 30/10/2014 - 21:26

The risk of recurrence (ROR) score provides clinically meaningful prognostic information after postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer complete 5 years of tamoxifen therapy, according to...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ROR score aids prognosis after 5 years on tamoxifen

Posted on: 30/10/2014 - 21:26

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Obesity, genetic variations found in adult survivors of childhood cancer

ICOO: Opioid self-dosing falls short of pain control

Cancer survivors’ informational needs vary by time, cancer type

Palliative surgery eases pain at end of life

Guideline recommends combination therapy for smoking cessation in cancer patients

Cancer patients with incidental VTE have high risk of recurrent thrombi

Cancer treatment–induced cardiotoxicity greatly underappreciated

‘Co-rounding’ decreases patient length of stay

ROR score aids prognosis after 5 years on tamoxifen

ROR score aids prognosis after 5 years on tamoxifen

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