NCI-Sponsored Trials Have Added 14 Million Years of Life for Cancer Patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over the past four decades, randomized clinical trials run by the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) …
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New Roadmap for High-Quality Cancer Care Delivery
The newly issued comprehensive ‘Oncology Medical Home’ standards can act as a roadmap for how practices can deliver high-quality cancer …
During Pandemic, Patients Feel the Effects of Treatment Delays
With medical visits picking up again among patients vaccinated against covid-19, health providers are starting to see the consequences of …
FDA Approves Frontline Immunotherapy for Gastric Cancers
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the immunotherapy nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol-Myers Squibb) in conjunction with certain chemotherapies …
First Female CEO for 107-Year-Old Cancer Organization
Oncology researcher and administrator Karen Knudsen, MBA, PhD will be the next chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society …
Risk-Based Mammography Proposed for Times of Reduced Capacity
A novel risk-based approach could be an effective way to triage women for mammography during times of limited capacity, such …
Balance Disorder Tied to All-Cause Mortality Risk
(Reuters Health) – Individuals with balance disorder are at increased risk of premature death from all causes as well as …
Ablative Radiation Extends Life in Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer
For patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer, higher dose ablative radiation after chemotherapy induction may extend life, say investigators from Memorial …