HemOnc Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of HemOnc Today.
Table of Contents
- ‘Astounding’ increase in esophageal adenocarcinoma largely unexplained
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- Cognitive-behavioral therapy, physical exercise have positive effect on endocrine symptoms
- Loyola names division director
- Lung specialist joins Ohio State
- Regional anesthesia decreases perioperative transfusions in TKA patients
- Researchers identify genetic signatures of castration-resistant prostate cancer
- Sanford Health hires director
- Sloan-Kettering plans new facility
- Three physicians join AACI board
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- University names department chair
- FDA grants priority review for T-DM1
- Ambient UV radiation may protect against some esophageal cancers
- Anemia identified as risk factor for illness, death after cardiac surgery
- Aurora kinase inhibitors effective in SCLC patients with MYC amplification
- Bendamustine shows promise as single agent in T-cell lymphoma
- Biomarkers detected mesothelioma after asbestos exposure
- BRAF mutation increased mortality risk in melanoma, colorectal cancer patients
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- Cancer survivors face poorer mental, physical health-related quality of life
- Combination treatment more effective for conjunctival and corneal intraepithelial neoplasia
- Complications after esophagectomy may not impact survival of esophageal cancer patients
- Compressed chemotherapy intervals effective in Ewing’s sarcoma
- Costs force many young cancer survivors to skip medical care
- Diffusion-weighted imaging shows promise identifying false-positive lesions
- Fresh blood failed to improve outcomes in infants who received transfusions
- Gene expression signature may prevent undetected metastases in OSCC
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- HPV vaccine not associated with pregnancy, STDs in teens
- Induction chemotherapy failed to improve survival in OSCC
- Many HBV, HCV infections remain unidentified in US
- New cytotoxic, biologic agents have not improved survival for patients with distant recurrence
- Novel biomarkers distinguished melanoma from dysplastic nevi
- Novel gene therapy shows promise in children with severe combined immunodeficiency
- Percutaneous RFA for HCC leads to frequent recurrences, high survival rates
- Peripheral blood stem cell transplant may change practice
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- PET during, after chemotherapy predicted outcomes in follicular lymphoma
- RA patients did not display increased risk for total malignancy
- Supportive spouse may improve lung cancer survival
- Two days of ATG associated with reduced incidence of GVHD
- VTE increased mortality risk among elderly patients with colon cancer
- Almost 20% of NCAA athletes reported indoor tanning
- Breast cancer mortality rate higher in black women than white women
- Instructional video improved colonoscopy preparation
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- Liver transplant survival higher among patients with NASH, HBV; lower for HCV, HCC
- Minority women more likely to present with higher-grade breast cancer tumors
- Mohs surgeons preferred petrolatum as postsurgical emollient
- Oncologists provided less clinical trial information to black patients
- Statin use may protect against esophageal cancer