HemOnc Today Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of HemOnc Today.
Table of Contents
- The mobile health revolution: New technologies have changed the landscape for providers and patients
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- ASH outlines hematology research agenda
- Bundle effectively reduced bacteremia in oncology patients with central lines
- Cancer-related fatigue not persistent in most women with breast cancer
- Everolimus plus hormone therapy had clinical benefit in aromatase inhibitor-resistant metastatic breast cancer
- Exercise improved survival in those with breast, colon cancer
- Halting anticoagulation raised risk for stroke in AF patients
- High BMI may increase risk for colon adenomas
- IMRT may lead to less gastrointestinal morbidity than CRT, proton therapy
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- Metformin associated with improved survival in patients with diabetes, pancreatic cancer
- SUFU mutation prevalent in children with medulloblastoma
- Task force recommends against automatic PSA screening
- Topotecan/vincristine improved outcomes for children with intraocular retinoblastoma
- A 46-year-old female with graft failure after HSCT Tim McCarthy, MD
- Assessment of treatment response in lobular breast carcinoma metastatic to skeleton Munir Ghesani, MD, FACNM; Irene Dy, MD; Sharon Rosenbaum-Smith, MD; Seth Cohen, MD; Francisco Delara, MD; Karen Kodsi, MD; Christopher Moran, MD
- Basal cell carcinoma incidence not adequately registered in four European regions
- ATA: Interdisciplinary communication necessary after thyroidectomy
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- Cardiotoxic treatment in childhood increased risk for cardiac events at early age
- Colorectal cancer test adherence can vary by race/ethnicity, treatment options offered
- Longer-term imatinib improved survival in high-risk GIST
- Prognostic biomarker for CLL identified
- Caregivers require more support to cope with cancer diagnosis
- Fertility counseling in pubertal cancer patients requires more consistent approach
- How neurological complications impact cancer and cancer therapy
- Palliative care, careful discussions help patients cope with diagnosis
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