Gynecologic Cancer News

As important as the care of Ukrainian citizens with cancer is to clinicians in that country, this priority has been overshadowed by more immediate concerns.

Among survivors of nine common cancers, risk for CV death overtook cancer mortality for most cancer subtypes among patients aged at least 80 years, researchers reported.

Just as physicians became accustomed to wearing pagers 40 years ago or being tied to smartphones 2 decades ago, many have become active on social media as it entered their practices.

An important component of cancer care is communication with patients and caregivers about their disease.

Nearly one-third of older women who survived colorectal, endometrial or ovarian cancer reported lower extremity lymphedema, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

New cancer diagnosis appeared associated with increased risk for cardiovascular death, as well as incident heart failure, stroke or pulmonary embolism, according to a retrospective cohort study published in JACC: CardioOncology.

Obesity and elevated central adiposity were associated with increased risk for future cancers, including gastrointestinal and gynecologic cancer, researchers reported.

Most cancer drug approvals between 2016 and 2021 applied to second-, third- or later-line treatment settings and did not displace current standard-of-care therapies, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

In a research collaboration with Mayo Clinic, nanomedical company NaNotics LLC plans to develop and assess a novel subtractive nanoparticle for use in cancer treatment.

Adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy to cytoreductive surgery did not significantly prolong PFS or OS among women with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer, according to a single-blind, randomized study in JAMA Surgery.