Sarcoma News

A program designed to better meet the needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer helped ensure more of them had access to guideline-concordant care, according to study findings.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, issued an advisory today that includes several recommendations designed to reduce the impact of alcohol on cancer incidence and mortality.

CHICAGO — Treatment with the heart failure medication sacubitril/valsartan was associated with a lower risk for chemotherapy-related heart damage among high-risk patients with cancer, according to preliminary results of the SARAH trial.

Stage at diagnosis and survival among younger individuals with cancer varied considerably by race, according to a retrospective cohort study.

The FDA approved atezolizumab and hyaluronidase-tqjs for subcutaneous injection.

Published results showed patients with a mental health diagnosis who undergo surgery for bone or soft tissue sarcoma may be at risk for longer hospital stays, readmission and surgical site infection.

CHICAGO — The addition of immunotherapy to radiation therapy and surgery significantly extended DFS for certain patients with soft tissue sarcoma, according to results of a randomized phase 2 trial.

Spouses of people with cancer exhibited significantly higher risk for attempted suicide and suicide death than those whose spouses had not been diagnosed with cancer, according to a nationwide cohort study in Denmark.

The FDA granted accelerated approval to afamitresgene autoleucel for certain adults with unresectable or metastatic synovial sarcoma.