Sarcoma News

The gap in cancer mortality between Black and white individuals shrunk dramatically during the past 3 decades, according to a new report.

As part of routine screening for financial hardship, clinicians should discuss an individual’s employment, access to paid leave and health insurance coverage when constructing a treatment plan relating to cancer care.

More than 20% of patients with cancer participate in some form of clinical study, and that number is considered a “floor” estimate, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

An innovative combination of drug sensitivity testing and genomics helped identify therapeutic options for children with relapsed or refractory solid or hematologic malignancies, according to results published in Nature Medicine.

Parents of children with cancer made mental health visits, including those for anxiety and depression, significantly more often than other parents, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

Most of the major cancer clinical trial centers in the U.S. are located near more affluent and white populations compared with the national average, according to results published in JAMA Oncology.

Individuals with tooth agenesis may be more likely to develop several different cancer types from childhood through young adulthood, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

A phase 2 trial conducted by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated the safety and potential efficacy of neoadjuvant immunotherapy for patients with soft tissue sarcoma.

Arya Amini, MD, still remembers sitting on the steps outside of his dean’s office at University of California, Irvine, more than a decade ago, prepared to race inside in case he did not get matched with a radiation oncology residency.

SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting showed different treatment patterns for metastatic long-bone disease had varying effects on patient survivorship.