Survivorship News

ASCO has updated its guidelines on the management of anxiety and depression for adult cancer survivors.

Delays in health care associated with a lack of timely transportation resulted in increased ED use and risk for all-cause mortality among adult cancer survivors, study results showed.

Cancer-related cognitive impairment appeared associated with reported vaping among a cohort of young adult childhood cancer survivors, according to research in JCO Oncology Practice.

Sleep disorders are among the biggest issues patients with cancer and survivors face, yet research on interventions to address these disorders remains sparse, according to speakers at National Comprehensive Cancer Network Annual Conference.

Higher intake of a subclass of flavonoids was linked to reduced mortality for those diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and small increases in consumption of foods rich in the compound, like tea, may improve survival, data show.

To prevent the adverse effects of added sugars, researchers recommend reducing intake to about 6 teaspoons per day and having less than one sugar-sweetened beverage every week.

Long-term childhood cancer survivors who maintained a healthy lifestyle with fewer modifiable heart disease risk factors had a 20% lower risk for mortality compared with those who did not, results of a retrospective study showed.

Partners of colorectal cancer survivors experienced long-term financial toxicity associated with worse health-related quality of life, according to results of a survey study published in JAMA Network Open.

Despite an overall positive safety outlook, the scope of potential toxicities related to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy remains unclear due to lack of long-term follow-up.

Major discrimination events appeared associated with increased frailty among Black survivors of various cancer types, according to study results published in Cancer.