Survivorship News

Hospital quality metrics are defined as a group of standards CMS developed to quantify patient outcomes and health care processes.

Black women who smoked at the time of breast cancer diagnosis had a 52% increased risk for all-cause mortality compared with Black women who never smoked, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Postmenopausal female cancer survivors experienced faster declines in physical function compared with postmenopausal women who never had cancer, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.

Female breast cancer survivors had a 60% lower risk for death if they engaged in active or moderate physical activity vs. insufficient activity, according to results of a study published in JAMA Network Open.

During office visits with patients, oncologists often must prioritize essential testing and treatment decision-making and are not always able to address patient concerns and questions that arise outside of the clinic.

A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that aims to address gaps in cancer survivorship care.

Certain sociodemographic and modifiable risk factors appeared associated with higher risk for cardiovascular disease among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors, according to research published in Cancer.

Certain factors may help predict which patients treated for head and neck cancer will require long-term gastrostomy tube use, according to study results.

An understanding of patients’ cultural and historical health care beliefs can promote equity in cancer survivorship, reduce financial costs and even save lives, according to a speaker at Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium.

Terry Hyslop, PhD, has been named co-leader of the cancer risk and control program at Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.