Survivorship News

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Laura Petrillo, MD, about navigating patients through changes and goals in palliative care, understanding patients living with and surviving advanced cancer and more.

An estimated 18.1 million cancer survivors live in the United States, and that number is expected to exceed 22 million by 2030.

President Joe Biden today announced his intention to appoint oncologist, researcher and educator, W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, as director of the NCI.

Roughly 500,000 people living in the United States have survived childhood cancer, a consequence of improved research, innovations and treatments.

PHILADELPHIA — Older adults with heart failure have worse physical and mental health than those with several types of cancer, a speaker reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Amy Comander, MD, about incorporating lifestyle changes for cancer patients, developing lifestyle pathways for survivors and more.

A virtual mind-body fitness program reduced unplanned hospitalizations, number of hospitalization days and urgent care visits among patients undergoing active cancer treatment, study results showed.

For many breast cancer survivors, adjuvant endocrine therapy can substantially reduce the risk for recurrence.

Patients with Merkel cell carcinoma have an increased risk for developing subsequent primary solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, according to data published in JAMA Dermatology.

The offspring of adolescent and young adult women with a history of cancer experienced a higher risk for birth defects, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.