Hematology/Oncology News

A continuous risk score accurately predicted waitlist dropout and post-liver transplantation outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, even over the course of several UNOS policy changes, researchers reported.

When Ami P. Vaidya, MD, spent a week hiking to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, everyone in her group hit a “low point” at various times in terms of energy and determination.

Clinicians could benefit significantly if medical institutions began billing patients for electronic messages; however, ethical implications of the practice, which include erecting another potential barrier to care, complicate the issue.

Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that it has donated $1 billion to make Johns Hopkins University’s medical school free for most of its students seeking an MD.

The health care-based voter mobilization organization, Vot-ER, registered and mobilized a younger and more racially and ethnically diverse population of voters for the 2020 election vs. the general population of U.S. adults.

CHICAGO — Drinking more than eight cups of coffee per day significantly increased the risk for prostate cancer among men who smoke tobacco, according to research presented at the annual NUTRITION meeting.

Active surveillance for men with favorable-risk prostate cancer is an effective management strategy, according to data from a prospective cohort study published in JAMA.

In this video, Alexander Chehrazi-Raffle, MD, discusses the results of the CHAARTED 2 cooperative group studies into metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

In this video, Alexander Chehrazi-Raffle, MD, discusses the results of a study into the use of transcriptomic signatures to aid in selection of patients with prostate cancer, presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

In this video, Alexander Chehrazi-Raffle, MD, discusses the results of a study into the use of new precision medicine therapies in prostate cancer, presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.