Hematology/Oncology News

Like many sports, such as soccer and basketball, financial independence requires simultaneous offense and defense. One of the most important defensive plays a physician must make is buying disability insurance.

SAN DIEGO — Smokers who used electronic cigarettes after quitting had more risk for lung cancer than those who quit but did not use e-cigarettes, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Individuals with laryngeal cancer who stop smoking in the 2- to 4-week window between diagnosis and their first treatment can significantly improve their response to therapy, survival rates and quality of life.

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of five stories from ASCO Voices, a session during ASCO Annual Meeting that focused on the human side of oncology.

Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, FASCO, will receive the Joseph Simone Quality Care Award and Lecture at this year’s ASCO Quality Care Symposium, scheduled for Sept. 27-28.

Patients with rosacea have an increased risk for malignant melanoma, joint problems, metabolic disease and visual disturbances, according to a study.

CHICAGO — In this video, Sandra Mazzoni, DO, highlights data in nontransplant-eligible patients with multiple myeloma presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

CHICAGO — The addition of abemaciclib to fulvestrant extended PFS for patients with advanced breast cancer whose disease progressed on prior cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor therapy, according to data presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

CHICAGO — Sandra Mazzoni, DO, spoke with Healio about a study presented at ASCO Annual Meeting she was part of investigating the use of AI to determine any patterns in how patients with multiple myeloma respond to therapy.

CHICAGO — In this video, Sandra Mazzoni, DO, discusses the use of minimal residual disease, or MRD, testing in multiple myeloma.