Hematology/Oncology News

People with type 2 diabetes who use a GLP-1 receptor agonist have a lower risk for 10 types of obesity-associated cancer compared with those who use insulin, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

CHICAGO — Both yoga and cognitive behavioral therapy helped alleviate insomnia among cancer survivors and led to improvement in cancer-related fatigue, results from a randomized phase 3 study showed.

The likelihood for lung cancer screening uptake was reduced among current vs. never e-cigarette users, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

Using fecal hemoglobin concentrations to guide colorectal cancer screening intervals reduced the number of fecal immunochemical tests and colonoscopies by 49% and 28%, respectively, compared with biennial screening, data showed.

Social media can be a valuable tool to advance oncology research, promote professional development, and encourage connection and communication in the field, according to a speaker at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Tisotumab vedotin for recurrent cervical cancer resulted in significantly longer survival outcomes compared with chemotherapy alone, according to results from a phase 3 randomized study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Makeup not only has cosmetic applications, but medical ones too.

Adopting the Mediterranean diet after receiving a cancer diagnosis improved survival outcomes, according to observational study results published in JACC: CardioOncology.

Many women aged 75 years and older are aware of the importance of breast cancer screening and desire to continue screening regardless of health status or age, according to a scoping review published in BMC Women’s Health.

Transvaginal ultrasonography triage resulted in misclassification for more than one in 10 Black women, suggesting it is not a reliable strategy to identify Black women at risk for endometrial cancer, according to a diagnostic study.