Oncology News

Exposure to plastics containing endocrine-disrupting chemicals added an estimated $249 billion to health care costs in the U.S. in 2018, according to study data.

Artificial intelligence models effectively identified patients with adverse social determinants of health within electronic health records, according to a study published in npj Digital Medicine.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Avital O’Glasser, MD, about the challenges facing non-traditional scholarship, amplifying diverse voices in medicine and more.

Vaccination against HPV and routine screening are the primary methods for cervical cancer prevention, and the convenience of at-home HPV tests may increase screening and lower cervical cancer prevalence in the U.S.

Early data from a phase 1/2 trial showed promising results for AIV001, AiViva Biopharma’s intradermal basal cell carcinoma treatment, according to a company press release.

Women aged 35 years or younger with breast cancer had a higher risk for developing contralateral breast cancer compared with women older than 35 years, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Asian, Black and Hispanic women with gynecologic cancers had a lower likelihood of being enrolled in clinical trials compared with white women, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Women with benign breast disease diagnosed by percutaneous biopsies had an increased overall breast cancer risk compared with the general population, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Surgery.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with St. Jude’s Steven Gottschalk, MD, and Paulina Velasquez, MD, about the evolution of bone marrow transplant and cell therapy, increasing accessibility to CAR T-cell therapy and more.

Clinician-patient breast density conversations need to address worries, concerns and unanswered questions, especially for Hispanic and Asian women and those with low literacy, according to survey findings published in JAMA Network Open.