Oncology News

The new blood test screening option for colorectal cancer is innovative and could improve screening uptake, but it also has some drawbacks, according to an expert.

Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, or AA and NH/PI, communities continue to face significant racial disparities in health care access and outcomes across the United States, according to an expert.

Alternative lung cancer screening criteria may identify more individuals, who would benefit from screening compared with current guidelines, study results showed.

Endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial cancer have a low incidence for women with recurrent abnormal uterine bleeding, with predictive factors being older age, nulliparity, polyp history and shorter intervals between samplings, data show.

In this special 100th episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with her father, Krishna Jain, MD, about work-life balance pertaining to private practice, improving a fragmented health care system and more.

In this edition, low education level raises follow-up risk in screening program, screening judgement strongly influenced by clinicians and more.

Medicine was an interesting thought as I was growing up with no medical people in my family.

In this special throwback episode, Shikha Jain, MD, talks with Olympic champion Kikkan “Kikkanimal” Randall, about how her positive attitude and athlete mentality have helped her navigate a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, valuable advice for both oncologists and patients and more.

Older patients who had a primary care visit within 90 days after cancer surgery exhibited significantly reduced mortality risk, according to retrospective study results.

Latin American patients with rheumatoid arthritis experience fewer serious adverse events, including major adverse cardiovascular events and malignancy, than patients who are not Latin American, according to a study.