Oncology News

In this edition, elevated cardiotoxicity risk for Black patients after chemotherapy; CV risk factor disparities in childhood cancer survivors; neural network helps identify potential targets for cancer drugs and more.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with CureMatch CEO Navid Alipour about the rise of AI in the health care space, how technology can elevate the ways in which we diagnose and deliver health care and more.

Certain women who had their ovaries removed during a hysterectomy for benign conditions faced higher risks for all-cause mortality, CVD and cancer, a recent study showed.

E-cigarette use significantly increased among younger adults from 2019 to 2021, a time that spanned an outbreak of e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury, known as EVALI, according to researchers at the American Cancer Society.

There is not yet enough evidence to adequately assess the benefit-harm balance of screening for skin cancer in asymptomatic adolescents and adults, according to a statement from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

In this edition, DNA sequencing could identify patients with high-risk AML; review of major advances and challenges in chronic lymphocytic leukemia; FDA advisory panel backs polatuzumab vedotin and more.

Higher intake of a subclass of flavonoids was linked to reduced mortality for those diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and small increases in consumption of foods rich in the compound, like tea, may improve survival, data show.

In this edition, ‘paradigm shift’ in non-small cell lung cancer during past decade; osimertinib extends survival in early EGFR-mutated NSCLC; amivantamab shows durable activity in patients with advanced NSCLC, and more.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Jorge García, PharmD, about the economic benefits of biosimilars, the unique perspective pharmacists bring to cancer care costs and more.

Female physicians experienced a greater earnings penalty due in part to marriage and children compared with their male counterparts, according a recent study.