Oncology News

January marks Cervical Health Awareness Month, which brings attention to common diseases of the cervix — cervical cancer and HPV specifically — and the people affected by and measures that can be taken to prevent them.

Adherence to a plant-based diet was associated with improvements in multiple myeloma outcomes, including sustained minimal residual disease negativity, according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research.

The Society of General Internal Medicine, or SGIM, has revised its list of recommendations on tests and procedures that are commonly ordered but are not always necessary in general medicine.

Since 2008, the rate of bilateral mastectomy among patients with early-stage breast cancer increased, decreased and finally stabilized with similar rates in 2020 as 2008, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Many patients who received a positive stool-based screening test result for colorectal cancer did not receive a follow-up colonoscopy within 1 year, according to the results of a mixed-methods cohort study.

The risk for suicide remains elevated among individuals diagnosed with cancer compared with the general population, despite a downward trend over the last 2 decades, a recent study found.

Since 1991, the rate of cancer mortality has declined by 33% in the United States, which translates to an estimated 3.8 million fewer cancer deaths over the past 30 years, according to a report from the American Cancer Society.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Avital O’Glasser, MD, about how digital education credits maximize your personal and professional toolkit, scholarship of engagement and more.

Among California patients with cervical cancer, women aged 65 years and older had a greater disease burden compared with younger women, researchers reported.

In this edition, addition of tumor treating fields extends OS; atezolizumab-bevacizumab survival rates; screening leads to more stage I, less stage IV disease incidence, and more.