Oncology News

One in five women with high-deductible health insurance plans who had an abnormal screening mammogram would opt out of follow-up testing, according to survey results presented at the Radiological Society of North America annual meeting.

Despite decreases in cervical cancer screenings between 1999 and 2019 among older women with Medicare fee-for-service coverage, this group may be overspending on screening-related services, according to data in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Although data show a clear link between alcohol consumption and an increased risk for certain cancers, a high percentage of adults in the United States were unaware of the association, according to recent study results.

In this edition, fludarabine has been placed on the FDA’s drug shortage list; epcoritamab is approved for advanced lymphoma; pembrolizumab with chemotherapy improves OS in gastric cancer, and more.

PHILADELPHIA — Patients with rheumatic diseases and previous malignancy do not demonstrate a higher cancer risk with TNF inhibitors vs. other biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2022.

Despite its benefits, data suggest that comprehensive molecular testing in patients with non-small cell lung cancer is underutilized due to a lack of resources.

In this edition, disparities among women in the surgical workforce, GSK withdraws belantamab mafodotin from US market, risk for lymphoma low after postmastectomy reconstruction, and more.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Daniel Golden, MD, about how he has developed educational tools for patients and students, the importance of embracing your niche in medicine and more.

In this edition, lung cancer screening critically low across the U.S, first in-human CRISPR test with gene replacement, racial and economic segregation linked to higher cancer mortality rates, and more.

During their lifetime, one in 70 women will receive a diagnosis of ovarian cancer, which is the second most common gynecologic cancer in the United States, according to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.