Cancer

A study presented at this year’s ASCO Quality Care Symposium examined predictors of compliance with payer-led oncology clinical pathways.

Older cancer survivors have an increased risk for pelvic and vertebral bone fracture compared with older adults without a history of cancer, research published in JAMA Oncology showed.

Nausea is among the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by children and adolescents with cancer.

Cannabis use during cancer treatment can result in a considerable out-of-pocket cost burden, according to study results presented at ASCO Quality Care Symposium.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Achalasia was associated with an increased risk for esophageal cancer among a cohort of veterans, suggesting the need for increased endoscopic surveillance, according to a presenter at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Elevated baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio was associated with distant metastases and poor survival in patients with gastric cancer, according to a presenter at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

Use of chemical hair-straightening products appeared associated with higher risk for uterine cancer among women in the prospective Sister Study cohort, according to data published in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Survival rates for pediatric cancers have improved dramatically during the past 50 years. According to American Cancer Society, the 5-year survival rate for children with cancer has risen from 58% in the mid-1970s to 85% today.

Following publication of NordICC trial data in The New England Journal of Medicine, which found a modest benefit for colonoscopy screening in colorectal cancer, the AGA fired back, noting that colonoscopy is only effective “if it is completed.”

Among patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement, increased frailty was independently associated with worse outcomes, including all-cause death, whereas cancer history did not independently affect frailty-adjusted mortality.