Cancer

Compared with illnesses like cancer, heart failure and dementia, patients with end-stage kidney disease alone have among the lowest rates of survival after 5 years, Stanford University researchers reported in a published study.

ATLANTA — New molecularly targeted cancer medications can cause ocular surface and retinal toxicities, according to Joseph P. Shovlin, OD, FAAO, at SECO 2024.

Researchers have designed a clinical prediction model to determine short-term mortality and long-term survival among patients on hemodialysis.

Federated learning may be a viable alternative to centralized learning for diagnosing invasive melanomas and nevi while maintaining patient privacy, according to a study.

The proportion of individuals with newly diagnosed cancer who lacked insurance in the U.S. declined significantly from 2010 to 2019, according to data published in Health Affairs Scholar.

Evaluating the loss of life expectancy among patients diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma may help establish a lifetime prognosis for patients, according to a study.

Poverty and chronic inflammation together may have a “synergistic” impact leading to higher all-cause mortality, including a 127% increased heart disease mortality risk and a 196% higher risk for cancer mortality, according to data.

Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native populations exhibited increasing rates of melanoma over the span of two decades, especially in certain parts of the country, according to a study.

Artificial intelligence models effectively identified patients with adverse social determinants of health within electronic health records, according to a study published in npj Digital Medicine.

Intensive BP lowering may be safe in patients with a history of cancer not currently receiving treatment, according to a post hoc analysis of the SPRINT trial published in Hypertension.