Survival Analysis

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you the highlights and insights from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2024, as well as Healio’s top headlines from the meeting.

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.

Among octogenarians, patients who underwent CABG had longer survival times compared with age- and sex-matched individuals who did not, researchers reported in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

AMX0035, an investigational neuroprotective therapy, reduced the risk for death by nearly half in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis according to results of an overall survival analysis from the CENTAUR trial.

Among patients who underwent CABG, single arterial grafts and multiple arterial grafts were similar for all-cause mortality, CV mortality, MI and major bleeding, researchers reported.

Patients who undergo complex cancer surgery at top-ranked cancer centers achieve better survival outcomes than patients who undergo such treatments at those centers’ affiliate hospitals, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Compared with standard BP control, intensive BP control prolonged projected survival in patients at high CV risk without diabetes, but the absolute effect was strongest at younger ages, according to new data from the SPRINT trial.

A novel predictive model appeared to identify cancer survivors at increased risk for opioid misuse, according to study results published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute.