Patient & Survivor Care
From the Journals
Loneliness risk elevated among young cancer survivors
Young cancer survivors were more than twice as likely to report loneliness at study baseline and follow-up.
Lung Cancer Updates
My patient chose quality of life over treatment
The patient’s voice has great value in the clinic and in research. Here are a few examples.
From the Journals
Over half of ED visits from cancer patients could be prevented
The number of potentially preventable ED visits documented each year increased over the period that the authors of the new research studied.
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Terminally ill cancer patients struggle to access psilocybin
“I think what we have here is a confluence of events that are driving toward the mandatory opening of a path to access psilocybin for therapeutic...
Conference Coverage
Post-transplant diet: Gruel no longer rules
New findings from Italy: Anti-bacterial diet, long the scourge of stem-cell transplant patients, doesn’t lower risk of infection.
Conference Coverage
Poorly matched stem cell transplants linked to ancestry
To address disparities, medical institutions also need to improve their assessments of financial hardship.
Conference Coverage
ASH 2022: New clinical data challenge long-held assumptions
Fresh research to be unveiled at the 2022 American Society of Hematology conference seems to overturn conventional wisdom across a range of issues...
Perspectives
Diagnosed too late
We take a course in giving bad news, but every doctor has his or her own approach.
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Patient safety in hospitals improved in past decade: Report
Safety improvements saved an estimated 16,000 lives during the 10-year period, the report said.
From the Journals
Hiccups in patients with cancer often overlooked, undertreated
When poorly controlled, persistent hiccups can affect a patient's quality of life.
From the Journals
Chronic stress, especially race related, may hasten cancer death
High allostatic load was associated with an 80% increased risk of cancer death among all study participants.