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Female CRC survivors may experience long-term GI symptoms
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- Patricia McKnight
“Our findings shed light on the importance of psychosocial support as well as lifestyle interventions (specifically nutritional management) in...
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Fatalities from breast cancer have ‘improved substantially’
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- Patricia McKnight
Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are more likely to become long-term survivors of the disease now than they were 20 years ago.
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Oral cancer drugs requiring prior authorization on the rise
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- Patricia McKnight
“Utilization management may be appropriate for some oncology drugs, such as those approved with provisional evidence of efficacy.”
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How staging laparoscopy informs pancreatic cancer care
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- Patricia McKnight
“Staging laparoscopy should be considered in the majority of patients prior to resection and/or initiation of neoadjuvant therapy.”
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FDA pilot program aims to reduce risk of diagnostic tests for cancer
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- Patricia McKnight
The agency has “become increasingly concerned that some tests made by laboratories and not authorized by the FDA may not provide accurate and...
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DEI training gives oncology fellows more confidence
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- Patricia McKnight
Only 2%-3% of practicing oncologists are Black or Hispanic/Latino, says Yale Cancer Center doctor.
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Phone support helps weight loss in patients with breast cancer
- Author:
- Patricia McKnight
After 6 months, patients who received telephone coaching and health education lost 9.7 pounds.
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Medicaid expansion closing racial gap in GI cancer deaths
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- Patricia McKnight
Results of a new study were particularly notable for Black patients, for whom there was a consistent increase in receiving therapy and a decrease...
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ASCO updates treatment guidelines for anxiety and depression
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- Patricia McKnight
Since the last guidelines were published, screening and assessment for depression and anxiety have improved, and a large new evidence base has...
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The next big thing in cancer research
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- Patricia McKnight
Despite significant progress, there is still a lot of work to do.
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Better monitoring of cisplatin-induced ototoxicity needed
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- Patricia McKnight
“Providing treating oncologists with a timely opportunity to alter therapy or providing patients with support, guidance, and earlier access to...
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Prostate cancer drug shortage leaves some with uncertainty
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- Patricia McKnight
The therapy lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan will remain in limited supply until the drug’s manufacturer can ramp up production.
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Silicone-based film for radiation dermatitis: It works, so why isn’t it used?
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- Patricia McKnight
Use of the film significantly reduced the incidence of grade 2 or 3 radiation dermatitis in a study of women with breast cancer.
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FDA expands abemaciclib use in high-risk early breast cancer
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- Patricia McKnight
The new expansion removes the Ki-67 testing requirement.
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Efanesoctocog alfa treatment: ‘Victory’ over hemophilia A
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- Patricia McKnight
In a phase 3 study of patients with severe hemophilia A, a new factor VIII injection given weekly prevented almost all bleeding episodes.