Survivorship

General Oncology

Study Examines Factors Affecting Advance Care Planning in Sexual and Gender Minorities

By

Jennifer Larson

The researchers found that most of the SGM participants had already engaged in some conversations about EOL plans.

Genitourinary Cancer

Recurrent NMIBC Effectively Treated With Salvage Valrubicin+Docetaxel

By

Natasha Persaud

Investigators studied the effect of sequential valrubicin and docetaxel in patients with recurrent NMIBC following treatment with intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin and/or gemcitabine-docetaxel.

General Oncology

Research Examines Psychological Distress In Oncology Nurses During COVID-19 Pandemic

By

Jennifer Larson

The researchers measured the participants’ stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and WRQOL with a variety of scales.

Prostate Cancer

ADT May Increase Risk of Death From Cardiovascular Disease in Prostate Cancer

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

The risk of death from cardiovascular disease was elevated regardless of the duration of androgen deprivation therapy.

General Oncology

Cancer Patients Most Likely to Use Medical Aid in Dying

By

Leah Lawrence

The vast majority of US patients who used medical aid in dying had cancer.

Breast Cancer

FDA Approves First Targeted Therapy for HER2-Low Breast Cancer

HER2-low is a new classification for a subset of HER2-negative breast cancer.

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Study Advances Knowledge Base About Children and Adolescents With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

By

Jennifer Larson

The researchers uncovered higher-than-anticipated rates of thrombosis, hemorrhage, and transformation in their real-world cohort of MPN patients.

Hematologic Cancers

Online Educational Program Improves Patient Understanding in Myelodysplastic Syndromes

By

Vicki Moore, PhD

Researchers sought to determine whether an online educational program regarding myelodysplastic syndromes would provide benefits to learners’ understanding of MDS.

General Oncology

Report: Ransomware Attacks Rise Sharply

By

John Schieszer, MA

Ransomware attacks now account for 25% of all data breaches, according to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report.

General Oncology

Cancer Risk Higher for Men Versus Women at Most Shared Anatomic Sites

The proportion of excess cancer risk in men that was explained by risk factors was modest, ranging from 50 to 11 percent.