Hem/Onc Roundup: Cancer Misinformation, Drop in Women’s Preventative Care, and More
The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a large, but temporary decline in preventative healthcare screening among women, according to a new study. For services...
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Rates Dropped Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic was a associated with a large, but temporary decline in breast cancer screening, cervical cancer screening, sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening,...
Hem/Onc Roundup: Black Women with Breast Cancer Have Double the Mortality Risk of White...
A new study from researchers at the University of Central Florida found the gap in breast cancer survival rates between Black and white women...
Breast Cancer Survival Rates Have Improved Since 1990, But Racial Disparities Persist
The gap in breast cancer survival rates between Black and white women has reduced over the past 25 years in the U.S., but Black...
Depression, Physical Well-Being Predict Endocrine Therapy Discontinuation
Screening for patient-reported quality of life factors may help to identify patients who are at increased risk for early discontinuation of endocrine therapies (ET)...
Study of LGBTQI Cancer Survivors Finds Sexuality, Gender Impact Health Outcomes
A systematic review evaluated patient-reported outcomes after cancer treatment among patients who are sexual or gender minorities (SGM), including those who identify as lesbian,...
ASCO: Assessment of Vitamin D Deficiency and COVID-19 in Cancer Patients
Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, presented a study at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting which assessed of the effect of Vitamin D deficiency and...
