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Here are the top stories covered by DocWire News this week in the Hematology &amp; Oncology section. This week, a study found that oral cancer mortality risk is increased in patients who drink and smoke, apps to test moles are not detecting skin cancer, and more.<a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/hem-onc-picks/smoking-and-drinking-appear-to-impact-survival-for-oral-cancer/">Patients with&nbsp;oral cancer who smoke&nbsp;and drank</a> had higher all&#8208;cause mortality and oral cancer&#8208;specific mortality compared with patients with oral cancer who did not drink or smoke, according to a study published in&nbsp;Head &amp; Neck.In patients with&nbsp;atrial fibrillation&nbsp;who receive anticoagulants, <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/hem-onc-picks/gi-bleeding-increases-colorectal-cancer-risk-in-patients-with-atrial-fibrillation-receiving-anticoagulants/">lower gastrointestinal bleeding is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer</a>, according to a study published in the&nbsp;European Heart Journal.<a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/hem-onc-picks/ai-based-smartphone-apps-to-assess-moles-are-missing-skin-cancer-diagnoses/">Algorithm-based smartphone apps&nbsp;</a>using artificial intelligence (AI) to test moles are not reliably able to&nbsp;detect melanoma&nbsp;and other skin cancers, according to a study published in&nbsp;The BMJ.A retrospective study measured the diagnostic value of an <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/hem-onc-picks/ai-algorithm-outperforms-radiologists-in-detecting-breast-cancer/">AI&nbsp;algorithm to detect breast cancer</a> and found that it outperformed the detection ability of radiologists.Commonly prescribed medications,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/hem-onc-picks/commonly-prescribed-statins-may-lower-mortality-in-cancer-patients/">cholesterol-lowering&nbsp;statins and the diabetes therapy metformin may have anticancer effects</a>, according to preliminary research published in&nbsp;Cancer Medicine.In case you missed it, more hem/onc headlines are featured below:<ul>
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