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This week on DocWire, editors spoke with Dr. Stefano Fanti, from the University of Bologna, Italy, about the critical role of <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/gu-oncology-now/dr-stefano-fanti-on-the-importance-of-psma-pet-imaging-in-prostate-cancer/">PSMA-PET imaging in prostate cancer</a>. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s more and more evidence for the importance of PSMA imaging for staging high risk [prostate cancer] and for many other indications,&rdquo; said Dr. Fanti.https://www.docwirenews.com/gu-oncology-now/dr-stefano-fanti-on-the-importance-of-psma-pet-imaging-in-prostate-cancer/&ndash;In other news, the U.S. FDA approved a new indication for subcutaneous daratumumab in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/hem-onc-picks/fda-approves-new-indication-of-subcutaneous-daratumumab-for-multiple-myeloma/">relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma</a>, the sixth indication for this daratumumab formulation in MM.https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/hem-onc-picks/fda-approves-new-indication-of-subcutaneous-daratumumab-for-multiple-myeloma/&ndash; 
A new study found that, for adolescents and young adults with cancer, geographic distance from the hospital where they were diagnosed is associated with <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/urban-health-today/urban-health-picks/for-young-adults-with-cancer-hospital-distance-is-associated-with-stage-at-diagnosis/">increased risk of later diagnosis</a> and survival. Patients living &gt;50 miles from the hospital had a 1.2-times higher risk of late-stage diagnosis and 1.3-times higher risk of mortality compared to patients who lived within 12.5 miles of a hospital.https://www.docwirenews.com/urban-health-today/urban-health-picks/for-young-adults-with-cancer-hospital-distance-is-associated-with-stage-at-diagnosis/&ndash; 
A new study found that alcohol consumption was linked to more than 740,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed in 2020 across the globe, or around <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/alcohol-consumption-linked-to-4-of-global-cancer-incidence-in-2020/">four percent of total cases</a>. &ldquo;We urgently need to raise awareness about the link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk among policy makers and the general public,&rdquo; said Harriet Rumgay, of the International Agency for Research on Cancer.https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/alcohol-consumption-linked-to-4-of-global-cancer-incidence-in-2020/

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