Oncology News

• The Rocky Path to Parenthood During Cardiology Training An international survey found significant variation in parental leave policies, including scant time off for trainees in the US and Asia vs other countries.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Exercise During Active Cancer Treatment: New ASCO Guideline A new ASCO guideline recommends physical activity during cancer treatment, but notes that there is insufficient evidence to recommend specific diets or intentional weight loss or gain.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• DDW 2022 CRC Screening: Blood Test Accuracy Compared to Colonoscopy More than 550 people had blood taken at the time of colonoscopy to judge the sensitivity and specificity of a serum assay.
  Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2022
• How to Manage Drug Interactions With Paxlovid for COVID Some drugs can be held or reduced for the 5-day course. IDSA has published an online guide. Availability in pharmacies has greatly increased in recent weeks.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• H pylori May Undermine Immunotherapy Response in Gastric Cancer H pylori infection was associated with shorter progression-free and overall survival. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, May 20, 2022
• Prostate Cancer Survival: Enzalutamide Edges Out Abiraterone Men with metastatic disease who received enzalutamide demonstrated a small but significant survival benefit. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• AYA Leukemia Survivors: 'Cure Is Not Enough' Adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of leukemia have a life span that is about 10% lower than that of their peers in the general population.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Some Smokers Don't Get Lung Cancer; Genetics Might Explain It Smoking can cause cell mutations that lead to lung cancer; however, some people may have a genetic defense against it.
  WebMD Health News, May 19, 2022
• AUA 2022 AUA 2022: A Report From the Trenches Colorado urologist Henry M. Rosevear, MD, offers his take on the scientific highlights of this year's annual meeting of the American Urological Association.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Estrogen Treatment Linked to Reduced COVID Mortality Women who went on hormone replacement therapy with estrogen within 6 months of catching COVID-19 had a reduced risk of dying, a new study says.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• New Image-Based Risk Model Helps Predict Future Breast Cancers An automated risk model using digital breast tomosynthesis images can identify women at high risk for developing cancer before their next screening exam.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Shift to HPV Testing Will Require Public Education HPV testing has major advantages over Pap cytology for primary cervical cancer screening. But the effort to change testing procedures is expected to encounter initial resistance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Patients' Bad Behavior Provokes Burnout in Physicians: Study Mistreatment and discrimination by patients increase the risk of physician burnout; for 1 in 5 physicians, patients refused care because of the physician's appearance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Experts Urge Stopping Melanoma Trial Because of Failure and Harm New results from a phase 3 trial may shut the door on the addition of PD–1 or PD–ligand 1 inhibitors to the combination of BRAF and MEK inhibitors for the treatment of BRAF V600–mutated melanoma.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• NeoChemo Preserves Rectum in Half of Patients With Rectal Cancer Among patients with stage II or stage III rectal adenocarcinoma, organ preservation is achievable in up to half of patients who undergo total neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Medicine, AI, and Bias: Will Bad Data Undermine Good Tech? Artificial Intelligence models may help predict and prevent diseases. But recent research highlights the challenges they face in providing insights that work for all.
  WebMD Health News, May 18, 2022
• ACMS 2022 Post-Mohs Bleeding Risk in Patients on Ibrutinib for CLL Studied Two studies evaluated the risk, with results indicating that holding the treatment before and after surgery helps reduce the risk for bleeding.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Shared Decision-Making 'Only Sometimes Useful' in Surgery A new study finds that surgeons' use of shared decision-making is highly variable, but editorialists argue that this approach may be inappropriate when a scenario is clear-cut.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Improved Cancer Survival in States with ACA Medicaid Expansion An increase in cancer survival rates has been seen in states that implemented Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Mastectomy May Not Be Necessary for Young Breast Cancer Patients Mastectomies among younger women with nonmetastatic invasive breast cancer may not always be necessary, suggests a study that shows survival outcomes are similar after a lumpectomy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022