Chemotherapy in childhood may leave lasting effects on memory
Childhood cancer survivors who had chemotherapy may have certain types of thinking and memory problems as young adults, a small study suggests. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - June 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Childhood Chemo May Have Lasting Effects on Memory
TUESDAY, June 20, 2017 -- Childhood cancer survivors who had chemotherapy may have certain types of thinking and memory problems as young adults, a small study suggests.
Belgian researchers assessed 31 young adults who had undergone chemotherapy.... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 20, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Is more digital support needed for young cancer patients?
(Springer) There is considerable scope to develop digital resources by means of which teenagers and young adults living with cancer can receive information and connect with both professionals and fellow patients. Such tools could help them gain different perspectives on treatment and survivorship, says Esha Abrol of the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust and University College London in the UK, lead author of a study in Springer's Journal of Cancer Survivorship. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - June 20, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Cancer treatment during childhood linked to cognitive problems later in life
(KU Leuven) Young adults who had chemotherapy as a child have decreased cognitive flexibility and a weaker short-term memory. Their ability to concentrate and long-term memory are largely unaffected. Researchers from KU Leuven and University Hospitals Leuven present these findings in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Trumpcare Threatens The Health And Future Of Young People
Millennials have seen dramatic gains in health insurance coverage since passage of the ACA, more so than any other age demographic. Instead of building on these historic gains, Trumpcare would have devastating effects on young people.
Trumpcare harms young people by eliminating the current tax credit that helps many young people purchase insurance. According to Young Invincibles, low- and moderate-income young individuals would pay more under Trumpcare than under current law, ultimately impacting over 4 million young people and harming the lowest-income young people the most. On top of that, Trumpcare allows insurers to im...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Overweight Boys Face Higher Colon Cancer Risk as Adults
But study also found that losing weight as young adults lowered those odds (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - May 20, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Pediatrics, Reproductive Medicine, Nutrition, News, Source Type: news
HPV Vaccination Reduced Oral HPV Infections
Prophylactic HPV vaccination significantly reduced vaccine-type oral HPV infections among young adults, according to the results of a cross-sectional study. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - May 18, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Leah Lawrence Tags: Conferences/ASCO Head & Neck Cancer News Source Type: news
Large Study Shows Reduced Oral HPV Infections With Vaccine Large Study Shows Reduced Oral HPV Infections With Vaccine
Rates of oral HPV infection were reduced in young adults who had been vaccinated, suggesting protection from oropharyngeal cancer.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
HPV vaccination may reduce oral HPV infections -- but still under-utilized
(American Society of Clinical Oncology) In one of the first large studies to explore the possible impact of HPV vaccination on oral HPV infections, researchers found it may confer a high degree of protection. The study of young adults in the United States showed that the prevalence of high-risk HPV infection was 88% lower among those who reported getting at least one vaccine dose than among those who were not vaccinated. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - May 17, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Pitt analysis determines odds of a hookah non-smoker taking first puff
(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) A positive attitude toward and desire to take up hookah smoking are the most likely predictors of a young adult becoming a hookah tobacco smoker, University of Pittsburgh researchers found in the first nationally representative analysis of hookah use by young adults over an extended follow-up period. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - May 16, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
The Growing Challenge of Young Adults With Colorectal Cancer
n this review, we address specific issues pertaining to AYA patients with colorectal cancer, including evaluation for hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes, clinicopathologic and biologic features unique to AYA patients with colorectal cancer, treatment outcomes, and survivorship. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - May 15, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Benjamin A. Weinberg, MD John L. Marshall, MD Mohamed E. Salem, MD Tags: Colorectal Cancer Gastrointestinal Cancer Oncology Journal Review Article Source Type: news
First study of Oncolytic HSV-1 in children & young adults with cancer indicates safety, tolerability
(Nationwide Children's Hospital) HSV1716 -- an oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1 -- has been studied in adults via injection into the brain and superficial tumors. Now, a team of researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have completed the first phase 1 trial of the virus in the pediatric population, published online in Clinical Cancer Research. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - May 11, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Insightec touts 1st patient treated in Exablate Neuro FDA feasibility trial
Insightec today announced that the 1st patient has been treated in a feasibility trial exploring the use of its Exablate Neuro system for treating benign centrally-located intracranial tumors in pediatric and young adults.
The Exablate Neuro device uses high-intensity, focused ultrasound to thermally ablate targeted tissue, guided by continuous magnetic resonance imaging; the procedure can be performed non-invasively through an intact skull.
A team at the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital performed the 1st procedure on a 21-year old patient suffering from seizures associated with a benign hypothalamic hamartoma brain tu...
Source: Mass Device - April 20, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Clinical Trials Neurological InSightec Ltd Source Type: news
Second cancers deadlier in young patients
(University of California - Davis Health System) Second cancers in children and adolescents and young adults (AYA) are far deadlier than they are in older adults and may partially account for the relatively poor outcomes of cancer patients ages 15-39 overall, a new study by UC Davis researchers has found. Study will be published April 20 in JAMA Oncology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 20, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
For young adults, cigarettes more pleasurable with alcohol than with pot
(University of California - San Francisco) Young adults get more pleasure from smoking cigarettes while they are drinking alcohol than they do while using marijuana, according to a new UC San Francisco study. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 18, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
