Life Expectancy Down to 76.4 Years in 2021
Age - specific deaths rates increased for all age groups 1 year and over; no significant change seen in infant mortality rates (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 23, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Infections, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics, Institutional, Source Type: news

Patient - Centered Communication Tool Feasible for Seniors With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Patients, caregivers scored higher on AML knowledge and perceived greater efficacy in communicating with oncologists (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 22, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Geriatrics, Journal, Source Type: news

Blacks More Likely to Undergo Emergency Surgery for Colorectal Cancer
Emergency surgery associated with incomplete oncologic evaluation, and increased incidence of postoperative complications, including mortality (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 22, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Oncology, Surgery, Journal, Source Type: news

Trends in Genitourinary Cancers Examined in the United States
Among non - Hispanic Whites, highest incidence rates seen in Northeast for bladder cancer, Appalachia for kidney cancer (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 21, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Family Medicine, Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Oncology, Urology, Journal, Source Type: news

Single - Tube Multiparametric Flow Cytometry Predicts Treatment Response in Leukemia
Multiparametric flow cytometry has excellent prediction for survival among patients with B - cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 21, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Pathology, Journal, Source Type: news

American Society of Hematology, Dec. 10 to 13
The 64th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 21, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Conference, Source Type: news

First - Line Regimens With Endocrine Therapy Show Benefits in Breast Cancer
Findings seen among subgroup of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 - positive metastatic breast cancer (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 20, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gynecology, Oncology, Pharmacy, Journal, Source Type: news

Commercial Rates for Breast Reconstruction Vary Significantly
Higher rates seen in less competitive markets and facilities that are large, for - profit, and non - safety net (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 20, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gynecology, Oncology, Surgery, Journal, Source Type: news

Combustible Tobacco Use Tied to Adverse Oral Health Outcomes
Electronic nicotine delivery system use tied to gum bleeding (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 20, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Oncology, ENT, Journal, Source Type: news

FDA Approves Gene Therapy for Tough - to - Treat Bladder Cancer
About 57,000 men and 18,000 women are diagnosed with bladder cancer annually (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 20, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Pharmacy, Urology, FDA Approvals, Source Type: news

HPV Vaccine Refusal Explored Among Cancer Survivors
Most of the cancer survivors who refused participation in a trial of the vaccine did so for vaccine - related concerns (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 19, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Family Medicine, Gynecology, Infections, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Journal, Source Type: news

ASH: Glofitamab Aids Relapsed, Refractory Diffuse Large B - Cell Lymphoma
39 percent of patients had a complete response, with median time to complete response of 42 days (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 19, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Pharmacy, Conference News, Source Type: news

FDA Approves Gene Therapy for Tough - to - Treat Bladder Cancer
(Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 19, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Pharmacy, Research, News, Source Type: news

Many U.S. Women Must Travel Far to Get Mammograms
(Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 19, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Family Medicine, Oncology, Radiology, Preventive Medicine, News, Source Type: news

Race Could Affect Outcomes in Head - and - Neck Cancers
(Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 19, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Research, News, Source Type: news