August 21, 2024 by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA recent analysis of all relevant published studies reveals clear benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for improving mental health and quality of life in cancer survivors. The findings, which are published in Cancer Medicine, extend CBT’s effects beyond what has long been known in the general...
by Wiley Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPeople who have had cancer often experience ongoing pain, but a new study reveals that being physically active may help lessen its intensity. The study is published in Cancer. Although physical activity has been shown to lessen various types of pain, its effects on cancer-related pain are unclear. To investigate, a...
by Elana Gotkine Cancer survivors have a significantly higher prevalence of hearing loss (HL) than the general population, according to a study published online Oct. 5 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Qian Wang, M.D., M.P.H., from the University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland, and colleagues estimated the prevalence of subjective and objective HL...
by European Society of Cardiology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cancer patients who continue smoking after their diagnosis have a nearly doubled risk of heart attack, stroke or death due to cardiovascular disease compared with non-smokers, according to research published on World No Tobacco Day in European Heart Journal. According to the World Health Organization, there were more than 50.5...
by American Association for Cancer Research Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers identified a higher rate of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) and prevalence of treatment-induced STAT3 gene mutations in blood samples from a large cohort of survivors of pediatric cancer, compared with age-matched controls. The study is published in Cancer Discovery. Pediatric cancers are often treated with aggressive chemotherapy...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO While children receiving chemotherapy routinely undergo hearing tests, adults don’t, and a new study by UC San Francisco reports for the first time that significant hearing issues often occur among adult survivors of the most common forms of cancer. The researchers found that more than half the survivors in...
Interview conducted by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Apr 22 2022 Thought Leaders Dr. Zhaoming Wang Epidemiology & Cancer ControlSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital In this interview, we speak to Dr. Zhaoming Wang about his latest research that investigated accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors and the underlying genetics causing this. Please could you introduce yourself and tell us...
by Matt Windsor, University of Alabama at Birmingham Wendy Landier, Ph.D. Credit: Frank Couch New research by investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Emory University is the first to report that the two widely used vaccines against human papillomavirus, or HPV, are safe and generally well tolerated by cancer survivors. The researchers...
WILEY New research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that cancer survivors, especially older individuals, are more likely to experience accelerated functional decline as they age, compared with those without a history of cancer. Between 2006 to 2019, 1728 men and women (aged 22 to 100 years) were evaluated, with 359 of these adults reporting...
by Sharita Forrest, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Head and neck cancer survivors’ tongues are less sensitive at the tip, and problems with taste dysfunction may persist for years after patients complete oncology treatments, a team led by food science and human nutrition professor M. Yanina Pepino found in a study. Credit: Luka Gruev Most survivors...
