Victoria Stern January 17, 2023 “Is this really the hill you want to die on?” asked Rebecca Shatsky, MD, a medical oncologist at the University of California San Diego. It was November 18 and Shatsky was on the phone with a retired oncologist working for the health insurance company Premera Blue Cross. Shatsky was appealing a prior authorization denial...
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Lung cancer deaths are declining faster than new cases. Advances in treatment are making the difference
By NORMAN E. SHARPLESSAUGUST 13, 2020 This year’s annual release of cancer statistics generated more buzz than usual. Perhaps the most publicized finding in the Cancer Facts & Figures 2020 report was the 2.2% decline in overall cancer deaths from 2016 to 2017, the last year for which we have final statistics. That was the...
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Patients who lived longer with cancer at greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON Cancer patients diagnosed more than 24 months ago are more likely to have a severe COVID-19 infection, research has found. Cancer patients of Asian ethnicity or who were receiving palliative treatment for cancer were also at a higher risk of death from COVID-19. The research published today in Frontiers in Oncology by...
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Skin cancer treatments could be used to treat other forms of the disease
by Institut national de la recherche scientifique – INRS The creation of a silica nanocapsule could allow treatments that use light to destroy cancerous or precancerous cells in the skin to also be used to treat other types of cancer. Such are the findings of a study by INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)...
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Dangerous blood clots form in leg arteries of COVID-19 patients
RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA OAK BROOK, Ill. (July 16, 2020) – COVID-19 is associated with life-threatening blood clots in the arteries of the legs, according to a study published in Radiology. Researchers said COVID-19 patients with symptoms of inadequate blood supply to the lower extremities tend to have larger clots and a significantly higher...
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3D ultrasound enables accurate, noninvasive measurements of blood flow
OAK BROOK, Ill. – A 3D ultrasound system provides an effective, noninvasive way to estimate blood flow that retains its accuracy across different equipment, operators and facilities, according to a study published in the journal Radiology. Measures of blood flow are important in helping clinicians determine how much oxygen and nutrient-carrying blood is reaching organs...
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Exploiting viruses to attack cancer cells
An adenovirus is now better able to target and kill cancer cells due to the addition of an RNA stabilizing element. Hokkaido University scientists have made an adenovirus that specifically replicates inside and kills cancer cells by employing special RNA-stabilizing elements. The details of the research were published in the journal Cancers. Much research in...
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Six-month follow-up appropriate for BI-RADS 3 findings on mammography
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Women with mammographically detected breast lesions that are probably benign should have follow-up surveillance imaging at six months due to the small but not insignificant risk that the lesions are malignant, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology. The Breast Imaging and Reporting System (BI-RADS) was established by...
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Oncologists, patients weigh treatment and coronavirus risk: ‘Cancer is a disease that does not wait.’
by Kate Thayer, Chicago Tribune As the coronavirus pandemic intensified, so did Catherine Payne’s strategies for avoiding infection while undergoing chemotherapy. The 33-year-old Chicago woman was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in November and began treatment soon after, suppressing her immune system. What started as avoiding the gym, air travel and limiting contact with...
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New urine tests for bladder cancer may improve patient outcomes; reduce procedures, costs
by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Two new urine tests appear to accurately detect bladder cancer, determine its severity and detect its recurrence, investigators report. The tests look at activity and levels of V1, a gene variant upregulated in bladder cancer that dissolves natural sugars in the mucosal lining of the fist-sized bladder, making it more vulnerable to cancer. Investigators...
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