Opioids Can Be Continued in Cancer Patients With Nonmedical Stimulant Use
Regardless of prognosis, panel deemed it appropriate to continue opioids, increase monitoring, and avoid opioid tapering
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Linguistic Disparities Impact Patient Access to Cancer Care
Non-English-speaking patient callers to hospital are less likely to be provided with next steps to access cancer care
AACR Cancer Progress Report Reveals 33% Decrease in Cancer Death Rate, 1990 to 2020
Report highlights advances such as approval of 14 new anticancer therapeutics, expansion of use of 12 previously approved therapeutics
Early-Onset Cancer Morbidity Continuing to Increase
Main risk factors underlying early-onset cancers are dietary risk factors, alcohol consumption, and tobacco use
Higher Administrative Payment Burden Causes Delays in Cancer Care
Younger patients, African American patients appear to have more cost-related delays/nonadherence
Bariatric Surgery Linked to Lower All-Cancer Incidence Among Females
Significant reduction also seen in obesity-related cancer incidence and in cancer mortality after bariatric surgery
Cancer Patients’ Race, Insurance Type May Impact End-of-Life Care
A cancer patient’s race, type of insurance, and setting in which they are treated are all associated with end-of-life treatment, a study suggests.
Mindfulness-Based Interventions Recommended for Anxiety in Cancer
MBIs recommended for anxiety symptoms and depression symptoms during and after cancer treatment
Heart, Diabetes, Cancer Drugs on List for Medicare Price Negotiations, White House Says
Enrollees in the Medicare prescription drug program paid a total of $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2022 for the 10 initial drugs chosen for price negotiations
Exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation Linked to Solid Cancer Mortality
Estimated rate of mortality due to solid cancer increased by 52 percent per Gy with cumulative dose, lagged by 10 years
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