Researchers analyzed Medicare claims data on more than 1 million women ages 70 to 84 to reach their conclusions.

A recent review of pivotal cancer drug trials suggests that CVD and adverse cardiovascular outcomes are underreported in studies of new cancer therapies, despite an increasing risk of cardiotoxicity in oncological drugs.

With estimates from the American Cancer Society, implementing this intervention could save between 30,000 and 60,000 lives in the U.S. each year.

This common gesture is meant to signal joy at the end of treatment, but it's producing the opposite effect for some oncology patients, according to a recent survey. 

These sessions can help further education, promote discussion of instructive cases and invite performance feedback from fellow radiologists.

“This is exciting because it shows that proton therapy offers a way for us to reduce the serious side effects of chemo-radiation and improve patient health and well-being without sacrificing the effectiveness of the therapy,” experts wrote in a recent JAMA Oncology study.

None of the information on the top breast density websites was written at recommended reading levels, and it may limit the educational goals of new federal breast density legislation.

More than 5 million people are diagnosed with skin cancer in the U.S. each year, and an overwhelming majority are categorized as either basal or cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.