Culturally tailored program increases colonoscopy completion
Feb 07, 2022
The overall rate of colonoscopy completion was 85% in the Hispanic population; the reasons for cancellation and no-show included cost.
2019 to 2020 saw 16.8 percent increase in U.S. death rate
Dec 22, 2021
The two leading causes of death continued to be heart disease and cancer, with COVID-19 the third leading cause of death in 2020.
Global economic cost of cancer estimated to be $25.2 trillion from 2020 to 2050
Feb 24, 2023
75.1% of cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, which account for 49.5% of economic cost.
Additional benefit seen for colonoscopy versus sigmoidoscopy
Mar 05, 2024
In recent study, fewer colorectal cancer cases and deaths per 100,000 person-years were observed.
Deficits in cancer screening at most facilities during pandemic
Mar 22, 2022
More than 80% of facilities reported deficits in monthly screening for colorectal cancer; there was a mean relative change of −17.7% in the monthly screening test volume.
Daily aspirin does not prevent recurrence of breast cancer
Feb 18, 2022
Compared with placebo, a daily aspirin did not improve invasive disease-free survival in patients with high-risk, HER2-negative breast cancer.
Ethical issues abound in adoption of artificial intelligence in cancer care
Mar 29, 2024
Issues include explainability, patient consent and responsibility.
Healthy lifestyle can further lower risk for death in former smokers
Sep 28, 2022
Higher total healthy lifestyle adherence cuts all-cause, cancer, cardiovascular, and respiratory-related mortality.
Few cancer survivors fully adherent to ACS nutrition and physical activity guidelines
Apr 23, 2024
Factors associated with greater adherence include female sex, older age, Black race and higher educational level.
Medical debt linked to worse health status, increased mortality
Mar 04, 2024
An increase was seen in physically and mentally unhealthy days during past month, years of life lost and age-adjusted all-cause mortality rate.