Soy, enterolactone, green tea may reduce adverse breast cancer outcomes
Jan 23, 2024
A reduced risk of recurrence was seen in association with soy isoflavones; prediagnostic green tea also was linked to reduced risk of recurrence.
Risk for breast cancer examined after false-positive mammogram
Nov 03, 2023
“As women age and are eventually no longer invited for screening (in most countries with mammography screening programs, this stops at 70 years of age), it may be worth studying whether women with...
Racial differences seen in financial hardship among older cancer survivors
Jul 01, 2024
Income and area-level disadvantage are the largest contributors to racial differences.
In trial, researchers test EHR alerts to lower harmful screenings, overtreatment in seniors
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Kristen Fischer
Feb 15, 2024
Researchers devised a new way to ensure that older adults aren’t being overtreated or tested needlessly via unnecessary screenings.
Survival benefit for cancer trial participants does not persist in adjusted analyses
May 21, 2024
Survival benefits disappear when only high-quality studies are pooled and with adjustment for potential publication bias.
Planetary Health Diet Index linked to lower total, cause-specific mortality
Jun 10, 2024
Reductions seen in death from a variety of causes; PHDI scores were also associated with environmental impact
Caregiving linked to lower mortality in postmenopausal eomen
Nov 10, 2023
The inverse association did not differ with caregiving frequency or when stratified by age, race-ethnicity or depressive symptoms.
AI chatbots can generate quality, empathetic, readable responses
May 17, 2024
Chatbots can generate quality responses to cancer patient questions, comparable to physician responses.
1975 to 2019 saw 58 percent decrease in breast cancer mortality
Jan 16, 2024
Of the reduction, 29% was due to treatment of metastatic breast cancer and 25% was due to mammography screening.
Immersive virtual reality beneficial for pain relief in cancer
Apr 08, 2024
Virtual reality provides more nonpharmacologic pain relief than an active control, and the benefit was sustained.