Cancer patients latest cohort shown to benefit from VR therapy tools
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 19, 2023
VR tools are increasingly being used for purposes beyond mere entertainment. including as a therapy tool for cancer patients.
Prevalence of hearing loss significantly higher for cancer survivors
Oct 06, 2023
Two subjective questions can potentially accurately identify those with hearing loss.
Faster AI imaging can produce more nuanced cancer treatments, developers say
By
Aaron Dorman
Sep 14, 2023
A new AI program can use images of a person’s body and organs to evaluate for cancer treatment within several minutes — much faster than current methods, researchers say.
17 percent of patients seeing neurologist travel long distance
Sep 13, 2023
Factors associated with long-distance travel include low neurologist density, rural setting and visits for ALS and nervous system cancer.
Rice-sized device could have big implications for brain tumor treatments
By
Aaron Dorman
Sep 12, 2023
A small implantable device, the size of a grain of rice, could be placed in the brain of cancer patients to help develop treatments, new research suggests.
Adherence to Mediterranean lifestyle linked to lower mortality
Aug 29, 2023
Increasing quartiles of MEDLIFE index were associated with reduced hazard ratios for all-cause and cancer mortality.
Heart, diabetes, cancer drugs on list for Medicare price negotiations, White House says
Aug 29, 2023
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.
Common cancer screenings may not extend life longevity
Aug 29, 2023
The meta-analysis only shows a 110-day survival benefit for colorectal cancer screening with sigmoidoscopy.
Chatbot responses to top cancer questions accurate but have limitations
Aug 28, 2023
Responses are moderately understandable, not readily actionable, and written at the college reading level.
Tech advances for brain cancer, tumors highlighted in recent studies
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 28, 2023
Several recent analyses show how AI could help predict and diagnose forms of brain cancer, or how tumors may develop.