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.
Endocrine Society, June 1-4
Jun 20, 2024
The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of obesity, endocrine disorders, diabetes, and growth hormone and thyroid diseases.
Observed rates of cancer diagnoses lower than expected in pandemic
Feb 26, 2024
The rate of all-sites cancer incidence was 28.6% lower than expected during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic response.
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.
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...
Decrease in new cancer diagnoses seen in 2020
Sep 28, 2023
Lower observed-to-expected ratios were seen for cases diagnosed at localized versus advanced stages.
Adherence to global health recommendations cuts risk for some cancers
Jul 18, 2023
Authors emphasize findings support maintaining healthy lifestyle
Aggressive end-of-life care often used in seniors with metastatic cancer
Feb 24, 2023
Aggressive end-of-life care used more often by nursing home residents than community-dwelling residents aged 66 years or older
Overall cancer mortality continued to decline from 2019 to 2020
Jan 12, 2023
The prostate cancer incidence increased from 2014 to 2019; there was a large decrease in cervical cancer incidence linked to the HPV vaccine.
Cancer screening and detection remain Below prepandemic levels
Nov 18, 2022
The lower screening rates for cervical, breast and colorectal cancers suggest a “pattern of forgone care,” according to the researchers.