July 20, 2020
Tag: Cancer Outcomes
July 20, 2020
UPI: Mailed at-home colon cancer tests may boost screening rates, study finds
July 20, 2020
HealthDay: Colon Cancer Tests by Mail Might Boost Screening
July 16, 2020
Will telehealth services become the norm following COVID-19 pandemic?
In an article published in JAMA Oncology, Trevor Royce, MD, MS, MPH, and coauthors discuss balancing the benefits of increased telehealth services beyond the pandemic with concerns about care quality and safety.
June 15, 2020
Breast cancer treatment costs highest among young women with metastatic cancer
Research led by Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, and Justin Trogdon, PhD, revealed the largest expected costs for treating metastatic breast cancer were among women age 18-44.
June 8, 2020
Muss Receives ASCO’s Allen S. Lichter Visionary Leader Award for improving cancer care in older adults
The award recognizes an ASCO member whose vision, leadership and inspirational work has had a lasting impact on the field.
May 22, 2020
UNC Lineberger staffer 3D prints thousands of ‘ear savers’ for COVID-19 frontline workers
Mattias Jonsson has used 3D printers to manufacture ear savers, a plastic clip that prevents the elastic straps of a face mask from chafing the ears.
May 14, 2020
Wood helps create, lead international COVID-19 database of people who have blood cancer
William Wood, MD, MPH, has helped establish a database that enables health care providers to enter data using an online data collection tool, as well as view aggregate summary reports.
April 21, 2020
Study reveals communication gap between women, doctors about breast cancer treatment symptoms
Kirsten Nyrop, PhD, Hyman Muss, MD, and colleagues compared how women with breast cancer rated the severity of 17 of their own symptoms with physician ratings of chemotherapy toxicity.
April 20, 2020
Basch co-authors cancer treatment guidance in JAMA
Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, and co-authors described a framework for physicians making cancer care decisions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.