A Standardized Approach to Fertility Preservation Discussions
Pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplant patients are experiencing increased long-term survival, which has created a need to consider...
An Analysis of Advanced Care Planning and End-of-Life Outcomes in Patients Who Received Allo-HCT
A retrospective study presented during the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting assessed how advanced care planning (ACP) affected end-of-life (EOL)...
Outcomes in Ph-Like ALL Versus Ph+ and Ph- ALL
A study presented during the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting compared outcomes in patients with Philadelphia-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph-like...
Prognostic Understanding Affects Hospitalization, Hospice Use
For older patients with advanced cancer, poor prognostic understanding of the curability of their disease may affect their hospitalizations...
Are Patients Satisfied with Telehealth?
Satisfaction with telehealth (TH) is high among patients with cancer, according to a study presented during the 2021 ASCO...
Electronic App to Monitor Symptoms Following HSCT
The lives of patients who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) change in several ways. A study presented during...
CD34 Stem Cell Boost Following Allo-HCT May Improve Outcomes
A systemic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the outcomes with stem cell boost (SCB) for poor graft function...
Nurse-Collected PRO Initiative May Increase Improve QoL in Older Patients Receiving Treatment
The use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical practice significantly improved quality of life (QoL) among older patients receiving...
Growth Rate and Site of Pulmonary Metastasis Lung Relapse, OS in B-STS
A study presented during the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting found that the growth rate and site of pulmonary metastasis...
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5. Importance of Studying Cancer Genomes
Great talk by Daniela Robles-Espinoza @daniela_oaks highlighting the importance of studying cancer genomes from different ethnicities and also the challenges of doing genomic research in Low-Middle Income Countries. @NCIgenomics Conference in Mutational Signatures and Cancer pic.twitter.com/ZIpit7LnZo
— Nuria Lopez-Bigas (@nlbigas) December 2, 2021
4. Targeting Cancer Metabolism with Precision Oncology
Targeting cancer metabolism in the era of precision oncology | Nature Reviews Drug Discovery https://t.co/EWf6xs5yKk
— Anas Younes, M.D. (@DrAnasYounes) December 6, 2021
3. Tissue-Agnostic Approvals for Sarcoma
Impact of tissue-agnostic approvals for patients with sarcoma @trendscancer @CellPressNews https://t.co/AHdu8V9l9O
— Vivek Subbiah, MD (@VivekSubbiah) December 6, 2021
2. It’s Cancer Screen Week
Today is the first day of #CancerScreenWeek, a public health initiative that we founded with @AmericanCancer, @SU2C and @Optum to help spread the word about the benefits of early cancer detection. Learn more: https://t.co/DVN8GN31vo https://t.co/Qgb9vzbdwv
— Genentech (@genentech) December 6, 2021
1. Reproducibility in Cancer Biology
Reproducibility in Cancer Biology: Challenges for assessing replicability in preclinical cancer biologyhttps://t.co/3l3Kpi9zKP
— Anirban Maitra (@Aiims1742) December 7, 2021
“This experience draws attention to a basic and fundamental concern about replication – it is hard to assess whether reported findings are credible”