According to the American Cancer Society, liver cancer is diagnosed in over 800,000 people worldwide each year and accounts for over 700,000 cancer-related deaths each year, making it a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Liver cancer is the sixth most common form of cancer worldwide, and is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in countries outside of the United States. It is especially common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with the three highest rates of liver cancer occurrence in 2020 seen in Mongolia, Egypt, and Laos. ...
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Read the most current news and learn about the latest research developments in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. Cancer Nursing Today provides the latest clinical findings and perspectives on GI cancers, including liver cancer immunotherapy, risk-prediction models, the link between diet and colorectal cancer, and more. From radiotherapy and chemotherapy to the role of screening in early detection, learn how GI cancer care and research are moving forward.
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Cannabis use is associated with a lower risk of bladder cancer and RCC in women, and lower risk of prostate cancer in men.
Gastroparesis occurs in 60% of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, and is frequently overlooked in upper GI tumors.
The Australian study put men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy on an exercise program.
Dostarlimab has led to the complete remission of cancer tumors in all 14 patients of a small trial.
There appears to be a survival benefit for individuals with early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) compared with diagnosis at ...
Higher intakes of dietary fiber, dietary calcium, and yogurt and lower intakes of red meat and alcohol are associated with a ...
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The GVHD rate was around 5% in patients receiving Orca-T, a high-precision, regulatory T-cell-engineered donor product.
GVHD occurred more with a fludarabine-based flipped conditioning regimen than with a cyclophosphamide-based flipped regimen.
The presence and number of clonal plasma cells in an autograft are predictive of posttransplant outcomes in multiple myeloma.
Noncryopreserved and cryopreserved peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) lead to similar patient outcomes after transplant.
Most patients did not have extensive chronic GVHD after a mismatched transplant with this pretransplant conditioning regimen.
Patients transplanted with omidubicel had better quality of life than patients transplanted with umbilical cord blood.
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