Sharon Worcester

Sharon Worcester is an award-winning medical journalist for MDedge News. She has been with the company since 1996, first as the Southeast Bureau Chief (1996-2009) when the company was known as International Medical News Group, then as a freelance writer (2010-2015) before returning as a reporter in 2015. She previously worked as a daily newspaper reporter covering health and local government. Sharon currently reports primarily on oncology and hematology. She has a BA from Eckerd College and an MA in Mass Communication/Print Journalism from the University of Florida. Connect with her via LinkedIn and follow her on twitter @SW_MedReporter.

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Observation, not radiotherapy, after radical prostatectomy

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: October 22, 2023

The investigators observed no benefit to adjuvant radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer in the phase 3 RADICALS...

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Ultraprocessed foods and cancer: Small changes may lower risk

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: April 6, 2023

This study “is the largest study investigating these associations between food processing and cancer risk and therefore has greater power to detect...

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Quality of life predicts chemo tolerance in early breast cancer

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: February 3, 2023

Although quality of life is recognized as a predictor of survival in patients with advanced cancer, the evidence is less clear in early-stage breas...

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FDA requests more restrictions on ovarian cancer drugs

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: December 1, 2022

Several companies have already withdrawn their respective PARP inhibitors for heavily pretreated patients with ovarian cancer.

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‘Plethora’ of new MCL treatment options

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: October 6, 2022

New and potential treatments have emerged for relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (R/RMCL), a rare but steadily increasing form of non-Hodgkin...

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New guidance on acupuncture, massage, yoga for cancer pain

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: September 29, 2022

The new guideline “takes a deeper dive on the use of integrative therapies, which is important because clinicians and patients need to have access ...

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Stronger evidence that exercise lowers breast cancer risk

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: September 7, 2022

“Increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary time are already recommended for cancer prevention. Our study adds further evidence that such ...

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Intera Oncology recalls hepatic artery infusion pumps for possible life-threatening issue

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: August 31, 2022

The recall follows reports from clinicians that the pumps, which are implanted to deliver chemotherapy to treat liver tumors, were delivering medic...

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Reducing alcohol intake may reduce cancer risk

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: August 24, 2022

Study suggests cancer risk can be meaningfully altered by changing the amount of alcoholic beverages consumed.

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FDA warns of increased risk of death with CLL, lymphoma drug

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: July 1, 2022

“The trial also found Copiktra was associated with a higher risk of serious side effects ...”

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FDA approves liso-cel as second-line therapy for LBCL

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: June 27, 2022

Liso-cel could now become a “new standard of care for patients after failure of first-line therapy,” offering significantly improved outcomes for L...

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International trial finds best regimen for Ewing sarcoma

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: June 6, 2022

This is the first randomized head-to-head comparison of chemotherapy regimens in patients with this rare and deadly disease.

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Telemedicine in cancer care: Not all patients can access

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: June 3, 2022

Health care providers concerned that telemedicine expansion could widen cancer care disparities.

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‘Unlimited’ cancer costs: The Medicare Part D dilemma

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: May 31, 2022

Many patients with cancer who rely on Medicare Part D face an impossible choice: “Your money or your life.”

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Imiquimod cream offers alternative to surgery for vulvar lesions

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: May 17, 2022

Good patient compliance is important for treatment with imiquimod to be successful and that surgery might remain the treatment of choice for patien...