Oncology
News
FDA approves treatment for chemotherapy ODs, life-threatening toxicities
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Experts call for international cooperation on human gene editing
As the International Summit on Human Gene Editing comes to a close, organizers call for cooperation to establish norms for acceptable and ethical...
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Childhood, young adult cancer survivors face high risk of long-term morbidity
Key clinical point: Two separate studies demonstrated that survivors of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancers face high risk of long-term...
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Study: Pediatric cancer patients have high rate of germline mutations in predisposition genes
Key clinical point: Children and adolescents with cancer have a significantly higher rate of germline mutations in cancer predisposition genes...
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Survivors of childhood cancers at increased risk for autoimmune diseases
Key clinical point: Survivors of childhood cancers, especially leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, and renal tumors, had a significantly increased risk of...
Commentary
Commentary: Red meat and cancer risk – what your patients should know
The WHO’s classification of processed meat as a carcinogen and red meat as a probable carcinogen could help motivate patients to make healthier...
Conference Coverage
Increased surveillance may explain post-Fukushima pediatric thyroid cancers
The increased incidence of thyroid cancers in Japanese youth after the Fukushima nuclear accident may be an artifact of increased surveillance.
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Nonmelanoma skin cancer initially misdiagnosed in 36% of small cohort
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Pediatric outcomes reassuring after cancer treatment during pregnancy
The case-control study found no significant differences in mental development among children exposed to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery alone...
News
Intestinal obstruction risk increased in some childhood cancer survivors
Childhood cancer survivors are at an increased risk for developing an intestinal obstruction requiring surgery (IOS) 5 or more years after the...