Oncology
Conference Coverage
Gynecologic oncologists often missing from pediatric pelvic evaluations
Young women and girls with gynecologic malignancies more often present with pain and masses greater than 5 cm in size, compared with those who...
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Children’s cancer survival steadily increasing
Conference Coverage
Keep cancer prominent in differential diagnoses of pediatric rheumatic complaints
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Death from late effects of childhood cancer on decline
Key clinical point: Five-year survivors of childhood cancers have increased lifespans due in part to reduced rates of treatment-related late...
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‘Considerable’ subclinical CV disease in childhood cancer survivors
Key clinical point: Screening young-adult survivors of childhood cancer revealed “considerable” subclinical cardiovascular disease. Major finding...
Pearce-Ings
The HPV vaccine
Dr. Francine Pearce discusses some controversy regarding the HPV vaccine.
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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...