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How Incarceration Raises Risk of Cancer Diagnosis and Death—Even After Release
The United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, with nearly 2 million people in the criminal justice system facing potential barriers to accessing timely, quality care. Now, Yale researchers are finding that individuals with a history of incarceration are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer and are less likely to survive the disease.
17 Mar 2023
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Improving Care of Patients Receiving Advanced Cancer Treatment
A team of Yale scientists seeks to determine which treatment sequences produce the best results for people with advanced cancer while examining the cost of these treatments.
6 Mar 2023
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How Jimmy Carter boosted a life-saving cancer drug
Almost eight years ago, a dire health threat to the former president put the spotlight on a pathbreaking immune therapy
Source: The Washington Post
6 Mar 2023
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Estimating the Environmental Impact of Certain Prostate Cancer Procedures
Michael Leapman, MD, MHS, and his research team produce never-before figures focused on the prostate biopsy and/or MRI. Learn what they're asking more physicians to consider when it comes to patient care and environmental impact.
20 Feb 2023
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Black Patients Wait Longer for Uterine Cancer Testing, Diagnosis
Black patients are less likely than other groups to receive early uterine cancer diagnoses. A new Yale study finds they experience delays in diagnostic tests.
Source: YaleNews
15 Feb 2023
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Older Patients Left Behind in Progress Against Lung Cancer, Yale Study Shows
Although widespread use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with advanced lung cancer has led to meaningful improvements in survival in younger patients, older patients have not experienced similar survival benefits, new research from Yale Cancer Center shows. The study was published in JAMA Oncology.
26 Jan 2023
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Survival gains with checkpoint inhibitors differ ‘drastically’ between age groups in NSCLC
Despite significantly extending survival for younger adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, immune checkpoint inhibitors have conferred only modest OS gains over time among patients aged older than 75 years, study results showed.
Source: Healio
26 Jan 2023
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Incarcerated Adults at Higher Risk for Cancer Mortality
Incarcerated Adults at Higher Risk for Cancer Mortality
Source: Healio
4 Jan 2023
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Yale-led Study Seeks to Understand How PET Imaging is Touching the Lives of Patients with Prostate Cancer
Although PET imaging is more accurate at identifying cancer, it is still not known how that accuracy will affect treatments, and whether localization will improve outcomes for patients. To help answer these questions, Yale Urology Associate Professor Michael Leapman, MD, MHS, is leading a collaborative study.
15 Dec 2022
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Current Insights on AI, Breast Cancer Screening and the FDA
Is there enough scrutiny of artificial intelligence (AI) software prior to clearance by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for adjunctive use in breast cancer screening?
Source: Diagnostic Imaging
8 Nov 2022
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Oncology Therapy at the End of Life: Have We Missed the Mark?
In a study published today in JAMA Oncology, researchers at Yale Cancer Center in collaboration with researchers from Flatiron Health, Inc., revealed that despite recommendations, aggressive cancer care at the end-of-life persists and there has been a substantial transition from the use of chemotherapy to immunotherapy.
21 Oct 2022
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Incarceration Associated with Higher Cancer Mortality, Yale study shows
New research from Yale Cancer Center reveals a higher risk of cancer mortality in incarcerated adults, as well as among those diagnosed with cancer in the first year after release from prison.
16 Sep 2022
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Biden touts cancer ‘moonshot’ at JFK Library, despite setbacks
On the anniversary of Kennedy’s famous speech, Biden insists cancer can be eradicated. Researchers hope his attention reenergizes the effort.
Source: The Washington Post
12 Sep 2022
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Acceptance of Medicaid Varies Greatly among Cancer Care Facilities
Although the number of Americans insured through Medicaid has increased during the past decade, barriers to cancer care access exist among Medicaid beneficiaries across high-quality centers, according to study results in JAMA Network Open.
Source: Healio
17 Aug 2022
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Services Widely Differ for Patients With Cancer Who Have Medicaid Coverage
Though number of United States residents insured through Medicaid has increased significantly over previous years, barriers to accessing cancer care still exist at high-quality centers, according to data published in the JAMA Network Open journal.
Source: Targeted Oncology
4 Aug 2022
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Medicaid Patients May Be Denied Access to Cancer Care
"Acquiring health insurance through Medicaid does not guarantee access to the multitude of health services required for contemporary cancer care," say researchers who conducted a new "secret shopper" study.
Source: Medscape
21 Jul 2022
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Clinical Utility of MR/Ultrasound Fusion-Guided Biopsy in Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
Biopsies may not always be the best treatment step for low-risk prostate cancer patients.
Source: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
8 Jul 2022
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The Missing Part of America’s Pandemic Response
Fighting COVID-19 demands new knowledge. But the country’s most important health-research agency has become sclerotic and overly cautious.
Source: The Atlantic
5 Jun 2022
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High Cost of Cancer Care in the U.S. Doesn’t Reduce Mortality Rates
While the U.S. spends twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income country, its cancer mortality rates are only slightly better than average, according to a new analysis.
Source: YaleNews
28 May 2022
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Gross, Jonas, O’Connor Elected to AAP
Three faculty members from the Department of Internal Medicine, Cary Gross, MD; Elizabeth Jonas, MD; and Patrick G. O'Connor, MD, MPH, MACP, were elected into the Association of American Physicians (AAP) during the organization’s annual meeting in April 2022.
29 Apr 2022