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ASCO Review 2023
On Friday, September 29, 2023, Yale’s Review of Advances in Oncology Highlights from the 2023 ASCO® Annual Meeting was held.
2 Oct 2023
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New Yale Cancer Center Research Highlighted at Top Radiation Oncology Conference
Yale Cancer Center physicians, scientists, and trainees from Yale School of Medicine present new findings at the 65th annual American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting from October 1-4 in San Diego, California.
29 Sep 2023
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Dr. Amer Zeidan Highlights Key Implications of the COMMANDS Trial in Lower-Risk MDS
Drs. Garcia-Manero and Zeidan discuss the significance of efficacy and safety data from the COMMANDS trial in myelodysplastic syndrome, takeaways from the subgroup analyses, and expectations around treatment sequencing in the lower-risk population.
Source: OncLive
28 Sep 2023
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Smilow Shares CME: Perspectives on the USPSTF Breast Screening Recommendations
On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, experts from Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center shared: Perspectives on the USPSTF Breast Screening Recommendations.
20 Sep 2023
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Breast Cancer Is Often Overdiagnosed in Older Women, Study Suggests
Screening mammograms may lead many American women older than 70 to be "overdiagnosed" with breast cancer and receive unnecessary tests and treatments as a result, a new study suggests.
Source: Everyday Health
15 Aug 2023
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Study: Breast Cancer Screening May Not Be as Helpful for Older Women
Breast cancer screenings past the age of 70 may be unnecessary—and even harmful—for some women, a new study suggests.1 The research, published earlier this month in the Annals of Internal Medicine, raises questions about the risks of overdiagnosis and the efficacy of blanket recommendations that apply to all women in this age group. “A key message from our research is: There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for older women,” Ilana Richman, MD, MHS, an internal medicine specialist and assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine, and the first author of the new study, told Health.
Source: Health
15 Aug 2023
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Study: Low-Risk Long-Term Cancer Survivors Much More Likely to Die of Noncancer Causes
A new study led by Yale University researchers examined the cancer- and noncancer-related mortality rates of long-term adult cancer survivors to better understand and quantify their associated health risks. The findings could help reduce large-scale care inefficiencies and improve the quality of care for long-term cancer survivors, who have unique cancer and noncancer health needs.
9 Aug 2023
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Screening Mammograms Carry Risks for Older Women, Study Finds
Although some guidelines recommend continuing screening for older women, this new study emphasizes the importance of assessing potential harms associated with testing, such as overdiagnosis, which, researchers say, can negatively affect quality of life.
7 Aug 2023
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Older women’s breast cancer is often overdiagnosed, study finds, raising risk of unnecessary treatment
A breast cancer diagnosis is an all-too-common reality for women around the world. In the US, about 240,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women every year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates. Health care providers and patients alike are usually inclined to pursue treatment to stop the disease. But some experts say that it isn’t always necessary to treat breast cancer in older women with aggressive therapy.
Source: CNN
7 Aug 2023
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Egypt launches 100 Healthy Days health-care campaign
On June 25, 2023, Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Health Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar launched the 100 Healthy Days campaign to target the 105 million people living across the country.
Source: The Lancet Oncology
13 Jul 2023
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Dr. Maureen Canavan on Yale Cancer Answers
On Sunday, July 9th, cancer epidemiologist Dr. Maureen Canavan discussed ways to evaluate quality metrics for cancer care, especially at end of life on Yale Cancer Answers.
11 Jul 2023
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Poster Talks Explore How Policy, Payer Incentives Affect Cancer Care, Outcomes
Speakers elaborated on health care delivery and regulatory policy posters presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
Source: AJMC
3 Jul 2023
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A Gaping Hole in Cancer-Therapy Trials
Older patients are often underrepresented in clinical trials of new cancer treatments. For example, when Cary Gross, a physician and cancer researcher at Yale, set out to study the use of a new kind of cancer drug known as an immune-checkpoint inhibitor, he knew that most clinicians were well aware that clinical trials overlooked older patients. Gross’s research team suspected that some doctors might be wary of offering older adults the treatments, which work by preventing immune cells from switching off, thus allowing them to kill cancer cells. “Maybe they’re going to be more careful,” he says, and offer the intervention to younger patients first.
Source: The Atlantic
2 Jul 2023
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Why Cancer Treatments Might Not Work Very Well for Older Adults
People over 70 have a heightened risk of cancer, yet they are under-represented in clinical trials of new drugs.
Source: Undark
26 Jun 2023
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TikTok Video Mangles American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Estimates
Breast cancer in younger women has been increasing gradually in recent decades. But a social media post misrepresents case number projections for 2022 and 2023 to falsely claim they show a dramatic rise in early-onset breast cancer — and then baselessly ties its faulty comparisons to COVID-19 vaccines.
Source: FactCheck.org
23 Jun 2023
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ASCO 2023 Wrap-Up
Another exciting meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has ended and faculty from Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital reflect on the very impressive and important takeaways, and time spent with colleagues and friends.
12 Jun 2023
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Impact of Changing Landscape for Patients With Cancer Who Are Prescribed Opioids
In response to the opioid epidemic in the United States, interventions to prevent over-prescribing and misuse of opioids were enacted at institutional, state, and federal levels. To assess how changes in the prescribing landscape affected patients, a research team from the Yale COPPER Center examined the rates of both new and persistent opioid prescribing in patients with cancer as well as in patients without cancer, utilizing data from SEER-Medicare.
31 May 2023
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Dr. Park on the Role of Radiation Therapy in NSCLC
Henry S. Park, MD, MPH, discusses the importance of considering radiation therapy in patients with non–small cell lung cancer and how this therapeutic approach can work in concert with targeted therapy and other systemic therapies.
Source: OncLive
26 May 2023
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Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital Physicians and Scientists Presenting Latest Advances at 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting
Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital scientists and clinicians will present new research at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), June 2nd to June 6th at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. This year’s scientific program will feature more than 2,900 abstracts, covering all major diseases and research areas, including breast, lung, head and neck, gynecological, prostate, and gastric cancers.
18 May 2023
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What’s the Average Cost of Breast Cancer Treatment?
Breast cancer treatment is both essential and expensive—but there are ways to lessen the financial burden.
Source: Health Central
17 May 2023