Registry Helps Patients With Lung Cancer Foster Research and Support Each Other
November 30th 2016Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and American Lung Associate have teamed up to create a lung Cancer Registry to connect patients with lung cancer with opportunities to support research and engage with others in the community.
NCCN's Just Bag It Campaign Seeks to Eliminate Fatal Vincristine Errors
November 16th 2016In order to prevent near fatal intrathecal administering of vincristine, the NCCN has launched a campaign "Just Bag It." This campaign pushes for vincristine to be stored in IV drip bags to ensure vincristine is only administered intravenously.
G-CSF Underused in Older Patients Receiving Immunochemotherapy for DLBCL
November 15th 2016Older patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) often have an increased risk of treatment-related morbidity and mortality, but the use of preventive interventions, such as granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) may help.
Study Finds Non-Lump and Non-Breast Symptoms Occur in 1 in 6 Women With Breast Cancer
November 15th 2016Non-lump and non-breast symptoms of breast cancer occur for 1 in 6 women with breast cancer. For those women, patient intervals to a diagnosis of breast cancer were 1.5 times and 2 times longer.
Many Women With Cervical Cancer Not Receiving Recommended Therapy
November 9th 2016Brachytherapy is one of three treatments considered standard of care for women with advanced cervical cancer, and it significantly increases the chance of survival. However, less than half of patients with this disease receive standard of care.