Preventive Care
Conference Coverage
Phase III trial: VZV protects auto-HCT patients
ORLANDO – An inactivated VZV vaccine for adults undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has proven safe and effective.
From the Journals
Biannual HCC ultrasound cost-effective, lifesaving in cirrhosis
Guideline-directed ultrasound liver cancer screening boosts survival in cirrhosis patients.
From the Journals
Intentional weight loss protects against endometrial cancer
Women who deliberately lost 5% or more of their body weight during a 3-year period reduced their long-term risk of endometrial cancer by nearly 30...
Conference Coverage
Study finds community-hospital lung cancer screening feasible
Implementing a lung cancer screening program in a community hospital setting is feasible and saves lives, but implementation comes with challenges...
From the Journals
Lung cancer screening a challenge to implement
Screening for lung cancer resulted in few cancers detected but more than half of patients needing follow-up.
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Skin cancer a concern in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients
As survival rates among pediatric organ transplant recipients grow, so do the rates of cutaneous malignancy later in life for this population, who...
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Genetics dictate interferon-alfa diarrhea risk
Interferon-alfa impairs human intestinal mucosa homeostasis by eliciting epithelial barrier disruption via apoptosis, and the intestinal mucosa...
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Age correlated with occult cancer in VTE patients
The percentage of VTE patients who had occult cancer increased with advancing age, from 2%-3% in the youngest age group to 8%-12% in the oldest...
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC: Seven cases of multidrug resistant C. auris have occurred in United States
The CDC has reported seven cases of the multidrug-resistant fungal infection Candida auris in the United States, all in health care settings.
News
Rise in HPV vaccination spurs CIN drop
As HPV vaccination rates increased in New Mexico, the annual incidence of CIN1 among 15- to 19-year-old females dropped from 3,468 cases per 100,...
Conference Coverage
Data are mixed on cancerous transformation of cardiac mucosa in Barrett’s esophagus
CHICAGO – The risk arising from this nonintestinal metaplasia growth is probably quite low in real life, but the extant literature gives doctors...