Med Page Today

APRIL 10, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- A Scandinavian cohort study suggested a popular class of diabetes drug did not put patients at an elevated risk for thyroid cancer, a longtime lingering concern with this drug class. Compared with DPP-4 inhibitors, patients.

Cancer 124

Cancer Diabetes 124

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 24, 2024

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that one of the most dangerous mutations found in skin cancers might moonlight as a pathway to mending a broken heart.

Cancer 124

Cancer 124

Med Page Today

JULY 6, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Long-term cancer survivors tended to live longer if they consumed a Mediterranean diet, analysis of an Italian cohort study found. With a follow-up of almost 13 years, survivors with high adherence to the diet had a 32% lower.

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Diet Cancer 122

Med Page Today

MARCH 20, 2025

(MedPage Today) -- Survivors of childhood cancer were much more likely to develop an aging-associated health condition before the age of 65, with earlier onset, compared with the general population, according to a modeling study. While 20% of.

Cancer 104

Cancer 104

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 2, 2025

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer are the two leading causes of death in the U.S.

Cancer 104

Cancer Heart Disease Cardiovascular Disease Research 104

DAIC

JUNE 19, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 06/19/2024 - 20:54 June 19, 2024 — Modern therapies have extended the lives of many cancer patients; however, survivors often live with chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular disease. They found that exposure to PM2.5,

Cardio Oncology 111

Cardio Oncology Cancer Health Disparities Cardiovascular Disease 111

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

APRIL 15, 2024

Functionally, this interaction heightens HRR, leading to a decrease in residual DNA damage in colon cancer cells. This contributes to chemoresistance in colon cancer cells against cisplatin, camptothecin, and oxaliplatin, eventually promoting tumorigenesis in preclinical colon cancer mouse models.

Cancer 117

Cancer 117

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A paucity of chemotherapeutic options for metastatic brain cancer limits patient survival and portends poor clinical outcomes. Metixene, an antiparkinsonian drug, was identified as a top therapeutic agent that was capable of decreasing cellular viability and inducing cell death across different metastatic breast cancer subtypes.

Cancer 129

Cancer Outcomes 129

American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Preventing, detecting and managing cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity (CTR-CVT) is a clear objective during cancer treatment.

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Cardio Oncology Cancer Article 40

HCPLive

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The approval is based on findings from BLUE-C, where Cologuard Plus demonstrated sensitivities of 95% for colorectal cancer and 43% for advanced precancerous lesions at 94% specificity.

Cancer 115

Cancer 115

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

APRIL 9, 2024

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 10 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01017-x Patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have an increased risk of cancer, and patients with cancer have an increased risk of CVD.

Risk Factors 105

Risk Factors Cardiovascular Disease Cancer 105

Med Page Today

JULY 5, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- GLP-1 receptor agonists lowered the risk of several obesity-associated cancers, a retrospective analysis of electronic health records suggested. Compared with insulin, GLP-1s were associated with a lower risk for developing.

Obesity 116

Obesity Cancer Diabetes 116

Med Page Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- A 4-month-old with congenital hyperinsulinism responded well to off-label treatment with a breast cancer drug, researchers reported. A newborn presented with severe congenital hyperinsulinism due to homozygous deletion of the.

Congenital 122

Congenital Cancer Research 122

Med Page Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Recent skin cancer risk stratification guidelines did not improve rates of timely dermatologic follow-up visits among solid organ transplant recipients, according to an analysis of claims data. The rate of post-transplant dermatology.

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Transplant Cancer 111

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

New evidence shows that extended estrogen suppression treatment using aromatase inhibitors for hormone receptor-positive postmenopausal breast cancer is safe; it does not increase the risk of coronary artery calcification, a sign of active coronary atherosclerosis, as some prior studies had indicated.

Cancer 119

Cancer Heart Disease Atherosclerosis 119

Med Page Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Men treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer had a significantly higher risk of dementia and other neurocognitive disorders, according to a meta-analysis of more than 2.5 million patients. The magnitude.

Cancer 126

Cancer Dementia 126

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have used artificial intelligence tools to accelerate the understanding of the risk of specific cardiac arrhythmias when various parts of the heart are exposed to different thresholds of radiation as part of a treatment plan for lung cancer.

Cancer 111

Cancer Arrhythmia Hospital Research 111

HCPLive

JANUARY 21, 2025

Cancer risk was examined for breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer.

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Cancer 105

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JULY 2, 2024

The Mediterranean diet is a powerful ally for health even after a cancer diagnosis. This is the key result of an Italian study carried out as part of the UMBERTO Project, conducted by the Joint Research Platform Umberto Veronesi Foundation—Department of Epidemiology and Prevention of the I.R.C.C.S.

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Diet Cancer Cardiovascular Disease Research 116

HCPLive

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Cancer patients with behavioral health disorders, such as substance abuse, eating disorders, and sleep disorders have a 7.76% increase in health care costs, a new study found.

Cancer 123

Cancer 123

Med Page Today

JUNE 6, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The addition of androgen receptor signaling inhibitors (ARSIs) alongside standard androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in advanced prostate cancer was associated with a significantly increased risk of adverse heart events, a systematic.

Cancer 111

Cancer 111

HCPLive

JUNE 10, 2024

Study from RAD 2024 finds 36% higher risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer in patients with atopic dermatitis relative to matched controls.

Cancer 111

Cancer 111

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Salivary gland dysfunction is a common side effect of cancer treatments. Consequently, changes in salivary function can profoundly impair quality of life for cancer patients. Current and emerging approaches to treat cancer therapy–induced dry mouth are presented using radiation-induced salivary dysfunction as a model.

Cancer 90

Cancer Quality of Life Anatomy Pharmacology 90

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JANUARY 17, 2025

Recently, sarcopenia has been linked to unfavorable outcomes in various surgical procedures, including lung cancer surgery. This study aimed to investigate the impact of respiratory sarcopenia (RS) on postoper.

Cancer 116

Cancer Outcomes Research 116

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The devastating news of a cancer diagnosis understandably makes doctors and patients focus on the cancer itself.

Cardio Oncology 98

Cardio Oncology Cancer Outcomes 98

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 11, 2024

Jude LIFE) have revealed that two common biomarkers of cardiac function and damage could better predict cardiomyopathy within five years than routine clinical evaluations in high-risk, asymptomatic childhood cancer survivors.

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Biomarkers Cancer Cardiac Function Cardiomyopathy 116

Med Page Today

JANUARY 23, 2025

(MedPage Today) -- More thyroid cancers were detected soon after starting a GLP-1 receptor agonist than other diabetes drugs, a secondary analysis of a target trial emulation of a comparative effectiveness study found. Of over 350,000 adults with.

Cancer 111

Cancer Research Diabetes 111

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Cell lineage plasticity is one of the major causes for the failure of targeted therapies in various cancers. However, the driver and actionable drug targets in promoting cancer cell lineage plasticity are scarcely identified.

Cancer 109

Cancer Pharmacology Ablation 109

Science Daily - Heart Disease

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A cancer therapy that prompts the body's immune defenses against viruses and bacteria to attack tumors can make patients more vulnerable to heart attack and stroke. A possible explanation for this side effect is that the treatment interferes with immune regulation in the heart's largest blood vessels, a new study suggests.

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Cancer Heart Attack Heart attacks Heart Disease 112

HCPLive

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

These results point to the value of awareness among physicians and patients of the risk of psoriasis linked to immunotherapy during cancer care.

Cancer 105

Cancer 105

Science Daily - Heart Disease

MAY 1, 2024

Researchers have found that cells inside clogged arteries have cancer-like properties that aggravate atherosclerosis, and anticancer drugs could be a new treatment.

Cancer 101

Cancer Atherosclerosis Research 101

Med Page Today

DECEMBER 8, 2023

(MedPage Today) -- Pharmacovigilance is needed to identify, monitor, and prevent cardiovascular adverse events (CV-AEs) associated with new agents for breast cancer and to reduce the risk of cardiotoxicity for the growing number of survivors, according.

Cancer 119

Cancer 119

HCPLive

JANUARY 24, 2025

GLP-1 RA initiation boosted new thyroid cancer diagnoses, compared with other anti-diabetic drugs, but enhanced early detection may have played a role.

Cancer 104

Cancer Diabetes 104

Heart BMJ

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Background Cancer survivors are at increased risk of heart failure (HF). While cardiotoxicity is commonly sought at the time of cancer chemotherapy, HF develops as a result of multiple ‘hits’ over time, and there is limited evidence regarding the frequency and causes of HF during survivorship. compared with 1.7%

Cancer 98

Cancer Heart Failure Risk Factors Hypertension 98

Open Heart

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Objectives The clinical outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and concomitant active cancer remain insufficiently explored. This study aimed to assess the midterm outcomes of TAVR in patients diagnosed with AS and active cancer. vs 74.7%, p=0.50).

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Aortic valve Cancer Aortic TAVR 98

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

MARCH 1, 2024

Metastasized colorectal cancer (CRC) is associated with a poor prognosis and rapid disease progression. Besides hepatic metastasis, peritoneal carcinomatosis is the major cause of death in Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) stage IV CRC patients.

Cancer 112

Cancer 112

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 6, 2025

A common type of diabetes medication could help cancer patients make a better long-term recovery, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

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Cancer Diabetes Research 78