Survivors’ Plasma Helps Blood Cancer Patients Battle COVID-19
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) Giving COVID-19 survivors’ blood plasma to blood cancer patients hospitalized with COVID-19 significantly improves their chances of survival, a new study finds. “These results suggest that convalescent plasma may not only help COVID-19 patients with blood cancers whose immune systems are compromised, it may […]
Earlier Detection of Cardiac Dysfunction Possible for Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Subclinical diastolic dysfunction may be detected among adult survivors of childhood cancer before left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) becomes abnormally low, according to longitudinal echocardiographic data. Among participants in the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE) diagnosed with cancer at a median age of 8 years, the proportion of diastolic dysfunction was approximately 15% when […]
Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Increased Rates of Late, Major Surgeries
Childhood cancer survivors have increased rates of undergoing late, major surgical procedures 5 or more years after diagnosis, according to data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Among more than 25,000 survivors diagnosed with cancer from 1970 to 1999 when they were under age 21, the likelihood of having subsequent major surgery was 80% higher […]
Leading Causes of Death Hit Childhood Cancer Survivors Earlier
Survivors of childhood cancer had a fourfold higher risk of mortality decades after their diagnosis, typically from the same leading causes of death afflicting the general U.S. population, a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) showed. The 40-year all-cause mortality rate was 23.3% among the more than 34,000 pediatric cancer patients who had […]
Motherhood Doesn’t Lower Survival for Women Who’ve Had Breast Cancer
Latest Cancer News THURSDAY, July 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) Breast cancer survivors who would like to have a baby can take some reassurance from a new study that finds motherhood doesn’t lower their future survival chances. Moreover, survival rates were no worse in younger women, those who had not been pregnant before or those with […]
Various Ailments Plague Some Pediatric Cancer Survivors More Than Others
Childhood cancer survivors of certain racial and ethnic groups were prone to more hospitalizations for various conditions years down the road, according to a cohort study from Washington State. Racial disparities in outcomes began to emerge 5 years after diagnosis of childhood cancer, when overall hospitalization was more common among American Indian and Alaska Native […]
Breast Cancer Survivors Who Work Out See Heart Benefits
Physical activity among long-term breast cancer survivors was associated with better global longitudinal strain (GLS), though not left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), data from a cohort study found. Compared with inactive survivors, moderately active breast cancer survivors had a 35% lower risk of abnormal GLS (relative risk [RR] 0.65, 95% CI 0.45-0.94) while active survivors […]
‘Mental Resilience’ May Give Holocaust Survivors an Edge After Surgery
Latest Mental Health News MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) Holocaust survivors have a lower risk of delirium after surgery than others their age, and a new study suggests it may owe to mental resilience developed in response to their horrific experiences. “Given that Holocaust survivors are at increased risk of a range of physical […]
Young Cancer Survivors Face Higher Risk of Death From Second Malignancies
Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors have a significantly increased risk for developing a new cancer and dying from that cancer, according to a population-based study. These younger cancer survivors had a 25% higher risk for cancer incidence, and an 84% higher risk for cancer death, compared with the general population, reported Hyuna Sung, […]
Study Confirms Declining Mammography Rates in Breast Cancer Survivors
Rates of follow-up mammography among breast cancer survivors declined significantly during the last decade, particularly among younger women, an analysis of health claims data showed. Rates of annual mammography decreased from 74.1% in 2004 to 67.1% in 2016, with all of the decline occurring from 2009 to 2016. Among breast cancer survivors ages 40 to […]