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Both randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and retrospective studies have shown that a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) prior to a patient commencing systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) results in improved quality of life outcomes and is associated with a decreased risk of grade 3–5 toxicity; however, data are lacking in relation to adverse drug events (ADE) associated with supportive care medications. Supportive care medications are prescribed as prophylactic agents in a SACT regimen, for management of treatment related toxicity and for symptoms caused by the disease itself.
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Mashup Score: 0How Lincoln’s Assassination Changed American History - 25 day(s) ago
One hundred and fifty-nine years ago this Sunday, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Linc
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Mashup Score: 0Effect of chemotherapy on hippocampal volume and shape in older long-term breast cancer survivors - 1 month(s) ago
PurposeThe objective of this study was to assess changes in hippocampal volume and shape in older long-term breast cancer survivors who were exposed to chemotherapy 5–15 years prior.MethodsThis study recruited female long-term breast cancer survivors aged 65 years or older with a history of chemotherapy (C+), age-matched breast cancer survivors who did not receive chemotherapy (C−), and healthy controls (HC). The participants were recruited 5–15 years after chemotherapy at time point 1 (TP1) and were followed up for 2 years at time point 2 (TP2). Assessments included hippocampal volume and shape from brain MRI scans and neuropsychological (NP) tests.ResultsAt TP1, each of the three groups was comprised of 20 participants. The C+ group exhibited a hippocampal volume loss estimated in proportion with total intracranial volume (ICV) in both the left and right hemispheres from TP1 to TP2. Regarding the hippocampal shape at TP1, the C+ group displayed inward changes compared to the control
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Mashup Score: 1Museum-Worthy - 2 month(s) ago
It’s Hard to make museum-worthy art. It’s harder to make museum-worthy ads. Enter the 2024 #AICPAwards by 11:59pm PDT on Tuesday, March 12th. Winning work…
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Patient falls in the hospital lead to adverse outcomes and impaired quality of life. Older adults with cancer who are frail may be at heightened risk of falls in the postoperative period. We sought to evaluate the association between degree of preoperative frailty and risk of inpatient postoperative falls and other outcomes among older adults with cancer.
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Mashup Score: 0Effect of chemotherapy on hippocampal volume and shape in older long-term breast cancer survivors - 2 month(s) ago
PurposeThe objective of this study was to assess changes in hippocampal volume and shape in older long-term breast cancer survivors who were exposed to chemotherapy 5–15 years prior.MethodsThis study recruited female long-term breast cancer survivors aged 65 years or older with a history of chemotherapy (C+), age-matched breast cancer survivors who did not receive chemotherapy (C−), and healthy controls (HC). The participants were recruited 5–15 years after chemotherapy at time point 1 (TP1) and were followed up for 2 years at time point 2 (TP2). Assessments included hippocampal volume and shape from brain MRI scans and neuropsychological (NP) tests.ResultsAt TP1, each of the three groups was comprised of 20 participants. The C+ group exhibited a hippocampal volume loss estimated in proportion with total intracranial volume (ICV) in both the left and right hemispheres from TP1 to TP2. Regarding the hippocampal shape at TP1, the C+ group displayed inward changes compared to the control
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Mashup Score: 4Effect of chemotherapy on hippocampal volume and shape in older long-term breast cancer survivors - 2 month(s) ago
PurposeThe objective of this study was to assess changes in hippocampal volume and shape in older long-term breast cancer survivors who were exposed to chemotherapy 5–15 years prior.MethodsThis study recruited female long-term breast cancer survivors aged 65 years or older with a history of chemotherapy (C+), age-matched breast cancer survivors who did not receive chemotherapy (C−), and healthy controls (HC). The participants were recruited 5–15 years after chemotherapy at time point 1 (TP1) and were followed up for 2 years at time point 2 (TP2). Assessments included hippocampal volume and shape from brain MRI scans and neuropsychological (NP) tests.ResultsAt TP1, each of the three groups was comprised of 20 participants. The C+ group exhibited a hippocampal volume loss estimated in proportion with total intracranial volume (ICV) in both the left and right hemispheres from TP1 to TP2. Regarding the hippocampal shape at TP1, the C+ group displayed inward changes compared to the control
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Mashup Score: 15World Cancer Day: How City of Hope is closing the cancer care gap - 3 month(s) ago
World Cancer Day is on Feb. 4, 2024. City of Hope is recognizing the day by working to close the gap and reduce health disparities. Learn more.
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Mashup Score: 05 largest donations to hospitals in 2023 - 5 month(s) ago
In 2023, health systems in New York, Michigan and California received donations of $100 million or more, with Memorial Sloan Kettering receiving the largest don
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Get a hobby — if not, “your brain is going to go to sludge because it’s not getting any stimulation,” said one healthy aging expert.
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RT @JGeriOnc: Ageing-related considerations for medication used in supportive care in cancer https://t.co/ctgx4yTwYV @WilliamDale_MD @roch…