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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 12-Jul-2025 09:11 ET (12-Jul-2025 13:11 GMT/UTC)

Study shows end-of-life cancer care lacking for Medicare patients

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Many Medicare patients with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment at the expense of supportive care, according to a study that analyzed Medicare records.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

Contemporary patterns of end-of-life care among Medicare beneficiaries with advanced cancer

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This study found persistent patterns of potentially aggressive care, but low uptake of supportive care, among Medicare decedents with advanced cancer. A multifaceted approach targeting patient-, physician-, and system-level factors associated with potentially aggressive care is imperative for improving quality of care at the end of life.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

New ACS research finds low uptake of supportive care at the end-of-life for patients with advanced cancer

American Cancer Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Despite considerable efforts to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the United States, a new retrospective study led by American Cancer Society researchers revealed that close to half of patients with advanced cancer received potentially aggressive care at the end-of-life at the expense of supportive care. The findings are out today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Health Forum.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

Rice-led study finds focused ultrasound therapy improves cancer treatment

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Combining an existing small-molecule protein therapy called tumor necrosis factor related apoptosis-inducing ligand with focused ultrasound can significantly reduce tumor size and burden in prostate cancer models, according to a new study published in Advanced Science by researchers at Rice and Vanderbilt.

Journal: Advanced Science

Rare side effect of cancer immunotherapy

Universität Leipzig
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have discovered and analysed a rare but serious side effect of an innovative form of blood cancer therapy. The scientists from the University of Leipzig Medical Center, the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI) and the University Hospital of Cologne have published their findings in the high-impact journal Nature Medicine.

Journal: Nature Medicine

Comprehensive strategies to address radiation-induced restrictive cardiomyopathy

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/CVIA.2024.0058

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Radiation-induced cardiomyopathy has become a significant clinical challenge with the increased use of thoracic radiation therapy.

Journal: Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications

Butterfly wings inspire new imaging technique for cancer diagnosis

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using the microscopic structures found on the wings of the Morpho butterfly, researchers have developed a simple and inexpensive way to analyze cancer biopsy samples that could make cancer diagnosis faster, more accurate and more accessible worldwide.

Journal: Advanced Materials
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, American Association of University Women, U.S. National Science Foundation

Sylvester Cancer Tip Sheet for February, 2025

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

Protecting firefighters from occupational cancer risks, electric vehicle fires associated with higher cancer risks, connecting patients directly with pathologists to explain complex test results, using gene editing to battle mitochondrial diseases, and a profile of a brain cancer researcher are all in this month’s tip sheet from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

New Ebola virus research boosts pandemic preparedness

La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

"This antibody offers the best protection in primates, at the lowest dose yet seen for any single antibody."

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, UK Medical Research Council, European Research Council, Max Planck Society

Experts publish action plan to address appendiceal cancer enigmas

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The recommendations published in Nature Reviews Cancer are the result of a concerted focus by the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (ACPMP) Research Foundation to better understand the disease that afflicts an estimated 3,000 new patients across all age groups each year. The incidence could be higher because of the challenges accurately diagnosing the disease and identifying the tumor type, the researchers noted.

Journal: Nature Reviews Cancer
Funder: ACPMP Research Foundation, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, NIH/National Cancer Institute