Oncology

Between 2013-16, about 3 percent of all cancer cases in the U.S. among people ages 30 and older were linked to physical inactivity, a study recently published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found. 

While many breast cancer patients use cannabis to relieve pain and other symptoms, few discuss the drug with their physicians, according to survey findings published Oct. 12 in Cancer. 

Researchers at Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system have received $32.7 million for a trial to evaluate whether colonoscopy or stool-based testing is more effective at preventing colorectal cancer among older adults with a history of colon polyps. 

Boston-based Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center is launching a program dedicated to the needs of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ — the earliest form of breast cancer. 

Here are four cancer-related partnerships formed since Sept. 28.  

The American Cancer Society plans to partner with Howard University in Washington, D.C., and three other historically Black medical schools for its new Diversity in Cancer Research pilot program, according to an Oct. 7 WTOP report.

In 2018, the estimated cost of care for the 15 most common types of cancer in the U.S. was $156.2 billion, according to research published Oct. 6 in JAMA Network Open.

A local oncology practice has joined the Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint (Mich.) hospital. 

These five oncologists joined new practices or received new appointments over the last few weeks.

Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven (Conn.) has selected Lynn Wilson, MD, to serve as deputy chief medical officer for radiation oncology.