• Heart Failure Risk Lingers Long After Chemotherapy, Regardless of Dose

    1 month ago - By MedPageToday

    Anthracycline users with breast cancer or lymphoma had an upfront risk of congestive heart failure that persisted during long-term follow-up in a population-based case-control study.
    The cumulative incidence of new-onset...
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  • Dynamic risk stratification accurately predicts risk in pediatric thyroid cancer

    Dynamic risk stratification accurately predicts risk in pediatric thyroid cancer

    1 month ago - By Healio

    The use of dynamic risk stratification can predict long-term outcomes for most children with differentiated thyroid cancer, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
    “Like adults, dynamic risk stratification correctly predicts long-term outcomes in pediatric differentiated thyroid cancers by identifying patients with increased risk of recurrences and persistent disease,” Chandrasekhar Bal, MD, DSc, professor and head of the department of nuclear medicine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, told Healio. “In
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