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A section of the new report titled ‘Collapse of Cancer Care’ details how staffing shortages, inadequate resources, and poor management at HCA Mission Hospital led to a severe decline in oncology services.

The prevalence of HRR deficiencies has been found to be as high as 20% to 30% in patients with mCRPC, a significantly higher rate than that in patients with localized disease.

In a recent study, researchers discovered that all women who consumed one or more SSBs daily had an OCC risk 4.87 times higher than those consuming less than one SSB per month.

Substituting 10 grams of butter a day with an equal amount of plant-based oil was associated with an estimated 17% reduction in overall mortality and a 17% reduction in cancer mortality.

Patients whose disease has progressed on osimertinib or other EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) without emergent T790M or other targetable alterations can receive platinum-based chemotherapy with or without amivantamab.

Rising levels of EHR work and message volume among oncology physicians are concerning given the role of EHR burden in physician burnout.