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More than one-third of LGBTQ+ patients with cancer have faced discrimination in a health care setting because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, according to survey results from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.Of those respondents, 75% felt such discrimination impacted their care.
CHICAGO — Healio | HemOnc Today gathered the best, brightest and boldest in oncology for its second annual Disruptive Innovators Awards.The celebration — held during ASCO Annual Meeting — honored nine individuals or entities that pushed the status quo toward the betterment of the field.
Friends of Cancer Research appointed Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA, FACP, FASCO, to its board of directors.Kim — an associate medical editor for Healio | HemOnc Today — is physician-in-chief and senior vice president of City of Hope Orange County. He also is vice physician-in-chief and professor with City of Hope National Medical Center.
Hemonc Today | It is well known that obesity, physical inactivity and a poor diet increase the risk for various cancer types and contribute to adverse outcomes among adults with certain malignancies. However, less is known about the effect of weight loss, diet management and exercise during cancer treatment.
The miracles of modern medicine can be life-saving. Yet as Tim Baker writes, cancer patients yearn for a little empathy from their doctors, as well as scripts.