cancer outcomes

CAM use linked to higher mortality in breast cancer patients A cohort study of women with breast cancer has shown that use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in association with traditional therapies was associated with higher mortality compared with…

In oncology, progress is measured in survival rates, response curves, and treatment gains. But those numbers rest on a quieter assumption: that health systems can deliver what science makes possible. When they cannot, progress becomes uneven—not in discovery, but in…

Difficulty sleeping and disturbed sleep patterns are not uncommon among cancer patients, and alleviating these symptoms has always been integral to good cancer care. Now, mounting evidence of the impact that getting enough deep sleep can have on outcomes in…