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Intensifying Salvage Treatment Reduces Risk of Prostate Cancer Progression

Follow-Up Often Delayed After High-Risk Findings on Lung Cancer Screening

Persistent Opioid Use After Sarcoma Treatment Explored Among Youth

Outcomes of Robotic, Open Cystectomy Compared in Bladder Cancer

Mitigation Strategies Reduce Adverse Events After Cilta-Cel

Tibsovo Approval Expanded for Newly Diagnosed IDH1-Mutated AML

Antibody Levels After COVID-19 Vaccination Inversely Linked to Body Weight

Odds of COVID-19 Mortality Lower for Women Receiving HRT

Reducing Size of ICG Vials Could Save Cancer Patients and Hospitals Millions of Dollars

1999 to 2019 Saw Decrease in Cancer Mortality for Black Patients in the U.S.

Lymphoma Treatment Associated With Impaired Response to COVID-19 Vaccination

Physicians Often Experience Mistreatment, Discrimination

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Fact Sheets

Vaccination

Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Vaccine Considerations for Patients With Cancer

COVID-19 testing

What to Expect: Enrolling on a Cancer Clinical Trial During COVID-19