This analysis found that for patients with advanced cancer, delaying palliative chemotherapy until symptoms started did not affect overall survival and may have improved quality of life.
Attorneys for Cigna health plan members say the insurer violates California law by using an algorithm to automatically deny claims, leaving hospitals and physicians to bill patients for the balance.
Social and economic pressures have long compelled Black girls and women to straighten their hair. But mounting evidence shows chemical straighteners may pose cancer and other health risks.
Two thirds of venous thromboembolism events came during neoadjuvant chemotherapy and might have been prevented with direct-acting oral anticoagulants, a new study suggests.