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Integrating Environmental Health Into Pediatric Cancer Care May Improve Outcomes

The ASCO Post — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:04:58 +00:00

New research by Omar Shakeel, MD, and colleagues sheds light on how environmental exposures to air pollution, tobacco smoke, extreme weather events, and pesticides can negatively impact the general health and survivorship of pediatric cancer survivors.

Defining Functional High-Risk Multiple Myeloma in the Era of Quadruplet Therapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplant

The ASCO Post — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:09:30 +00:00

Researchers have found that with new treatment regimens now available for functional high-risk multiple myeloma, clinicians should use different criteria for identifying patients with poor odds of survival.

AMP Recognizes NCI Pathologist With Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics

The ASCO Post — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:21:51 +00:00

Her research has revealed the molecular underpinnings of T-cell, B-cell, and natural killer–cell lymphomas, and her insights into Epstein–Barr virus–associated disorders, Castleman disease, and immune dysregulation syndromes have expanded the frontiers of hematopathology.

Emergency Department Cancer Diagnosis Associated With Higher Mortality Across 16 Cancer Types

The ASCO Post — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:03:59 +00:00

“These gaps held up even after we accounted for age, cancer stage, other illnesses, and frailty....How a cancer is found carries information about a patient’s outlook that goes beyond the tumor itself.”