Jennifer Southall

CHICAGO — To network like a pro, assess your natural relationship building style, create a professional networking strategy, and then apply the behaviors that amplify your authority and advance your personal and professional brand. Laurie K. Baedke, MHA, FACHE, FACMPE, director of health care leadership programs at Creighton University, said it is important to forge relationships in

A greater proportion of older patients and individuals from historically underrepresented groups participated in NCI-funded early-phase cancer clinical trials in 2022 compared with 2000, according to study results.The findings — presented during the American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically

The presence of a precision medicine navigator significantly improved genomic testing rates among Black men with prostate cancer, according to study results.The findings — presented during American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting — suggest the presence of precision medicine navigators may alleviate genomic testing inequities among other patient demographics as well,

Expansion of the Affordable Care Act significantly increased cancer clinical trial participation among patients with Medicaid insurance, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.The greatest increases in clinical trial participation occurred in states that expanded access to Medicaid, researchers noted.

Although the percentage of female principal investigators in clinical trials has increased in recent years, gender underrepresentation continued to persist, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.Of note, researchers observed higher rates of the gender gap in late-phase and industry-funded trials.

Significant advancements have been made in the de novo metastatic breast cancer space, including novel agents targeting the HER2 protein and others that enhance anti-estrogen therapies.“There’s a multiplicity of targeted agents that are approved for de novo metastatic breast cancer that have been shown in clinical trials to produce improved results,” Seema A. Khan, MD, Bluhm

The NIH and NCI awarded a $4 million grant to Paula Aristizabal, MD, MAS, to expand a pilot program aimed at increasing diverse participation in pediatric cancer clinical trials.Aristizabal, pediatric oncologist at Rady Children’s Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics in the division of pediatric hematology and oncology at University of California San Diego, and University of

Higher BMI increased the risk for obesity-related cancer among a cohort of European adults, irrespective of cardiometabolic disease status, according to study results.The findings, published in BMC Medicine, suggest that obesity prevention could translate into further reduction in cancer risk among populations with cardiovascular disease, researchers concluded.

Patients treated by female surgeons experienced lower heath care costs compared with those treated by male surgeons, according to study results. The findings, published in JAMA Surgery, add to the growing data that back the creation of inclusive policies and environments supportive of female surgeons to improve recruitment and retention of a more diverse and representative workforce, researchers

A novel digital health coaching program did not improve patient-reported outcomes among individuals with active breast cancer, according to study results presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.Additional research is needed to identify best practices for digital health care interventions, researchers concluded.