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Running was associated with the greatest reduction in risk of cancer deaths, according to a new study. Here are other findings.

People with advanced cancer need fewer hospital visits when they get home care from community health workers.

A new tool helps oncologists predict which meds might lead to dangerous interactions and adverse effects in their older cancer patients.

Study findings also show that excess body fat and a family history of any cancer may help determine the need for cancer screening.

Three quarters of those who opted for medical aid to end their lives were people with cancer.

The higher rate of post-COVID symptoms in older adults is likely due to a higher incidence of chronic disease and physical vulnerability.

New laws make it easier for people to see their loved ones in health care facilities during the pandemic.

The laws governing traditional Medicare don’t provide for coverage of self-administered diagnostic tests.

This tool measures the health of older cancer patients and can identify who is at highest risk for serious side effects.

Recommendation includes people over 65, those with underlying medical conditions and those with occupational risk.

Calls for equity, inclusion and better access boost pre-pandemic efforts to open up eligibility, streamline trials.

Many older people have biomarkers indicative of a strong response to checkpoint inhibitors.

Older individuals with a history of cancer experienced accelerated age-related functional decline.

A study found that people over 75 who were screened by colonsocopy or sigmoidoscopy had a reduced risk of death from colorectal cancer.

Many residents in long-term care facilities are suffering from depression and loneliness after months without visitors.

Between 2.0 million and 4.4 million older adults are homebound, but they haven’t been recognized as a priority group for vaccines.