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Sylvester Cancer Tip Sheet for Oct. 2024

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

Experts share advances transforming breast cancer treatment and prevention, a breast-cancer survivor and doctoral candidate focuses her research on adolescent and young adult cancer disparities, a radiation oncologist and his mentee share research on tracking glioblastoma progression while their colleague’s work provides a boost to prostate cancer therapy in this month’s tip sheet from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Professor awarded NEH grant to advance anthropology research collections at Texas A&M

Texas A&M University
Grant and Award Announcement

Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities will expand access to the collections while enabling Texas A&M Anthropology to move toward becoming a state-certified repository complete with digitized materials.

Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities

Reminders can eliminate age-related decline in memory

University of Texas at Arlington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from UT Arlington reveals that setting reminders can eliminate some age-related declines in memory. The findings offer a significant breakthrough in addressing the cognitive challenges faced by older adults, particularly in the context of prospective memory, which is the ability to remember to perform an intended action at the right moment, like taking medication or attending appointments.

Journal: Psychology and Aging
Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH/National Institutes of Health

Dandelion-shaped supernova and zombie star

Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A historical supernova documented by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1181 has been lost for centuries, until very recently. Yet, the newly found remnant shows some stunning characteristics that are puzzling astronomers. Now, it surrenders its secrets. A team led by Tim Cunningham from the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, and Ilaria Caiazzo, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), provides the first detailed study of the supernova’s structure and speed of expansion in 3D. The study is now published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Journal: The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Funder: Space Telescope Science Institute, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation, National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, Chile

Assessing the real climate costs of manufacturing

University of California - Davis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Producing materials such as steel, plastics and cement in the United States alone inflicts $79 billion a year in climate-related damage around the world, according to a new study by engineers and economists at UC Davis. Accounting for these costs in market prices could encourage progress toward climate-friendly alternatives.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy

Racial disparities in receipt of guideline-concordant care in older adults with early breast cancer

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study, non-Hispanic Black race was associated with increased odds of not receiving guideline-concordant care (GCC) and less timely treatment initiation. Non-Hispanic Black race was associated with increased all-cause mortality, which was reduced after adjusting for GCC and clinical and sociodemographic factors. These findings suggest that optimizing timely receipt of GCC may represent a modifiable pathway to improving inferior survival outcomes among older non-Hispanic Black patients with breast cancer.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Study: Hospice care provides major Medicare savings

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hospice care aims to provide a health care alternative for people nearing the end of life, by sparing them unwanted medical procedures and focusing on the patient’s comfort. A new study co-authored by MIT scholars shows hospice also has a clear fiscal benefit: It generates substantial savings for the U.S. Medicare system.

Journal: American Economic Review
Funder: National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health