Oncology

Adolescent females and young women with sickle cell disease are at risk of pregnancy-related complications, especially considering the teratogenicity of SCD medications. An improvement in contraceptive practices starts with the healthcare provider. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited red blood cell defect. Women with SCD face more health risks during pregnancy. Meanwhile, in women...

Sickle cell anemia is a condition that is often underrecognized before surgery. As it stands, sickle cell disease already affects certain groups of people disproportionately. Affected patients should be monitored for pain control during procedures Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder of the red blood cells (RBC). It is caused by a mutation...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a commonly inherited disorder that disproportionately affects the Black American population. A cure would have a significant impact on the financial burden Black Americans with SCD face. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common inherited blood disorders, affecting Black populations (1/365 births) more than any other groups....

People with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Women, in particular, with SCD may be at a higher risk of blood clots than their male counterparts due to other risk factors, such as contraceptives or hormone therapies containing estrogen. People with sickle cell disease (SCD) face the possibility...

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) often face inadequate care, which can lead to unnecessary hospital visits and preventable complications. Barriers to care for patients with SCD span individual, interpersonal, provider, and socio-environmental levels. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a severe, inherited disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans in the United States. Despite available treatments,...

Economic disparities are higher across patients with SCD compared to the population without SCD, and these disparities may worsen existing racial disparities. One analysis simulated the effect of a cure on the financial well-being of patients with SCD. Economic disparities exist across patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), especially those of different racial and socioeconomic...

Palliative care can help decrease symptoms and improve the quality of care of patients with sickle cell disease, especially those who are hospitalized. However, the use of palliative care can vary across different populations of hospitalized patients with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a serious, inherited blood disorder characterized by chronic complications,...

Although sickle cell disease is a monogenic condition, ethnicity and race may have an impact on the variability in clinical phenotypes of the disease. Understanding the link between ethnicity of SCD patients and the presentation of the disease could help guide clinicians to improved therapeutic interventions.   Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the...

Use of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) improves estimation of malignancy risk for indeterminate pulmonary nodules (IPNs) on chest computed tomography (CT) scans, according to a study published in Radiology. Roger Y. Kim, M.D., from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues examined the effect of an artificial intelligence-based CAD...