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Lay Health Worker-Led Symptom Monitoring Slashes Acute Care Use and Costs in Older Cancer Patients

By MedXY 12/30/2025

A multisite RCT published in JAMA reveals that lay health worker-led symptom assessments for older adults with cancer significantly reduce emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and healthcare costs, offering a scalable model for geriatric oncology care.

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The LAST-long Trial: Monthly Coordination Fails to Prevent Functional Decline in Mild Stroke Patients

By MedXY 12/19/2025

The LAST-long randomized trial found that an 18-month coordinator-led multimodal intervention did not significantly prevent functional decline or dependency in patients with mild stroke compared to standard care, highlighting challenges in improving outcomes for high-functioning survivors in robust healthcare systems.

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Longer Travel Time to Prostate Cancer Treatment Linked to Lower Mortality—Is Centralization the Explanation?

By MedXY 12/09/2025

A large registry study found that men with prostate cancer who traveled ≥30 minutes to their treating facility had modestly lower all-cause and prostate cancer–specific mortality than those traveling <30 minutes, raising questions about care centralization, case mix, and access barriers.