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A photo of Pez candy, which contains red dye no. 3, on display at a store in Lafayette, California, March 24, 2023.

FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 From Foods, Ingested Drugs

Consumer advocates praised the decision

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Chemicals in Sewage Sludge Fertilizer Pose Cancer Risk, EPA Says

The risk is "several orders of magnitude" above what the agency considers acceptable

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Preferred and Actual Location of Death Often Don't Match for Young Cancer Patients

About 30% of adolescents and young adults with cancer who wanted to die at home did not do so

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Kate Middleton Announces Major Cancer Update

Princess of Wales says her cancer is in remission

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Chicken Broth Recall; Medicaid at Risk; Princess Kate Thanks Medical Staff

Health news and commentary gathered by 麻豆传媒 staff

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Getting Lung Cancer Screening Staff Involved Improved Tobacco Cessation

An integrated intervention had the greatest impact in a randomized trial

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Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Double the Risk of Melanoma as Adults

Radiation exposure, type and cumulative dose of chemotherapy drive melanoma risk

A computer rendering of a CAR T cell therapy in B-cell lymphoma.

CAR Natural Killer Cell Therapy Shows Promise in B-Cell Lymphomas

Incidence of cytokine release syndrome was minimal with the investigational therapy

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Top FDA Official Exits; SCOTUS Takes Up Obamacare Case; Texas Doc Suspended

Health news and commentary gathered by 麻豆传媒 staff

Diabetes Med for Kidney Stones? Exercise and Heart Failure

Also in TTHealthWatch: catheter material for PICC lines

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Future of Lab-Developed Tests Still Taking Shape

Parts of FDA rule on the tests set to take effect in May as opponents await lawsuit outcome

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Bone Mineral Density Deficits Prevalent Among Childhood Cancer Survivors

However, modifiable risk factors suggest there are targets for intervention

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Healthcare AI, Meant to Save Money, Turns Out to Require a Lot of Expensive Humans

Algorithms currently require oversight

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A Win for AI in Cancer; 2025's Transformative Drugs; FDA Clarifies 'Underway' Trials

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Milk, Calcium Intake Tied to Lower Colon Cancer Risk

Risk decreased by 17% with increasing calcium intake, rose with alcohol, red and processed meat

Tafasitamab Regimen Improves PFS in Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

Phase III data show promising efficacy with manageable toxicity and feasible delivery

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High Response Rate in Heavily Treated Multiple Myeloma With Novel Drug Combination

ORR of 80% at recommended dose of talquetamab, teclistamab but with high rates of grade 3/4 AEs

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Mutation Clearance After Transplant Linked to Better Outcomes in Myelofibrosis

Study suggests that driver mutation monitoring could become standard practice, researcher says

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Headlines About Doc Who 'Catches' Patient's Cancer Are Popping Up Again

News outlets run stories based on 30-year-old case report of accidental cancer transplantation

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Glucarpidase Improves Outcomes in Methotrexate-Associated AKI

Treatment tied to higher recovery odds and faster time to kidney recovery

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PSMA-PET/CT Detects Metastatic Prostate Cancer Missed by Other Imaging

Distant metastases identified in 46% of "negative" cases, including polymetastatic disease in 24%

TCL1A Protein Identified as Predictor of Blinatumomab Response in Relapsed B-ALL

Study finds TCL1A levels higher in responders, offering insights for improving outcomes

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CAR-T Warning for Secondary Malignancies: Warranted or Not?

FDA boxed warning led to multiple studies on the issue in 2024

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Surgeon General Calls for Stronger Wording of Cancer Risk on Alcohol Packages

New report emphasizes greater public awareness, education

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'Ticking Time Bomb'; Jimmy Carter's Lasting Impact on Cancer; Breast Cancer-CVD Link

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Cancer Warnings on Alcohol? Surge in GI Illnesses; Swab Detects Kids' Asthma Type

Health news and commentary gathered by 麻豆传媒 staff

A computer rendering of CAR T-cell therapy in Hodgkin lymphoma.

Enthusiasm for Transplant-Free Strategies for Low-Risk Relapsed Hodgkin Lymphoma

Studies show promising EFS, PFS, and OS at 3 to 8 years

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Worse Outcomes After Esophagectomy at Private Equity-Owned Hospitals

Structural elements of private equity ownership linked to higher mortality, complication rates

AZD0486 Shows Good Efficacy in Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

Novel CD19xCD3 T-cell engager showed high response rate in phase I study

Base Treatment Decisions in Metastatic Breast Cancer on Presence of ESR1 Mutations

"We should not look at variant allele frequency to make a decision," said Virginia Kaklamani, MD

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Omega Fatty Acid Changes Tied to Lower Proliferation Rate in Early Prostate Cancer

Lack of control for dietary modification blurred effects of fish oil, experts caution

Blinatumomab Plus Chemotherapy New Standard for Children With B-Cell ALL

3-year disease-free survival rate was 96% with blinatumomab versus 87.9% with chemo alone

How Social Determinants of Health Are Linked to Outcomes in Multiple Myeloma

Greater area deprivation linked to worse progression-free and overall survival

Integrating MRD in Myeloma: Guidance for Therapy Escalation and De-escalation

Experts weigh the role of MRD in personalizing treatment but caution against premature changes

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AI Model Has Promise for Predicting Checkpoint Inhibitor Activity in NSCLC

Score based on pathology images an independent predictor of PFS, OS

Can Tumor Mutational Burden Guide Treatment in Metastatic Breast Cancer?

Hormone receptor-positive patients with high TMB may fare well with immunotherapy

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FDA Proposes New Testing Rules to Ensure Cosmetics Are Asbestos-Free

Proposal comes after years of lawsuits alleging links between talc-based baby powder and cancer

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Metastatic Cancer 'Thrivers'; Celebrity Cancer Diagnoses; 'Would He Have Lived?'

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Mezigdomide Combinations Show Promise in Multiple Myeloma

High rates of durable response in difficult-to-treat disease, with good tolerability

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Patient Endured 9 Years of Chemotherapy for Cancer He Never Had

"I thought he was helping me"

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