Study Links 'Forever Chemicals' to Testicular Cancer in Military Personnel Government response is "completely unacceptable," says co-chair of congressional PFAS Task Force Aug 13, 2023
Risky Drinking Behavior Common Among Cancer Survivors, Even During Treatment High prevalence of exceeding moderate drinking, binge drinking, hazardous drinking behavior Aug 10, 2023
Adenovirus May Trigger Thrombocytopenia, Thrombosis, Case Studies Suggest First reports of an anti-PF4 disorder associated with an adenovirus infection Aug 09, 2023
Certain Medications Tied to Post-COVID Pulmonary Fibrosis Rituximab and chemotherapy singled out in U.S. dataset Aug 08, 2023
In a Golden Age of Cancer Care, PBMs Are Holding Us Back We must stop predatory and destructive behaviors Aug 05, 2023
Adcetris Plus Chemo Effective in HIV-Related Hodgkin Lymphoma Researchers call study "practice changing," although outside experts urge caution Aug 04, 2023
Routinely Removed Organ Linked to Increased Mortality, Cancer Risk Cardiothoracic surgery often cuts out this little organ as irrelevant. Big mistake, study says Aug 02, 2023
Should Surgery Be Offered for Malignant Bowel Obstruction? Study finds no benefit in terms of days alive and out of the hospital, but symptom burden eased Aug 02, 2023
Early Enthusiasm for Cancer Drug Reformulated for Ophthalmic Use AMD treatment burden reduced by 80-90% by implant, intrachoroidal axitinib Aug 02, 2023
AI-Backed Mammography Keeps Up With Docs for Cancer Detection But can AI capture relevant biological features of detected lesions? Aug 01, 2023
ACP Sticks With Age 50 for Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidance conflicts with other new recommendations that screening start at age 45 Aug 01, 2023
Multi-Cancer Early Detection: 20th-Century Fiction Becomes Reality These tests could soon become a valuable addition to current cancer screening tools Aug 01, 2023
FDA Approves New Frontline Endometrial Cancer Regimen, First in Decades Dostarlimab (Jemperli) approved with chemotherapy for dMMR or MSI-high cancers Jul 31, 2023
Adjuvant Everolimus Falls Short in High-Risk Renal Cancer However, the drug did show benefit in a subgroup at highest risk of recurrence after nephrectomy Jul 31, 2023
Could AI Cause Burnout in Medicine? Some concern that new technology could be more of a problem than a solution Jul 29, 2023
Novel Combination Boosts Survival in Unresectable Liver Cancer Camrelizumab-rivoceranib extended PFS and OS compared with sorafenib Jul 28, 2023
Oncologist Turns Burnout Into a Musical Writing musicals is a "way to get back in touch with why we all went into medicine" Jul 27, 2023
Couch Potatoes Take Note: Climb Some Stairs to Cut Cancer Risk Short bouts of vigorous activity may be a "promising" intervention for those who can't exercise Jul 27, 2023
Another HIV Patient Possibly Cured With Stem Cell Transplant But this case is unique, researchers say Jul 25, 2023
MR-Guided Adaptive SBRT Tied to Reduced Side Effects in Prostate Cancer However, this technique requires more time and resources than standard techniques Jul 24, 2023
Anti-PD-1 Alone Produces Durable Responses in Relapsed/Refractory PMBCL More than 80% of responding patients remained in response at 4 years Jul 24, 2023
PPIs Linked to Worse Outcomes With Widely Used Breast Cancer Drug Concomitant use of proton pump inhibitors with palbociclib associated with shorter survival Jul 21, 2023
Psychedelics for Cancer Stress; Sweet Anticancer Plan; Obesity and Ovarian Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jul 21, 2023
Cost of Wasted Cancer Drugs May Exceed $4,000 Per Patient Wastage linked to dose reductions, discontinuations estimated to be considerable Jul 20, 2023
Immunotherapy Added to SABR Improves Event-Free Survival in Early NSCLC Approach is "potentially practice-changing," editorialist says Jul 20, 2023
Adjuvant Nivolumab Promising in Resected Merkel Cell Carcinoma Absolute risk reduction of 9-10% in 1- and 2-year DFS compared with observation Jul 14, 2023
Aspartame Is a 'Possible' Carcinogen, WHO Declares But the organization's recommended limits on aspartame consumption remain unchanged Jul 13, 2023
Age No Barrier to Preserved QoL, Functional Recovery After Surgery for CRC More than 70% of patients with a median age of 79 achieved both outcomes at 3-6 months Jul 13, 2023
New Recommendations Address Global Inequality in Sickle Cell Disease Care Commission lays out strategies for progress by 2025 and beyond Jul 13, 2023
BRAF-MEK Inhibition Achieves 'Near Universal' Response in Rare Brain Tumor BRAF V600E-mutated papillary craniopharyngiomas shrink with upfront drug therapy Jul 12, 2023
Survival Calculator Takes 'Holistic' Approach in Oral Cancer But experts urge caution with this prediction tool Jul 12, 2023
NAFLD and T2DM Bodes Higher Risk of Liver Decompensation, Cancer Several-fold higher risks compared with NAFLD patients without diabetes Jul 11, 2023
Some NSCLC Patients on ICI Therapy Fare Worse With Proton Pump Inhibitor Use But PFS, OS longer with ICIs plus chemotherapy among patients treated with PPIs Jul 11, 2023
Positive Surgical Margins More Likely Among Black Men With Oral Cancer Post-operative treatment, long-term survival may be affected Jul 11, 2023
New CMS Coding Shortchanges Natural-Tissue Breast Reconstruction Elisabeth Potter, MD, on the negative effect on women with breast cancer and their surgeons Jul 11, 2023 video
Novel Turmeric Derivative Drug Shows Promise in Head and Neck Cancer Compound is still in earliest stages of testing Jul 10, 2023
Oral Cancer Patients Face Worse Outcomes With Delayed Radiation Therapy Failure to initiate adjuvant radiation therapy within 6 weeks tied to survival rates Jul 10, 2023
Liquid Biopsy May Help Identify HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer But concerns about false negative results linger Jul 10, 2023
Primary Surgery vs Radiation in Oropharyngeal Cancer: Does One Come Out a Winner? Higher short-term dysphagia risk with surgery, but RT/CRT had worse 5-year OS Jul 09, 2023
IMRT Dosing Strategy Eases Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer A new standard for patients receiving intensity-modulated radiotherapy for pharyngeal cancers? Jul 07, 2023
