Colonoscopy With a Computer-Aided Device Boosted Adenoma Detection Use of the device led to a 27% increase in adenomas per colonoscopy versus standard procedure Jun 03, 2022
Add-On Ibrutinib Boosts PFS in Untreated, Older Mantle-Cell Lymphoma Patients BTK inhibitor plus chemoimmunotherapy increased progression-free survival by over 2 years Jun 03, 2022
Survival Bump With EGFR Inhibitor for KRAS Wild-Type Pancreatic Cancer But generalizability of "notable" Chinese study questioned Jun 03, 2022
AI Shows Promise in Predicting Optimal Margin Width for CRC Liver Mets A 7-mm margin width linked with prolonged survival Jun 02, 2022
Adjuvant Everolimus Fails to Stop Recurrence in Early High-Risk Breast Cancer More than half of everolimus-treated patients permanently discontinued treatment Jun 02, 2022
T-Cell Receptor Gene Therapy Shows Promise in Pancreatic Cancer Novel treatment targeting KRAS G12D expression induces deep and durable response Jun 01, 2022
FDA Pulls Lymphoma Approvals for PI3K Inhibitor Umbralisib Worse overall survival observed despite improvements in progression-free survival Jun 01, 2022
Doc Gets Prison for COVID 'Cure'; Proton Therapy Gold Rush; Blackfeet Opioid Crisis This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 01, 2022
Increased Public Assistance Tied to Better Cancer Survival in Black Patients Disparity in 5-year OS declined by more than 40% with each 10% boost in public welfare spending May 31, 2022
Is U.S. 'Getting Its Money's Worth' When It Comes to Cancer Care? Cost/mortality benefit pales in comparison with other high-income countries, according to study May 31, 2022
Prone Beats Supine Positioning for WBRT in Women With Large Breasts Prone position led to lower rates of moist desquamation May 27, 2022
Cancer Outcome Disparities Not Fully Explained by Race, Socioeconomic Factors Worse 5-year OS in Hispanic children with high-risk neuroblastoma in adjusted analysis May 27, 2022
Unprecedented PFS Improvement in Relapsed Multiple Myeloma Three-year median with addition of isatuximab to proteasome inhibitor backbone May 26, 2022
Black Patients Often Never Given a Chance to Join Breast Cancer Trials But survey finds several actionable findings that could boost enrollment May 26, 2022
COVID Increased Use of Telemedicine for Cancer Care, Though Not Equitably Black, uninsured, non-urban patients less likely to use these services May 26, 2022
Just How Effective Is PSA Screening? Study finds test has better benefit/harm trade-off than originally thought May 18, 2022
Younger People More Likely to Undergo Colonoscopy After Guideline Change But most colonoscopies still done in those ages 50-54 May 17, 2022
Mental Health Issues Common, Often Overlooked in Prostate Cancer More than a third of patients with anxiety, depression, fear of recurrence/disease progression May 17, 2022
Urologists Are Helping Combat the Opioid Epidemic, Studies Suggest Three reports show success in reducing opioid prescribing May 16, 2022
Robotic Surgery Wins for Keeping Bladder Cancer Patients Alive, Out of Hospital Approach bested open surgery in iROC trial, but is the difference clinically important? May 15, 2022
Combo Treatment Scores Big in BCG-Unresponsive Bladder Cancer Significantly durable response with VesAnktiva-Bacillus Calmette-GuΓ©rin duo May 15, 2022
Concerning Spike in Barrett's Esophagus, Esophageal Cancer in Middle-Age Adults Should these patients undergo screening, especially if they have risk factors? May 15, 2022
Vaginal Estrogen 'Underutilized' in Women With GSM After Breast Cancer Prescribing rate is half that of women with no breast cancer history May 13, 2022
Could Gallstone Disease Predict Pancreatic Cancer? Researchers urge more attention to gallstone disease patients with atypical symptoms May 13, 2022
Elotuzumab Combination Disappoints in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma Study failed to replicate positive results seen in relapsed/refractory setting May 11, 2022
Oral Retinoid May Ease Painful Skin Reactions to Anticancer Therapy Preliminary data on acitretin therapy are promising May 11, 2022
Self-Collected Menstrual Blood to Detect HPV? "Not just a waste product," researcher says May 09, 2022
Novel Combo Falters in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer No PFS benefit with addition of ceralasertib to olaparib May 05, 2022
Screening, Early Detection Remain Keys to Lower Cancer Mortality Presidential panel sets course to remove barriers, increase services, and improve uptake May 05, 2022
Antibody-Drug Conjugate Promising for Breast Cancer With Brain Mets High intracranial response rates with trastuzumab-deruxtecan observed in TUXEDO-1 trial May 04, 2022
Young Cancer Survivors Face Higher Risk of Death From Second Malignancies Study finds 25% higher risk of secondary cancers versus general public, 84% higher risk of death May 04, 2022
Corticosteroids Linked to Pain Events in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Hospitalization risk for vaso-occlusive episodes four times higher after exposure May 02, 2022
Durvalumab Combinations Push the Response Envelope in Unresectable NSCLC Big increases in response, disease control with the addition of anti-CD73, anti-NKG2A agents May 02, 2022
Longer Ischemia Time Not Tied to Higher Complication Rate in Free-Tissue Transfer Main focus of microvascular surgery should be best possible H&N reconstruction, researchers say May 01, 2022
Menstrual Cycles Point to Link Between Sex Hormones and Long QT Research suggests new tools for risk stratification and therapy May 01, 2022
Ambient Dirty Air May Put Some People at Higher Risk for Head and Neck Cancers Diesel particulate levels tied to increased oral and pharyngeal cancer incidence in one state May 01, 2022
Immunotherapy Before Head and Neck Surgery Doesnβt Add to Complications Definitive surgery can be conducted safely after neoadjuvant immunotherapy, researchers conclude May 01, 2022
End of the Line for a Failed Prostate Cancer Drug Orteronel misses mark in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, after failures in mCRPC Apr 29, 2022
Another Robotic Approach for Bladder Cancer Removal Proves Its Mettle Robot-assisted laparoscopy with ICUD tied to better survival versus open surgery Apr 29, 2022
Program to Reduce Opioid Scripts Post-Surgery Worked for Thyroid Cancer Patients Post-surgical intervention may help to reduce the risk of opioid addiction and overdose Apr 29, 2022